Megawatt Charging Multidirectional Microgrids

V2X在管理车辆、建筑物和配电网络之间的电力流动方面具有巨大的潜力，因为电动汽车的电池存储可以缓解需求。通过新兴的电动HGV兆瓦充电系统(MCS)标准进行的高功率充电，在车辆与其连接的建筑物、微电网或配电网络之间提供了相当大的电源管理机会和挑战。该项目涉及创新设备的设计和集成，包括本地直流微电网，它将以兆瓦级的功率水平为eHGV提供多方向充电。它将具有集成的能量存储来缓冲高功率流，设备利用最新一代的固态开关设备来实现最高效率、更小的尺寸、最高的效率而且成本最低。微电网将通过使其简单、可扩展并降低将电动汽车连接到配电网络的成本来释放需求和供应管理的潜力。MCS预计将从2025年起引入，以支持正在开发的越来越多的电动GV。它们为V2X提供了巨大的潜力，因为车辆电池的容量很大，而且eHGV车队遵循预先确定的路线；因此它们的移动和可用性是可以预测的。车队运营商还将受益于较低的总拥有成本，因为他们将汽车电池用作储能资产。我们的目标是通过使大功率电动汽车与电网的接口尽可能简单和通用来实现这一点。

V2X offers great potential in managing power flows between vehicles, buildings and the electric distribution network with EV battery storage mitigating demand.Very high-power charging via the emerging megawatt charging system (MCS) standard for electric HGVs (eHGVs) offers considerable power management opportunities and challenges between the vehicle and the building, microgrid, or distribution network to which it is connected.This project involves the design and integration of innovative equipment comprising a local DC microgrid that will provide multidirectional charging with eHGVs at megawatt power levels.It will feature integral energy storage to buffer the high-power flows with equipment utilising the latest generation of solid-state switching devices to achieve the highest efficiency, reduced size, and lowest cost. Microgrids will unlock the potential for demand and supply management by making it simple, scalable and reduce the cost of connecting EVs to the electric distribution network.MCS is expected to be introduced from 2025 onwards to support the increasing number of eHGVs being developed. They offer great potential for V2X because of the large capacity of the vehicle batteries and the fact that eHGV fleets drive pre-determined routes; hence their movements and availability are predictable. Fleet operators also stand to benefit from a lower total cost of ownership by utilising their vehicle batteries as energy storage assets. Our objective is to enable this by making high-power, EV interfacing to the grid as easy and versatile as possible.