Owners of an electric car have to charge their vehicles in Drenthe more often outside the busy moments. That is what network operator Enexis wants.
Drenthe, Overijssel and Groningen will be the following three provinces next winter where the so -called net conscious drawers will be introduced. Earlier a test was done at nearly eight hundred charging stations in Noord-Brabant and Limburg. This approach must ensure that households and companies have sufficient electricity during peak hours. Enexis looks at how electric drivers participating in this can be rewarded.
For the time being, the test showed that at least half of the electric vehicles do not necessarily have to be charged at the power grid during the peak times, but that this is possible without major problems for users later in the evening and at night. Many loading sessions are still being completed on time, without users having to stop loading early, the province of Noord-Brabant reports.
At the pilot, which took place from November 2024 to March this year, the charging speed between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m. was limited at 1600 public charging points. In addition, it was always considered how many cars were charged at the same time and how much space there was on the power grid. After 9 p.m. there was more loading capacity and from 11 p.m. it was normal again. Users who really couldn’t wait could charge regular speed. The test took place at charging points of Vattenfall. The intention is that charging points from other operators will also participate.
Enexis finds the results promising. “It is now important to scale up quickly. The electricity network is full and the network costs are rising.” Director Alied Wessels Boer of Vattenfall Incharge points out that in this case many small connections can have an impact together.