Best of: infrastructure for e-mobility
Charging points for the post office, research in Innsbruck, energy and mobility transition in Klagenfurt and further expansion in Vienna – flagship projects for electromobility, committed municipalities and companies in Austria.
eww and ABB: Sustainable parcel delivery
The regional full-service provider eww Anlagentechnik and the international technology leader ABB provide the Austrian Post with 2,000 AC charging stations and thus contribute to the electrification of their vehicle fleet and the expansion of sustainable parcel delivery throughout Austria. The intelligently networked ABB Terra AC wall boxes will be installed at more than 100 locations.
Austrian Post has been using electric cars since 2011. In 2019, the group decided to convert the entire delivery fleet to electric drives or other alternative forms of drive by 2030, with the aim of CO2-free delivery for the so-called last mile – the journeys made by classic letter and parcel deliverers from the delivery bases the addressee.
Austrian Post operates the largest fleet of electric vehicles in Austria – with 2,100 one- and two-track vehicles. In order to be able to charge the constantly growing fleet of electric vehicles in a future-proof manner, it is important to create good and optimal charging conditions at the locations. The Terra AC Wallbox impresses with outstanding quality, future-proof flexibility and high security. Space-saving and easy to install, it is characterized above all by its user-friendliness.
Customer: Austrian post
Project scope: 2,000 AC charging stations and more than 100 locations
Special feature: As early as 2019, Austrian Post decided to convert its entire delivery fleet to alternative drive systems by 2030.
City of Klagenfurt: System change makes school
The city of Klagenfurt started the new E³@SCHOOL project in March 2022. In this project, PV systems are installed on the roofs of a school in Klagenfurt, the yield of which is fed into an energy storage system in addition to being used directly. This large-scale storage facility is primarily used as an energy source to supply the publicly accessible charging infrastructure adjacent to the school, without putting a strain on the power grid.
In order to achieve efficient load and energy management, the development of innovative AI software is planned with the aim of achieving the best possible grid utility and meeting user requirements. Vehicle-to-grid solutions are also being tested for the first time. Pupils should also be actively involved in the project. They receive visual lessons on how the mobility of the future can function in a climate-neutral manner. Also planned is the development of an innovative business model for energy communities – such as a service for managing and controlling the energy communities or cost-optimized load management for the energy community.
FEN Systems: Urban parking and charging
In the “UrbanCharge&Park” project in Innsbruck, an interdisciplinary team is choosing barrier-free charging and parking for electromobility in urban areas. A “best practice charging park field” required for this – set up by the EWest research center at the Green Energy Center Europe in Technikerstraße – is operated by the consortium leader of the FEN Sustain Systems project (FEN Systems). The other partners are Energie Ingenieure Consulting, Technic Gerätebau, Enomics E-Charging Technology and FEN Research.
The ecosystem of the researchers at the Green Energy Center consists of 15 AC charging points, each with an output of 11 kW, charging parking columns with central payment machines for shop and short-term parking, and two car-sharing vehicles – an e-transporter Peugeot Traveler and a Hyundai Ioniq . An increase in the connected load to 3 x 250 A is currently in progress.
The consortium is also researching charging and parking with car sharing for employees at the University of Innsbruck – with 6 x 22 kW, two car sharing vehicles and ten Schuko charging options for e-scooters and e-bikes – as well as charging and parking in the underground car park of a house community in Völs and in a single-family commuter location (4 x 22 kW) in Telfs. On the basis of the research projects, an overall, marketable service product should also be created.
Project: Urban Charge & Park
Scope: Construction and investigation of different charging and mobility systems for businesses and households in Innsbruck and the surrounding area.
Special feature: Thomas Staudt, one of the participants in the project, had to fight his way up to the Supreme Court to set up the e-charging station in the underground car park of an apartment building in Völs. A 3.7 kW charging point could only be set up without the further consent of all parties after a ruling by the Supreme Court.
Wien Energie: Boom in the capital
More and more people are convinced of electromobility as a climate-friendly alternative to private transport. This trend can also be seen in the use of Wien Energie’s charging stations: in 2021 the number of charging processes more than increased compared to the previous year. More than 310,000 charges were carried out at Wien Energie’s public charging stations in 2021, compared to around 130,000 charging operations in the previous year.
The increase in charging processes in a monthly comparison is particularly noteworthy: while in December 2020 an average of 312 e-cars per day refueled at the public Wien Energie charging stations, in December 2021 there were already 1,188 daily charging processes, i.e. four times as many. During the week, e-car drivers charge more: from Monday to Friday, the utilization at the public charging stations is around 40 percent higher on average than at the weekend.
The expected charging stations in Vienna after charging: Morzinplatz, Siebensterngasse, Josef-Meinrad-Platz (all 1st district), Amerlingstraße (6th district) and Faulmanngasse (4th district). At least two fast-charging parks and a further 200 public e-charging points are planned by Wien Energie. The two fast charging parks, each with ten charging points, will be built with up to 150 kW per charging point near the city’s traffic arteries by the middle of the year.
Operator: Vienna Energy
Scope: More than 2,000 publicly accessible charging stations. In addition to the more than 1,000 public charging points, there are around 1,000 more in semi-public areas – for example in parking lots or in parking garages.
Growth: In 2021, the operator was able to record an increase of over 140% in loads.
Strong growth: number of charging processes at Wien Energie e-charging stations in 2021 more than doubled compared to the previous year – further expansion and fast charging parks planned.