Charging Rights Management

Efficient infrastructure operation and seamless fleet integration: Charging Rights Management and Policy Control

Charging infrastructure still cannot be operated economically across the board, while charging is still unreliable and insufficiently integrated into operational processes. The uneven distribution of limited charging capacities, which can only be increased slowly, to the growing demand for charging sometimes results in high economic risks and cost pressure for infrastructure operators.

Our approach to solving these challenges includes the development of standards, interfaces to applications and middleware to bridge system discontinuities. A central planning logic enables grid-friendly and operationally optimised charging processes, thereby promoting efficiency and sustainability in electromobility.

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A highly dynamic industry with an asynchronous market ramp-up

The electromobility industry is facing major challenges. Charging infrastructure providers are particularly affected: They are confronted with an asynchronous market ramp-up of infrastructure and vehicles, cost pressure due to rising installation and operating costs, a volatile funding landscape and an unstable regulatory framework.

A central problem in the economic development and operation of infrastructure is the real-time distribution of charging requirements to network capacities. Our approach to solving these challenges is coordinated charging planning, which enables a dynamic distribution of demand to supply in depots and at public and semi-public charging stations. This allows charging processes to be optimised for the grid and operations, thereby optimising cost efficiency and operational safety in electromobility.

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The distribution problem - to be solved in a challenging market environment

However, the challenges in harmonising demand and supply are not only intensified by the market penetration of e-cars, but also by the foreseeable market adoption of e-trucks. These are vehicles that can charge at around 400 to 1000 kW and require very powerful grid connections - and the trend in charging power is towards 3000 kW.

There are also a variety of charging scenarios: From very fast high-power charging en route to intermediate charging at goods distribution centres or in depots, through to slow overnight charging during rest periods. There are also special requirements for access systems, manoeuvring areas and parking space monitoring, not least because there is already a shortage of around 400,000 parking spaces for trucks along Europe's transport routes.

However, the expansion of network capacities and infrastructure takes a long time and will continue to lag behind the growth in electrified vehicles. The ratio of charging points to vehicles continues to rise.

In addition, the interoperability solutions implemented to date, known as roaming, do not allow for sufficient competition. For example, spot market prices cannot be dynamically passed on to end users due to the tariff sovereignty of charging service providers (ESPs). The legislator has already created the framework conditions for a so-called pass-through model - i.e. the possibility of separating infrastructure charges from electricity costs and thus allowing more dynamism in the tariff structure. This is intended to strengthen the incentivising and steering effect of dynamic prices, i.e. price elasticity.

Our solution: Charging Rights Management

We therefore develop standards, interfaces to applications, middleware and a planning logic for the management of charging rights (Charging Rights Management and Policy Control) tailored to the needs of our customers. The latter allows us to translate our customers' operational requirements into requests to charging station operators and to plan charging processes in such a way that mobility is guaranteed and station operators and network operators can optimally provide the required capacities.

Customised solutions for efficient charging planning and seamless integration into electromobility

Our solution approach is based on three pillars:

  1. Standardisation: Harmonised data standards
  2. Interoperability: Data exchange via interfaces with minimal room for interpretation
  3. Intelligence: Algorithm for demand and capacity planning, decentralised or centralised for specific applications

This allows customer-specific parameters to be optimised depending on the application:

  • Increase in infrastructure utilisation
  • Operational security for the fleet operator, charging station operator and network operator
  • Cost optimisation for the fleet operator by using their own supplier and decoupling the grid fee and energy price for electricity
  • Planning and provision of services for drivers
  • Utilisation of flexibility potential through operationally optimised shifting of electricity consumption volumes and power peaks

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Joachim Köpf

  • Managing Consultant