The board of administrators of Beglian transportation operator De Lijn has permitted the implementation of an €11.2-million built-in charging and depot administration system from German provider PSI eBus. This software program bundle will play a vital position in steering the e-buses’ charging processes and all actions of all buses of their depots.
In opposition to the framework of a sustainable Flanders, De Lijn will supply totally emission-free public transport by 2035. That signifies that about 2,100 buses and greater than 50 depots below De Lijn’s personal management should be electrified.
The sturdy worth improve of electrical energy over the past 12 months underlines the significance of optimizing e- bus charging processes. As well as, Flanders can be shifting in the direction of a brand new worth calculation methodology primarily based on peak utilization and the time of day when electrical energy is taken from the community. De Lijn has the benefit that its buses can be charged in a single day, when electrical energy costs are at their lowest.
One other advantage of spreading e-bus charging over a whole night time is that decrease peak consumption permits a discount of the electrical energy grid connection value. Particularly at bigger depots, the place 100 or extra e-buses should be charged, environment friendly guide charging strategies are just about unimaginable to handle.
The software program bundle that has been permitted by the board is of essential significance to make sure that the e-buses can take to the street and could be charged on the De Lijn depots. The system determines on the finish of every day which job it is going to be allotted the subsequent day. This journey order permits the system to direct every e-bus to right parking place, in order that they’ll depart the depot within the right order the subsequent morning. The board of administrators’ approval deliver a step nearer to implementing our sustainability targets.
—Lydia Peeters, Mobility and Public Works minister
As well as, the software program will handle all the charging course of as value effectively as attainable, ranging from the SOC (State of Cost) on arrival and taking in account the subsequent day’s battery necessities. The automated charging course of can be initiated as quickly as the driving force connects the CCS2-plug on the proper parking bay.
PSI eBus for De Lijn was the candidate provider with the perfect monetary supply.
Fleet electrification is greater than shopping for buses—background methods are equally important for achievement.
—Minister Peeters
