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Multifunctional solar carports
Back in 2010, a German company built one of the largest solar carports in Europe. Even then, the vision arose to expand the benefits of sealed parking areas: electricity generation from renewable energy.
The side effect here: protection from the weather. You could have had this with a normal carport or simple parking lot roof. What was really innovative at the time was the idea of using open parking spaces to generate electricity.
With the push for electric cars and the switch to renewable energy, solar carports gain two further interesting aspects: decentralized fueling or charging stations and the expansion of the parking area with electricity storage in order to avoid peak smoothing. The extent to which this will help ease our traffic volume can only be guessed at. In any case, it is already clear that our behavior in everyday traffic will change radically in the next 10 years.
Our solar carport solutions are modular and scalable:
- Quick and easy assembly
- Stable strip foundation as collision protection
- Individually customizable design (color, materials, surface, size, etc.)
- Installation of charging stations and inverters is possible at any time
- Scalable & modular: Available as a single, double or arbitrarily scalable row carport
- Can even be used in the standard version for very high wind and snow loads (s k = 2.2 kN/m²)
- Extra large and wide parking spaces and very easy parking thanks to W-shaped supports
- High-quality design for sophisticated and long-lasting requirements: Hot-dip galvanized steel construction (DIN EN 10346, DIN EN 1461)
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Large PDF library: Market monitoring and market intelligence on the subject of photovoltaics.
Data is viewed at regular intervals and checked for relevance. This usually brings together some interesting information and documentation, which we combine into a PDF presentation: our own data analyzes and marketing intelligence as well as external market observations.
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Does your electricity supplier offer charging stations in public areas or charging stations for home?
Availability of charging options for electric cars through electricity providers – Image: Xpert.Digital
According to a survey from 2019, 60 to well over 70 percent of respondents cannot make precise statements about what their electricity provider offers when it comes to charging options for electric cars. This was particularly pronounced in the area of “wallboxes”, private charging stations for your own garage.
How high is the number of new charging stations in Germany?
Number of new charging stations in Germany from 2010 to 2021 – Image: Xpert.Digital
Around 4,500 new charging stations for electric cars went into operation across Germany in 2020 and completed the Federal Network Agency's notification process. The biggest increase so far was in 2019 with over 5,000 new charging stations. In total, there are already over 19,600 charging stations for electric cars in Germany.
The source states: “The map shows the charging facilities of all operators who have completely completed the Federal Network Agency’s notification process and agreed to publication on the Internet. The LSV does not enable a complete recording of the entire German charging infrastructure. The number of publicly accessible charging facilities in Germany is therefore larger than shown here.”
Expert survey: What impact does the expansion of the charging station network have on the German market for electric vehicles?
Expert survey on the influence of the charging station network on the electric car market – Image: Xpert.Digital
The statistics show the results of a survey among eMobility experts in Germany who have been working in the field of eMobility for at least 2 years. It's about the influence of the expansion of the charging station network on the market for electric vehicles. In 2018, around 6 percent of the experts surveyed were of the opinion that the expansion of the charging station network has little impact on the German market for electric vehicles.
Expert survey on the influence of the charging station network on the electric car market 2018: What influence does the expansion of the charging station network have on the German market for electric vehicles?
- Strong influence – 70%
- Some influence – 22%
- Little influence – 6%
- No influence – 0%
- Don’t know – 2%
- No information – 0%
What is the status of electromobility in Europe?
Electromobility: Europe is racing forward – Image: Olivier Le Moal|Shutterstock.com
Despite difficult circumstances and the negative impact of the pandemic on the automotive industry, electric vehicles took a big leap forward in many countries in 2020. According to estimates by the industry tracker EV Volumes, plug-in electric vehicles accounted for 4.2 percent of global light vehicle sales last year, up from 2.5 percent in 2019. While only eight countries reported an EV share of 5 percent or more in 2019, 13 countries managed to increase the share of electric vehicles in new car sales to over 10 percent in 2020. As in previous years, Norway was a positive outlier with a 75% share of plug-in electric vehicles, while Iceland, Sweden and Finland also featured in the top five - evidence of the rapid adoption of electric cars in the Nordic countries. China, by far the largest electric car market in terms of sales, fell out of the top 10 with a 6.2 percent share of passenger car sales in the country. Meanwhile, the United States fell further behind, with EV share at just 2.3 percent.
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How is electromobility developing in Norway?
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Electric vehicles took center stage at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show. With stricter emissions standards in Europe, numerous manufacturers showed off their latest vision of a battery-powered future, with both concept cars and market-ready models well represented.
Despite robust growth and record electric vehicle sales in most of the largest automotive markets, internal combustion engines continue to dominate global passenger car sales. The share of plug-in electric vehicles in total passenger car and light commercial vehicle sales/registrations was below five percent in all but four markets in 2018, with Norway being the most notable exception at 49 percent. With Iceland, Sweden and Finland also among the top five countries with the highest share of EVs, the Nordics are adopting electric mobility faster than any other part of the world. China, by far the largest market for electric cars in terms of unit sales, is in sixth place behind Finland with a share of 4.44 percent.
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How is electromobility developing in Germany?
Electromobility is coming slowly, but it is coming – Image Xpert.Digital, Roman Babakin|Shutterstock.com
In 2009 there were just under 1,500 electric cars in Germany. A good decade later, according to the Federal Motor Transport Authority, there will already be around 309,000 electric vehicles in 2021. Not Tesla, but Renault's Zoe was the most frequently registered electric car in Germany in 2020 with almost 30,000 new registrations (2nd place: Tesla Model 3 - 17,438). However, worldwide, Tesla and its Model 3 lead the ranking of electric car sales at the end of 2020 with around 813,000 vehicles sold, ahead of VW, SAIC and BMW. The Nissan Leaf follows in second place worldwide with almost 500,000 electric cars sold. Tesla Model S occupies third place with just over 300,000 new registrations.
In 2020 there was a new record with almost 11 million electric cars registered worldwide. Eight years ago there were 250,380. That's a fifty-fold increase!
In addition to renewable energies, electromobility is one of the central building blocks of the European energy transition. But China is miles ahead of the Europeans, with the number of electric cars in China amounting to over 5 million in 2020. That's almost three times as much as second place - the USA - in a global comparison. In China, an electric car quota came into force in spring 2019, banning the production of automobile models with high fuel consumption. Manufacturers are therefore obliged to maintain a percentage of alternative drives in the production and sales of their vehicles. In the electric car business, Chinese automobile manufacturers dominate the market in China. Foreign manufacturers are far behind. Many of the Chinese automobile manufacturers are still hardly known in the Western world.
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Electromobility: How safe are electric cars? How is the safety of electric cars checked?
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The path to an industrial society that is committed to sustainability and is aware of its responsibility towards future generations leads to a future without the use of nuclear energy. The central point here is the expansion of renewable energies. New technologies for energy production and extraction as well as emission-free transportation are becoming increasingly important. The promotion of these technologies continues to progress. Virtual power plants are already connecting a wide variety of energy producers and electricity consumers.
In order to ensure the necessary safety of all systems and also of the users, comprehensive tests, especially electrical safety, are necessary. GOSSEN METRAWATT, as one of the global market leaders in testing technology, has developed into a solution provider, including for new technologies.
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