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LIFE FREESVEE – «Fast Recharging EnErgy Service eVErywhEre on the road» addresses the transition to electric mobility, proposing high-level technological solutions for ultra-fast public charging of electric vehicles anywhere, eliminating the need for a high-power electrical grid to provide service.

The proposed solutions employ innovative techniques applicable to different charging point configurations, both grid-connected and stand-alone. Therefore, for demonstration purposes, two pilot prototypes will be implemented at two service stations with different characteristics in order to test and validate different technologies and configurations:

• The first prototype addresses the general case of a service station connected to the grid in an urbanized area. It demonstrates the optimal management of an ultra-fast EV charging station with a moderate connection to the power grid, without the need to increase it.
• The second prototype aims to demonstrate the possibility of ultra-fast EV charging at a service station with a weak network (low-power connection, with network outages or even no network at all) in a sparsely populated area.

Both prototypes will be configured as a microgrid incorporating renewable generation, short-term storage (in Li-ion batteries) and long-term storage (in the case of prototype 2, in a vanadium redox flow battery), ultra-fast EV charging, and the usual demand for charging at the service station. A smart controller will be developed for optimal energy management at both service stations. LIFE FREESVEE will also analyze the different configurations of service stations in order to identify their technical, economic, and legislative characteristics and address the challenges they face in adopting electric mobility. In this way, the project aims to solve an important problem for the rapid and complete deployment of electric mobility as a way to mitigate climate change.

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Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CINEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.