Location:           NSW, Australia

Reference:        Endeavour Energy

Problem

• NSW State government mandates transition to electric buses by 2025; forecast to result in major increase in peak power demand at centralised bus depots
• Peak power demand at West Sydney regional bus depot forecast to increase from 200KVA to over 3MVA
• Bus depot located in centre of highly developed commercial area with congested MV/LV network

Solution

• Edge Zero monitoring provides real time circuit and transformer level capacity and power quality data surrounding local zone substation
• Edge localised data analytics supports least cost LV network capacity augmentation analysis based on bus timetable analysis and flexible charging scheduling
• Edge real time asset level data supports dynamic real time EV charging schedule

Outcomes

• Edge data analytics results in lower capex investment required, smaller transformer upgrade requirement and reduced conductor replacement
• Minimised customer disruption through reduced grid augmentation
• Real time, asset level data enables least cost dynamic charging program based on available network capacity
• Precedent for regulatory support for future network augmentation for EV charging

Edge Zero Advantage

• Real time, real data visibility at an asset level enables more accurate data calculation than deemed utilisation from AMI and grid model calculations
• Edge Zero asset level data sets combine with bus scheduling and capacity data to optimise charging schedule
• Edge monitoring enables local network planning and scenario analysis for new connections