Airport Energy-optimized Smart Transport Hub

Purpose and goal

Test facility of 10 charging points has been installed and commissioned. System development, integration, and adaptations that enable smart control of the chargers have been carried out. SMS based booking system has been developed. The system is designed to receive information from travelers such as how long they must be parked. The information is used for various types of optimization to achieve cost savings, peak power creations and at the same time ensure that the traveler receives the charge they desire. The system enables future revenue from flex and support services markets.

Expected results and effects

The pattern of behavior is that there are two peak periods during a week when travelers arrive and depart from the airport. Without control, power peaks then occur, which, if the number of charging points were greater, would cause capacity problems. Many travelers have systems for heating and other things active while they are parked, which results in high energy consumption if they are parked for a long time. If the number of kWh is limited, it means that they do not have as much energy as they would like on departure, which is a problem discovered within the project.

Planned approach and implementation

The project was carried out with 3 sub-projects: System for customer communication. (Swedavia) System for control of charging points. (Recap) Integration. (Swedavia, Recap, and external sources) The project used agile project models with sprints planned and executed in two-week cycles. A number of workshops were carried out as well as steering group meetings every month in the first year. The delays were mostly due to the integrations that were required between different systems. The experience here points to a central integration platform acting as a master for all functions.