A shared PV system for transportation and residential loads to reduce curtailment and the need for storage systems

This paper proposes a shared multi-stakeholder PV system for traction substations and nearby residential loads to reduce the need for storage, AC grid exchange, and curtailment. The residential stakeholders offer both the base electrical load and the solar panels installation space needed by the traction stakeholder, who brings the peak load...

DC trolleygrids as sustainable, multi-functional, and multi-stakeholder electrical infrastructures: Thinking outside of the bus

Electricity grids are increasingly congested as the world moves toward a sustainable, electrified future. Expanding and upgrading these infrastructures is costly and challenging on a technical and administrative level and even redundant when considering that some sub-parts of these grids, such as electric transportation networks, are massively...

Comparing Battery Solutions for Intercity In–Motion Charging Buses: An Arnhem-Wageningen Case Study

The emergence of electric mobility in urban public transportation, with a particular focus on electric buses, presents a promising solution to address emissions and environmental concerns. However, a significant challenge lies in ensuring continuous bus operation without the need for frequent charging. In-motion charging (IMC), often referred to...

Reconfigurable modular battery pack for electric aircraft

Aviation is a growing industry responsible for over 2% of the energy-related CO2 emissions in 2021. To achieve the 'Net Zero Emission by 2050 scenario', the aviation industry is turning towards modern propulsion technologies that reduce carbon and NOx emissions. Research is taking place on many prospective aircraft designs, such as hybrid/turbo...

Charging Infrastructure and Grid Integration for Electromobility

Electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure will play a critical role in decarbonization during the next decades, energizing a large share of the transportation sector. This will further increase the enabling role of power electronics converters as an energy transition technology in the widespread adoption of clean energy sources and their...

A Review of the Key Technical and Non-Technical Challenges for Sustainable Transportation Electrification: A Case for Urban Catenary Buses

The transport sector has been increasing rather than decreasing its CO2 emissions, and its sustainable electrification faces a number of technical and non-technical challenges. This paper investigates these challenges, namely those of the grid load demand modelling, renewables integration, the present infrastructure limitations, and the...

Placement and sizing of solar PV and Wind systems in trolleybus grids

Reducing the environmental impact of transportation requires the successful integration of renewable energy sources into the electrical transportation networks. However, the mismatch between renewable generation and the intermittent bus schedules causes temporary absence of loads and creates considerable excess energy, potentially rendering...

The effect of IMC bus charging behavior on the trolleygrid

We are in the middle of a transition to zero-emission mobility. The European Union has set high targets for zero-emission bus sales. Many European local governments and public-transit operators are looking to replace their GHG-emitting diesel/gas bus fleets with clean alternatives. One such alternative is In Motion Charging (IMC) technology for...

eHUBs—Identifying the potential early and late adopters of shared electric mobility hubs

Shared electric mobility hubs, or eHUBs, offer users access to a range of shared electric vehicles on demand. However, little is currently known about what the characteristics of potential users of this novel type of shared mobility are. This makes it difficult to plan the location of hubs and to provide facilities, which ultimately will...

Ecosystem Exploration of Micro-electric Mobility market in the Netherlands

Electric Vehicles are shaping the clean energy goals and have become the poster for climate change and the energy transition. Its not only cars that is making an impact but more importantly, micro-electric vehicles spearheading first/last mile solutions. These vehicles reduce net emissions on the environment. This market needs further literature...

Hydrogen fuel cell scooter with plug-out features for combined transport and residential power generation

The need for zero emission drive is a global necessity that can contribute to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. In this context, fuel cell hybrid electric vehicles are increasingly attracting interest by governments, companies and academia. While parked they can operate as power generation units, given the proper connection to the electricity...

Designing an innovative e-bike frame with integrated functionalities: from concept to realisation

The current e-bike market is characterized by bike designs with conventional tubular frames, to which external components that allow electric cycling are attached. This often leads to a forced integration of the battery, motor and other components. Amsterdam based e-bike brand QWIC wanted to tackle this integration issue in a different manner,...

Greengrid: A service for Vehicle2Grid and peer-to-peer energy trade

Vehicle2Grid is a new technology that allows bi-directional charging. Bi-directional charging enables electric vehicles (EVs) to charge and to give energy back to the electricity grid. The goal of this technology is to balance the electricity grid and avoid peak usage times. The technical side of Vehicle2Grid is in development, but the system...

Discovering an authentic brand, a brand-driven strategy for introducing a new product line to a new mobility market

Project:#001 is a company that develops custom-made private label merchandise, promotional products and accessories that reinforces other companies in the mobility market. They have an expertise in textile and polymeric fabrics and they have a strong vision in how a brand is supposed to be translated into products. Due to difficulties in their...

Electric Mobility: On the Road to Energy Transition: A technical and actor assessment of social costs of electric mobility

Several Dutch municipalities stimulate electric mobility by deploying a charging infrastructure. Electric mobility is however expected to impact the electricity grid, thereby requiring the grid to be reinforced. Costs for network reinforcements are social costs and it is in society’s benefit to limit those costs. Municipalities have no real...

Building the MisterGreen brand

The following is the graduation report of a master thesis for MisterGreen. It includes both internal and external analyses which have led to the proposal of a strategy. This strategy, in turn, has led to the development a brand strategy. The brand strategy has been interpreted by means of the realization of a design cue; a film. This film is the...

Electric Mobility & the Urban Environment: The Schiphol Case

The introduction of electric mobility is one of the promising options to create a more sustainable mobility system for the future. Electric vehicles offer the promise of major reductions in local CO2, NOX and particulate emissions. In addition, electric vehicles are silent, easy to service and have high ‘well-to-wheel’ energy efficiency. However...

Electric mobility & the urban environment; the Schiphol case

The introduction of electric mobility is one of the promising options to create a more sustainable mobility system for the future. Electric vehicles offer the promise of major reductions in local CO2, NOX and particulate emissions. In addition, electric vehicles are silent, easy to service and have high ‘well-to-wheel’ energy efficiency. However...