19:00 - 20:30
Room: Foyer Berlin 1–3
Submission 58
Assessing the Economic Viability of Solar Carports in Urban Parking Infrastructure for EV Charging and Self-Consumption
EMOB25-58
Presented by: Mohamad Koubar
Mohamad Koubar 1, Joakim Munkhammar 1, Reza Fachrizal 2
1 Uppsala University, Sweden
2 Mälardalen University, Sweden
Alongside society's development and electrification comes an increasing need for electrical energy. The transition towards renewable and sustainable energy production is therefore an essential topic in matching energy demand. For example, creative solutions like installing photovoltaics (PV) panels on unutilized areas such as parking lots can play a crucial role in meeting energy sustainability goals. However, these solutions should be economically feasible. This study aims to investigate whether implementing photovoltaic carports at the university building or an office parking lot is economically feasible and can help meet the facility's energy demand and the futuristic Electric vehicle (EV) charging demand. To determine this, real electricity prices, the facility's energy demand, and the ACN-Data dataset of EV charging sessions from a campus and office building are used. The economic metrics used are net present value (NPV), revenue, and payback period (PBP). For the energy matching with solar energy, metrics such as self-consumption (SC) and self-sufficiency (SS) are used. Sensitivity case including changing the EV charging pattern, as well as the EV charging fee, is considered.