The eCar Ireland Project aims to promote electric vehicle adoption in Ireland by building out public charging infrastructure nationwide. Ireland is well positioned for electric vehicles due to its mild climate and abundant wind energy resources. The project aims to install 1,000 public chargers covering all major towns by 2020, along with 40-100 fast chargers every 60km on interurban routes. It is also providing the first 2,000 home and workplace chargers free to encourage electric vehicle purchases. This infrastructure investment and incentives are meant to attract more car buyers and original equipment manufacturers to Ireland.

1. The eCar Ireland Project
Senan McGrath
Chief Technology Officer
ESB eCars
Electromobiliada 2013
Moscow
July 4th 2013

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Ireland – EU Member State in North Atlantic
• Latitude 51.5o N to 55.5o N
• Mild Climate
• Average winter Temp 6o C
• Rare “Very Hot” Summer day 26o C
• Wet and Windy
• Population 4.5 Million
• Over 80% in single family houses
• Very Open Economy
• 80% of everything produced is
exported
• Centre for High tech IT
• IBM, HP, Intel, Microsoft, Apple,
Dell, Cisco, Oracle, Logitech, SAP
• Amazon, Google, Facebook, eBay,
LinkedIn, Yahoo, PayPal, Twitter

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Irish Motivations for Electric Vehicles
• EU Directive for 20% reduction in Non-ETS CO2 Emissions
in 2020
• Almost 50% due to Agriculture. Increase likely not 20% reduction
• Transport 30% of total and is key to achieving targets
• Oil Imports €6B are 10% of all imports
• High levels of wind available
• Small Insignificant Car market
• About 2m cars in total (Right Hand Drive)
• > 200k new cars per year pre-recession – now under 100k
• No car manufacturer or assembly
• Some high tech Auto supply chain business

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Electricity Demand Forecast
• Make generation more efficient by filling ‘night valley’
• No major increase in peak demand

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Generation Mix Ireland 2011
(Final Consumption)
Natural Gas;
54%
Coal, 16%
Peat; 8%
Oil; 1%
Wind; 16%
Hydro; 3%
Landfill Gas &
Biomass; 1%
Imports; 2%
Fossil Fuel 79%
Renewables 19%
Imports 2%

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Carbon Content of Irish Electricity
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CO2 Emissions
50 g/km
0 g/km
130 g/km
150 g/km
2010
130 g/km
2015
WIND
GAS
COAL
Fleet Tailpipe emissions
Electricity Generation
Irish Grid average in 2011 69 g/km
EU Grid average in 2009 56 g/km
80% wind and 20% Gas 10 g/km

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Ireland’s Investment in Wind Generation
1775
MW
3459
MW
6000
MW
Connected
Mar 2013
Connected +
Contracted
Mar 2013
Expcted
2020
Minimum Night
demand 2012
1614
5090
System peak
50% Wind Connected to Distribution System
MW
4000
MW

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Wind Generation as % of System Demand
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Source Eirgrid

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EV Charging Infrastructure in Ireland
HOME / WORK PUBLIC/
Destination
FAST/
On Route
6 – 8 hours
AC 1Φ 16A Mode 3
Type 2/ fixed cable
1 - 6 hours*
AC 3Φ 32A
Mode 3 Type 2
80% in 20 minutes
DC 50kW
AC 3Φ 63A Mode 3
Fixed cable
*Depending on car

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Ireland – National Charge points
• Public chargers
• All towns with population
of 1500+
• National Plan 1000
• 600 Installed to date
• 90% of major towns and
cities covered
• Fast Chargers every 60km on
interurban routes
• Original Plan 30
• Installed 40 – plan 100
• Home/ Workplace
• First 2000 installed free
• 570 installed to date
Worldwide Purchase - 15 companies in 11 countries

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Ireland – National Charge points
• Public chargers
• All towns with population
of 1500+
• National Plan 1000
• 600 Installed to date
• 90% of major towns and
cities covered
• Fast Chargers every 60km on
interurban routes
• Original Plan 30
• Installed 40 – plan 100
• Home/ Workplace
• First 2000 installed free
• 570 installed to date
Worldwide Purchase - 15 companies in 11 countries

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Buyers of Electric Cars Ireland
•EV buyers are not just city
dwellers
•85% charging at home
•89% believe fast charging
needed

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Public AC Chargers –
Ireland & Northern Ireland

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Smart Charging
Real Time Electricity Prices
Electricity Faults
Personal Diary
Data
HAN

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Creating Business Opportunitires
- Enterprise Ireland SME cluster
EVEO 22kW
Chargers
M2C Smart Home/ Work Place
Charger & Associated Technology
JTM Portable Charger
Apps for EVs
Carra – System for
charging in multi-
dwelling buildings
Transpoco –
Data logging

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Irish EV Charging Market Model
(at least for now)
• Government wants EVs and needs infrastructure to
attract OEMs
• No market model makes sense in immature market
• Pragmatic decision to have DSO provide basic national
charging infrastructure network
• Requirement on DSO to ensure competitive market for
charging
• Suits IT companies interested in market but not in
capital investment

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Open Access IT Infrastructure
1. Charge Point “Scada”
– Status, operation,
– Black & White lists etc
2. Integrate into Electricity
Market System (SAP)
– Zero impact on market
messages
3. Customer Payment
systems
– Prepayment, post
payment, anonymous
cards
4. Other Services
– Open systems and
protocols to allow Apps
development etc.

19. Thank You
senan.mcgrath@esb.ie