Galliker puts superlative charging station from Designwerk into operation
Galliker Transport AG has inaugurated a state-of-the-art charging station for electric commercial vehicles. The pilot installation uses self-produced solar power and can smooth out peak loads on the power grid.
Galliker Transport AG now has a charging station of superlatives: as part of the Innovation Day by Galliker, the logistics company from Altishofen has put the first Stationary Battery Backed Mega Charger from Designwerk into operation, Designwerk Technologies AG announced in a press release. The pilot system of the battery-backed fast charging system has a total capacity of 1 megawatt hour and is powered by solar energy produced by Galliker itself.
“By using the battery-buffered charging station, we can utilise the solar power produced during the day to efficiently charge our electric commercial vehicles around the clock,” said Felix Felder, Head of Fleet Management at Galliker Transport AG, in the press release. “The Mega Charger can contribute to the stability of our site network by smoothing out peak loads.”
The charging station is the size of a standard container. The pilot system at Galliker is equipped with two charging points, each with an output of 420 kilowatts of direct current. The maximum version of the Mega Charger can accommodate a total capacity of up to 2 megawatt hours.
“The commissioning of the Mega Charger at Galliker is an important milestone in the development of future-proof charging infrastructure for heavy commercial vehicles,” explains Thorben Maier, Head of Sales and Customer Service Charging Technology at Designwerk Technologies AG. “Our technology enables logistics companies to cover a wide range of charging scenarios sustainably, with the buffer storage relieving the load on the power grid.”