Lithuania-based Soliport has commissioned a 250 kW PV Carport System linked to 40 electric vehicle (EV) charging points.
The company claims the system is currently the largest PV Carport power plant installed over parking spaces in the Baltic States.
"Although the PV carport is grid-connected, only a small portion of the electricity that is generated is fed into the grid," the company's managing co-founder, Gediminas Onaitis"Most of it will be used to charge around 4,000 electric cars per year."
The EV charging systems were provided by Lithuanian specialist CityCharge and have two 22 kW charging sockets each. They were also equipped with Tesla superchargers.
A power management system ensures that the input load is not exceeded during charging, so that the stations can charge at maximum capacity, utilizing all renewable solar electricity and residual input power.
