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Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) needed to electrify their bus fleet and upgrade the Hyde Road indoor depot to accommodate 60 new electric buses. The depot needed to be able to charge the buses both during the day and overnight, with a quick turnaround time and minimal disruption to daily operations, as the work had to be carried out during ongoing bus operations.
Heliox worked closely with the customer to deliver a turnkey solution for the Hyde Road depot. To optimize the limited space, the 20 Flex 180 kW chargers were mounted at the side of the depot, 60 automatic cable reels were mounted along 7 above-ground gantries.
Since the project was carried out while the bus operations were ongoing, the work area had to be cleared in the evenings to ensure the buses had enough space to park.
This was the second depot that Heliox has equipped with charging infrastructure for Transport for Greater Manchester. Despite many unexpected changes during the project, the excellent teamwork ensured that the depot was delivered on time. The EV charging infrastructure at the Hyde Road depot is now fully operational, with Chargesight load management ensuring controlled and efficient overnight charging of the 60 new electric buses serving the Manchester area.
Heliox and TU/e aim to develop an integrated solution that makes charging heavy electric vehicles accessible without negative consequences for local electricity networks. Together, we want to achieve this by developing and demonstrating a new, multiple and dynamic charging system for heavy electric vehicles that is equipped with software-controlled stabilization to absorb disturbances on the local energy grid.
The intended system will consist of a dynamically configurable charging system based on modules that can be connected in parallel, each with three 60 kW outputs. With this they want to be able to distribute the loading capacity dynamically over several vehicles. The charging system can therefore be used for opportunity charging up to 360 kW for a single vehicle as well as for regular charging of several vehicles.
In addition, smart software and a microcontroller board are being developed. The converter of the charging system can be used via this software to compensate for grid disturbances. The disturbances are neutralized via a low impedance path. This allows losses on the grid to be converted into usable energy, while improving the voltage quality of the grid. In fact, the system completely takes over the function of current power filters on the basis of smart control.
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) needed to electrify their bus fleet and upgrade the Hyde Road indoor depot to accommodate 60 new electric buses. The depot needed to be able to charge the buses both during the day and overnight, with a quick turnaround time and minimal disruption to daily operations, as the work had to be carried out during ongoing bus operations.
Heliox worked closely with the customer to deliver a turnkey solution for the Hyde Road depot. To optimize the limited space, the 20 Flex 180 kW chargers were mounted at the side of the depot, 60 automatic cable reels were mounted along 7 above-ground gantries.
Since the project was carried out while the bus operations were ongoing, the work area had to be cleared in the evenings to ensure the buses had enough space to park.
This was the second depot that Heliox has equipped with charging infrastructure for Transport for Greater Manchester. Despite many unexpected changes during the project, the excellent teamwork ensured that the depot was delivered on time. The EV charging infrastructure at the Hyde Road depot is now fully operational, with Chargesight load management ensuring controlled and efficient overnight charging of the 60 new electric buses serving the Manchester area.
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