Quanta Technology offers a comprehensive approach to supporting our client partners to address the challenges on existing assets and infrastructure from the effects of electrification. Utility distribution assets are facing increased challenges related to potential overloads of equipment and circuits, changes in equipment cooling patterns, and constraints in accommodating high-power charging in neighborhoods with legacy distribution infrastructure. Our team of experts can provide detailed, model-based engineering analyses which yield plans for asset management that are technically robust, yet pragmatic. Our technical foundation is coupled with commercial and business expertise enabling Quanta Technology to perform services such as business case development, road mapping, and strategy and benefit-cost analyses.
Capabilities
Generation and transmission systems can and will likely need to handle millions of plug-in electric vehicles (EVs). However, a thorough understanding of technical issues on the distribution system is vital when considering how best to integrate EVs into the grid. Challenges include potential overloads of distribution transformers and circuits, changes in equipment cooling patterns, and inability to accommodate high-power charging in older neighborhoods with legacy distribution infrastructure.
Service Offering
Quanta has a holistic approach to transportation electrification that stretches from strategy to implementation. Quanta offers high-level strategy, regulatory, and policy recommendations as well as detailed engineering and economic analysis, and testing. Quanta also offers P-EPC via our parent company, Quanta Services.
Quanta can demonstrate how transportation electrification fits within the utility business and technology strategy as well as break down the technology, integration aspects, and regulatory and technical gaps. Additionally, Quanta has pursued and patented several cutting edge testing technologies such as the Battery Energy Storage System Tester Instrument (BESSTI™), a portable device specifically designed for testing of commercial energy storage systems.
Why Quanta Technology
Quanta’s comprehensive approach and understanding of the “big picture” makes Quanta’s offering distinct from other firms. Unlike management consultants, Quanta performs detailed model-based engineering analyses which enables our studies to be more practical and feel “more real.” Unlike pure engineering firms, Quanta can offer detailed benefit-cost analyses. Also Quanta is capable of performing testing and implementation of EV devices.
Key Projects
Business Cases
Chrysler and BMW: Electric Vehicles Evaluation and Business Models for Extended Services
Japanese Multi-National Electronics Firm: Assessment of Super-Fast EV Charging Market
Ericsson/InCode Consulting: Deployment of Fast Charging Platform to Utility Market
New York Power Authority: Review of Distributed Energy Technologies
Electric Transportation and EMS
Leap Frog: Residential Hybrid Energy Management System with EV and PVs
Roadmapping and Strategy
Southern California Edison (SCE): Tech Program Development in System Protection – High-DG
Southern California Edison (SCE): Electric Vehicle Impact Study
Zeem Solutions: Strategy Evaluation of Utilization of Zeem Short-Haul Truck Fleet
Alternative Transportation
Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO): Honolulu Rail Transit System (HRTS) Voltage Flicker Study
Standards development
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): Development of standards for electric transportation charging infrastructure
Testing
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E): Building EVMT and Field Load Bank
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E): Integrated Test Facility (1 Phase)
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E): VGI Vendor Sub-Metering Validation Testing
Pacific Gas & Electric: Assessment of Level II Charging Metering Collection Methods
Project Management
New York Independent System Operator (NYISO): Synchrophasor Integration (Control Center Capability Expansion)