GreenCharge Project Deliverable: D2.8 Final Report for Oslo pilot: Lessons Learned and Guidelines

This deliverable describes the Oslo pilot of GreenCharge. The Oslo pilot comprises three demonstrators, OSL.D1, OSL.D2 and OSL.D3. All three demonstrators are associated with the Røverkollen housing cooperative. The Røverkollen housing cooperative comprises several building blocks, both apartments (246) and a parking garage. The objectives of the Oslo pilot were 5-fold, understanding: O1.How new business models with an intelligent billing system can take consumer acceptance and ownership into account O2. How a booking system for charging services can be directed towards certain costumer groups O3. How to facilitate for cost-efficient home-charging in housing associations with limited grid capacity O4. How an integrated smart charging solution can balance charging of EVs with local energy use and electricity production O5. How the user interface and services for EV charging will work in different situations and for different user groups. OSL.D1 mainly addressed O1, O3, O4 and O5. OSL.D2 mainly addressed O1, O2 and O5. OSL.D3 did not directly target any of the objectives but was implemented to collect data regarding energy consumption in flats for simulation purposes. A major success-factor in relation to the demonstration activities was to identify and mobilize an orchestrator that can leverage viable business models. For the Oslo pilot, this became Røverkollen housing cooperative. The Oslo pilot contribute directly to three of the project's expected results: (R_ELL) Evaluation results and Lessons Learned - documenting the Oslo pilot provides learning from planning and implementation of different measures to support increased uptake of electric mobility (R_BM) Business Models - i.e., how the orchestrator connects all stakeholders in the ecosystem and exchanges information, energy, cost and revenues (R_TP) Technology Prototypes - comprising the developments needed to fulfil the five objectives listed, including the integration with legacy systems. New developments include Neighbourhood energy management system (NEMS) provided by ESMART Charge management system (CMS) provided by FORTUM ZET.Charge app provided by ZET Roaming provided by HUBJ This deliverable summarizes the tasks related to integration and activation of the different subsystems to fulfil the objectives of the Oslo pilot, and outlines some of the challenges experienced. In addition to the technical measures, it also describes business measures and supporting activities that was needed to fulfil the objectives of the pilot. Supporting measures includes information to, and collecting feedback from users (information campaigns, surveys, interviews etc.) During the project, 65 parking spaces were equipped with charging points, and four publicly available outdoor parking spots were equipped with bookable charging opportunities. Based on the experience from implementing and operating the Oslo pilot both guidelines and recommendations for future work can be extracted. Major takeaways include: Define activities as research and innovation activities to keep commercial aspects at bay Integration of non-standardized components and interfaces needs close collaboration between all actors involved Ensure tight cooperation and an open dialogue with the problem owner (in this case the housing cooperative