Lithuania’s largest PV carport with 44 EV chargers – SPE

Lithuania-based Soliport has commissioned a 250 kW solar carport 40 charging points for electric vehicles (EV).

The company claims that the system currently is the largest power plant installed above parking lots in the Baltic stateS.

“Although the PV carport is connected to the electricity grid, only a small part of the electricity generated is supplied to the electricity grid,” says the company’s co-founder. Gediminas Onaitistold pv magazine. “Most of it will be used to charge approximately 4,000 electric cars per year.”

The EV charging systems were supplied by the Lithuanian specialist CityCharge and have two 22 kW charging points each. They were also equipped with Tesla superchargers.

An energy management system (DLM) ensures that the input load is not exceeded during charging, allowing the stations to charge at maximum capacity, utilizing all renewable solar energy and remaining input power.

The carport hosts Double-sided 580W double-glazed modules from Jinkosolar and inverters from China-based Solax.

The carport structures are designed by Soliport and adapted to the local infrastructure and existing parking spaces. “They are bbuilt without loss of parking spaces, with underground foundations,” said Onaitis. “They have minimal impact on driving comfort and the ability to open car doors. It is important not to complicate driving, especially in public parking lots.”