Charging Energy Hubs: Accelerate transition to sustainable mobility in the Netherlands

The development of digital twins for zero-emission vehicles helps support fleet planning and charging needs. These digital twins provide useful information, such as the state of charge (SoC) upon arrival at the depot, the power profile required to charge a vehicle, and the energy needed for an upcoming route.

The further development of a charge planning tool will support the operation of electric vehicle fleets in logistics operations. This tool considers assets of the Charging Energy Hub (CEH), such as local power consumption and generation, as well as the fleet's planning requirements. Discover more >

Analyses of energy balances, sising, and configurations of Charging Energy Hubs (CEH). These analyses determine how CEH can be technically and economically feasible to design and implement, provided they are legally and organisationally viable.

Creating a scaling assessment framework for scenarios to quickly deploy the solutions generated within the project across the Netherlands. Part of the analysis will address the barriers and factors the Netherlands needs to overcome to accelerate further, as well as any national and European policy instruments that will be key to the success of the scaling.

The development of algorithms for logistical planning, including energy management of electric trucks. In other words, optimising the combination of logistics management and energy management of electric trucks. Discover more >

Development of system solutions for digital representations of actual physical assets. This includes handling the Digital Twin, its models, and data through a online platform. Digital twins will belong to various organisations, including the entire logistics chain. Such a platform must support different models needed for the Digital Twin of the truck, specifically considering the exchange of sensitive information between the models, which run on the truck and in a centralised environment.

For each of the three use cases in the project, three business model scenarios will be developed according to the Collaborative Business Modelling approach of TNO and the Business Model Radar of TUe. This approach has been developed for shaping the exploitation of innovations in which several parties jointly carry out business model innovation. In the approach, stakeholders work together in environmental analysis, design of business models, evaluation and an implementation plan. Roles and responsibilities are laid down parallel to this in a governance model.