Technical Webinar: via Zoom Jointly organized by the Electrical and the Electronic Division
To be conducted in English
Programme Highlight:
Hong Kong the “Beacon City” for electric cars as once called by Elon Musk of Tesla is highly suited for the transition to eMobility. The drive range of electric vehicles (EV) is often times within the daily trip distance covered and there is a power grid with world class reliability of over 99.995%. As the city begins to electrify its vehicles, the charging infrastructure supplying the “fuel” will need to grow in tandem. In this seminar, the speaker will shed some light on the different charging technologies in the market, the EV charging standards, and the factors to consider when designing EV charging infrastructure.
Check here for the poster: http://el.hkie.org.hk//Upload/Doc/c03fe2ec-cd5b-40dd-bf82-11a3684d138b_HKIE_Technical%20Seminar_Dec%202020_Poster_v1.1.pdf
Speaker: Mr. Siddhant Gupta
Head of Future Grid for Asia Pacific
Siddhant Gupta is the Head of Future Grid for Asia Pacific, where he is responsible for the grid edge products and solutions in renewable energy, energy storage and electric mobility. He is passionate about driving transformation to decarbonize the mobility and energy sector, and has worked across the globe in various industries from technology, energy and
consulting. In his previous role in Siemens as an associate in the CEO Excellence program, he led topics around digitalization & energy storage in Germany and the USA.
Registration & Enquiry:
This is a technical webinar and free of charge. Please register here via the following website https://forms.gle/iNnm98h7pr83uTQNA
The deadline for registration is 8 Dec 2020. The chatroom link will be sent to your email address once registration is confirmed. For enquiry, please send email to programme.hkie.eldiv@gmail.com.
Report By Mr. Keith Wong
As the city begins to electrify its vehicles, the charging infrastructure supplying the “fuel” will need to grow in tandem. To enhance the public awareness, the HKIE Electrical and Electronics Division jointly organized the Technical Webinar about the latest development of EV charging infrastructure on 15 Dec 2020. Mr. Siddhant Gupta, the Head of Future Grid of Siemens Asia Pacific, who has worked across the globe in various industries from technology, energy and consulting, shared the development and technology improvement of EV chargers.
During the session, we discussed about the pros and cons of AC Charger and DC Quick Charger, the benefits and applications of Depot Charging, the latest High Power Charger – Pantograph Solution, which widely tested in European countries, serves as the opportunity charging (Opt-Charge) solution for electric public transport in urban cities. Mr. Siddhant Gupta also shared the technology development of load management system, from on-premises applications to cloud applications. And we were glad to hear that the load management cloud is not limited to support the fleet management from various charger providers, but also the payment settlement among various network operators and developers across different cities and counties recently. Without any doubt, it can facilitate the popularity of electric vehicle usage, and improve the grid resilience and connection capacity. In the Q&A session, the speaker and panellists also addressed to the concerns of the battery technology and electrical bus development in HK, especially on battery lifetime and driving distance.
The webinar attracted over 350 participants, and we believed the experiences shared by Mr. Siddhant Gupta could be a good reference for EV Charging industry development in Hong Kong, and we would like to express our sincere gratitude to Mr. Siddhant Gupta and division committees for offering their valuable time for this webinar session.
