Enel affirms that the system is reliable to supply electric buses in SP
Sao Paulo – Residents in the capital of São Paulo fear blackouts, and this year, homes were left without power for up to a week after a storm in October. For those who live in the city of São Paulo and follow the discussions on the renewal of the bus fleet, the question remains: the bus system in it Is it reliable to supply electricity to at least 20% of the fleet?
The Italian dealer says the system is reliable. “It is possible to guarantee the reliability of the electrical system to meet the demand of the electric bus fleet,” he says.
“The electrical connection of each individual garage (or supply center) is subjected to a rigorous and prior technical feasibility analysis, to define the necessary electrical adjustments, so that the network can assume the supply of this new load without compromising the levels of reliability and quality,” he says. the dealer.
Supply centers
Enel X, the Italian arm responsible for offering charging solutions, says it has already signed a contract to provide infrastructure to three bus companies.
The company also states that it has discussed, in parallel, solutions ranging from internal charging in workshops to supply centers. “As soon as dealers define the solutions they want to implement, contracts can be signed and the solutions chosen by them can be implemented,” he says.
Enel Distribuição claims to have analyzed each case, whether for the individual electrical connection of each of the garages or even for possible shared charging centers. According to the energy concessionaire, the hub is the alternative that bus companies “have been demanding lately and that allows optimizing the supply logistics of the electric fleet.”
