Scale Microgrids, a vertically integrated distributed energy company, has signed a non-exclusive partnership agreement with EO Charging. Under this agreement, the companies will jointly pursue opportunities to provide electric vehicle (EV) fleets with solutions that feature charging equipment powered by resilient, low-cost energy systems called microgrids.
EO has nearly a decade of experience providing EV charging infrastructure for customers in the UK and Europe, including charging for over 25 million public EV bus miles for London’s transit fleets. The company is now growing its presence in the United States, promising to provide over 99% uptime to transit, school bus, and commercial fleets.
Scale, an American vertically integrated distributed energy company, will enable a holistic charging solution by integrating EO’s charging infrastructure with up to 100% resilient on-site energy systems including solar, batteries, dispatchable generation, and advanced controls.
“Fleet operators cite electricity supply as a major concern for their transition to EVs,” said John Walsh, president of CEO of Charging, Americas. “This sentiment stems from roadblocks associated with utility capacity upgrade timelines, cost of ownership and fuelling, and risks associated with charging station downtime. By partnering with Scale, we’ll be able to offer our customers a complete fleet electrification solution that gets their vehicles charging sooner and at lower cost with unprecedented reliability.”
Together, the two companies aim to help trucking and transit fleets accelerate their electrification initiatives by reducing wait times for utility service upgrades, reducing operating costs with optimized charging and energy management, and ensuring maximum uptime with a combination of high charger availability and electricity supply resilience.
The two companies will provide charging solutions for fleets across the country, focusing on regions where customers face grid capacity constraints and high utility demand charges. EO will be responsible for depot design and installation of charging equipment, integration with its EO Cloud charge management software, and 24/7/365 O&M with a 99% uptime guarantee.
Scale will be responsible for the design and installation of on-site distributed energy infrastructure, energy management and optimization, and the provision of project financing.
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