Commercial vehicle rental specialist Dawsongroup Vans has unveiled a clean energy fleet electrification facility at its site in Milton Keynes.
The microgrid at its base in Dawson Road, comprises solar panels, 300kWh battery storage units and 34 EV chargers, delivering charging for its fleet of EVs despite restricted power supply at the site.
EVs supplied to customers from the location will be charged using this renewable energy.
E-fleet solutions provider VEV planned the project.
As part of a five-year full-service package, the microgrid and charging ecosystem is managed through VEV’s proprietary data platform, VEV-IQ.
This integrated charger and energy management system operates the charging infrastructure and uses intelligent load balancing to optimise energy usage across all sources – the grid, solar power and battery storage.
With a nationwide fleet of 13,000 vehicles and a fast-growing EV estate, Dawsongroup Vans is predicting carbon emissions savings from the project of 65 tonnes per year.
Stephen Miller, CEO of Dawsongroup, said, “We chose to leverage VEV’s expertise in delivering end-to-end electrification solutions for our vans business and can now show our customers how they can thrive in the electric age and meet emissions-reduction obligations.
“We’re delighted with our new clean energy microgrid at Dawson Road and are exploring how to bring electrification further into our business.”
Mike Nakrani, CEO of VEV, said, “We are looking forward to continuing to work closely with the team there as our experts in energy and operations leverage VEV-IQ to optimise the clean energy ecosystem and deliver cost-efficiencies for Dawsongroup Vans.”
