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Shadow Charging & Adaptive Charging

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Great minds think alike, especially with the same objective to bring benefits to the whole society. In recent years, there is a load management system developed by CALTECH in US called “Adaptive Charging” rising in the western market. We found that this system shares the similar idea with us on the use of existing underutilized power of a car park for smart EV charging. Visit Adaptive Charging Network.

Mutually developed on own efforts, shadow charging & adaptive charging both deal with the problem of large upfront cost of power upgrade and the poor energy efficiency of individual charging station. Adaptive charging adapts to the power consumption pattern of a building and harnesses existing unused power to support connected charging stations with controllable load. This is exactly the new concept we are also bracing for. Same power source, similar concept, different algorithm and networking infrastructure, let’s take a look at a simple comparison between this two smart charging systems. 

Item Shadow Charging Adaptive Charging
Harness unused existing power
Yes
Yes
Need for power upgrade
No
No
Charging algorithm
NALA
Adaptive Charging Algorithm
Power limit setting
Yes
Yes
Peak load shaving
Yes
Yes
Reduce demand charge money
Yes
Yes
Total savings
Similar level as Adaptive Charging
Save 60% of the cost of electrical system updates and less peak demand charges
Safety measures
Yes, dual redundancy, fail-safe design
Yes, fallback setting
Load computation
Local, mesh, no central computer
Local, central computer
No. of charger in one network
Up to 192
Up to 100
Extra factor-in
Yes
Yes
Driver's feed-in
No need
Yes
Cloud services
Yes
Yes
Add-on services
Yes
Yes
Green design
Yes, non-E-cap design
No

In the field of smart charging system, the Eastern mind meets the western mind. We are proud of being one of the bellwethers in the course of promoting the concept of smart, shared, connected EV Charging System.