Possibility of solar station to EV

For reduction of the green-house gas emission in the transportation sector, it is important to look for the way to supply renewable energies to automobiles. The car running 30 km a day may be powered by solar panel on the car-roof, but the rest of the cars may be charged by the charging station from solar energy. In this study, feasibility of the charging station powered by the practical size of CPV was investigated using the charging and discharging simulation based on the meteorological database in Japan by three criteria. It was concluded that 6 m × 6 m panel would be sufficient to charge maximum 5 electric vehicles in a day.