The NEC Birmingham Gigahub is one of the largest electric vehicle (EV) charging hubs in Europe.
The hub hosts 16 ultra-fast 300kW DC chargers and 150 fast 7kW AC chargers, with designated accessible bays.
Located at the heart of the national motorway network, the site is also home to a Starbucks Coffee drive thru. With the range of charging speeds and onsite convenience services, motorists have a choice of charging options to suit their needs.
At mua, we’re proud to be part of this groundbreaking project, appointed as the independent distribution network operator (IDNO) to adopt the electricity network powering the Gigahub.
In designing our electricity network on the site for our EV charging infrastructure development partner the EV Network, it was important to us to maximise space for chargers and minimise the space taken up by electrical infrastructure, so that as many people as possible can charge at the site. We’ve successfully achieved that with space for 180 electric vehicles to charge simultaneously.
Summary
Client
The EV Network
Key facts
The NEC Gigahub hosts:
- 16 ultra-fast 300kW DC chargers
- 150 fast 7kW AC chargers
As the IDNO, we're adopting, operating and maintaining:
- large bulk high voltage supply that feeds multiple private HV substations
- 5 MVA total load at intake position at the point of connection to feed client
- high voltage metering unit and local switching point
Status
Site energised