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Krka National Park, Croatia, Is the First National Park in the World to Install ABB Terra 53 Fast DC/AC Chargers Green park Krka National Park, Croatia, is the first national park in the world to install ABB Terra 53 fast DC/AC chargers ALEKSANDAR RADOSAVLJEVIC, MERSIHA VELIC HAJDARHODZIC, Croatia, the first in Europe and the second in the world, MICHELLE KIENER – Krka National Park, situated in Šibenik- coming online only two days after the Niagara Falls AC plant. Knin county in Croatia, is a world famous natural phenom- To protect its nature and heritage Krka National Park has enon with its seven waterfalls of the Krka River. On the park’s invested in five electric vehicles and four ABB DC electric territory there are many historical and cultural monuments, vehicle fast-charging stations: Terra 53 CJG. The first unit is one of them is the remains of the hydro power plant Jaruga, already installed and it is operating every day at Lozovac, the oldest power generating facility in the world, built in 1895. nearby the town of Šibenik and the hydro plant Jaruga. That was the first alternating current (AC) power system in Green park 13 1 ABB’s Terra 53 CJG charging station at Lozovac The stations are set to charge two cars “This is a step forward in nature conserva- at the same time and charging lasts for a tion, and we are particularly proud that the duration of 0.5 to 1.5 hours, depending Public Institution of Krka National Park rka National Park (Krka NP) is on the capacity of the vehicle battery. joined the Green Line project, which pro- home to numerous endemic The ABB chargers are equipped with inter- vides protected areas the opportunity to plants, geomorphological forms net based connected services and allow serve as a model for the introduction and of rocks and animal species users to easily connect to different soft- broader user of electric vehicles. We hope K 2 and covers a total area of 109 km . It is ware systems and payment platforms. The that the project will continue to develop, to challenging to maintain and preserve connectivity also enables remote monitor- allow greater numbers of citizens to be- natural rarities and therefore the park ing, maintenance and functionality add-ons. come direct contributors to environmental managers undertake constant efforts in The working temperature of the charging protection through the purchase of electric order to keep the high level of conserva- stations is from – 35 °C to + 50 °C. vehicles,” stressed Krešimir Šakic´, direc- tion of these natural treasures. One as- tor of the Public Institution of Krka NP. pect of this work has been the initiative Green line to use electric and hybrid plug-in vehi- The initiative is part of the “Green Line” The electric vehicle charging infrastructure cles within the park and to provide fast program, launched by the Ministry of En- is a Terra DC 53 multi-standard 50 kW DC charging stations. The first charging vironmental and Nature Protection and modular station with one, two or three station is already in operation in Lozo- plugs for the rapid vac ➔ 1. The next charging station will be charging of elec- installed as part of the new information The electric vehicle charging tric vehicles. The center at Laškovica above Roški slap flexible design en- and the remaining stations will be strate- infrastructure is a Terra DC 53 ables multi-proto- gically placed at a variety of locations col charging, ie, within the park. multi-standard 50 kW modular CCS, CHAdeMO station with one, two or three and fast charging An even greener park AC standards, to The missions of Krka NP include reduc- plugs for the rapid charging of meet the individual ing CO2 emissions, as well as reducing needs of each noise, fuel consumption and mainte- electric vehicles. customer. The sta- nance costs. To invite all park visitors to tions are designed be part of the efforts to protect the envi- the Environmental Protection and Energy for super-rapid charging and are ideal for ronment, the charging stations will be Efficiency Fund which is intended for use at petrol stations and in urban city available for all visitors with electric cars. public institutes managing protected areas with high vehicle traffic. areas, national parks and nature parks. Park first Title picture Krka National Park lies within Šibenik-Knin County, The first station came online in Septem- and covers a total area of 109 km² ber 2016 and is particularly special be- 14 ABB review 4|16 2 Krka NP is 18km north of the oldest AC multiphase power station in the world and 100km south of Nikola Tesla’s birthplace Slovenia Smiljan Bosnia and Herzegovina Krka National Park Czech republic Šibenik Germany Slovakia Austria France Hungary Switzerland Slovenia Italy Bosnia and Herzegovina Italy Croatia Serbia Montenegro Albania cause it’s the first ABB fast electric vehicle gine is no distraction to the gentle charging station installed in any national The station is sounds of nature, undisturbed by man- park in the world. In addition, Krka NP is made emissions. one of the first European parks to install special because electric vehicle charging stations. The authors would like to thank the team from Krka it’s the first ABB NP, especially: Krešimir Šakic´, Joško Baljkas and Katia Zˇ upan. The local area has a history of firsts. The fast electric vehicle park is close to the town of Šibenik, which was the first town in the world to charging station have street lights powered by electricity. In 1895 some houses in the town were installed in any electrified and 340 street lights installed, Aleksandar Radosavljevic national park in made possible, of course, by the nearby Mersiha Velic Hajdarhodzic Jaruga hydro-power plant ➔ 2. Yet more the world. ABB EV Charging Infrastructure poignant is that the birthplace of Nikola Zagreb, Croatia Tesla, Smiljan, is only 100km to the north [email protected] of the park. ture and appreciate the work being done [email protected] to conserve a national park, as well as One can only wonder what Tesla’s the wider environment. In Krka NP there Michelle Kiener thoughts would be on seeing these new is no war of the currents. Simply a moti- ABB Review DC installations. But it would be nice to vation to provide sustainable infrastruc- Baden-Daettwil, Switzerland think that he would see the bigger pic- ture, where the quiet hum of an EV en- [email protected] Green park 15 .
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