Taiwan unveils solar-powered charging station

Taiwanese company Green Trade Project Office created the Eco-Power Station (EPS), a solar-powered charger for electric bicycles.

The EPS was created out of shipping container, with its roof covered with thin-film solar panels. These panels feed the station’s smart grid with electricity, with any excess electricity then stored in the station’s batteries.

A compact chamber in the lithium-ion battery from TD HiTech and Ecolohas Energy Tech enables the station to store energy for times when the demand exceeds the current energy production. With the help of Billion Electric’s smart-energy-management system, cloud monitoring technologies have been implemented to help ease administrators on the challenges of the central control of scattered equipment.

The station has also installed M-Field’s hydrogen fuel cell to provide reliable backup power, in case of blackouts. Under normal conditions, this hydrogen fuel cell self-refuels, when a supply is maintained through the solar-power source. In total, this fuel cell can provide more than 8 hours of back-up power while operating at its maximum output.

The EPS is scheduled to be shipped to Liberty State Park, New Jersey, in the United States of America, in March of 2016, to be used as one of the area’s bicycle rental stations run by Bike and Roll.