The document summarizes Black & Veatch's work in electrifying transportation fleets through zero-emission infrastructure. It discusses their expertise in renewable energy, battery storage, hydrogen refueling and high-powered charging. It also covers lessons learned from electric vehicle infrastructure projects, the growing market and business model choices, and competing stakeholders in fleet electrification.
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Randal Kaufman
Sales Director, Transformative Transportation
KaufmanR@bv.com
Zero-Emission Transportation Infrastructure
Electrifying City Fleets
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Black & Veatch: Innovating for Over 100 Years
Our work in Fleet Decarbonization
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Renewable Energy Battery Energy Storage
Hydrogen Refueling High-Powered Charging
Transit & Fleet
Charging
Engaged
100+
MW
Behind-the-
Meter Battery
Installations
150+
MWh
EV Charging Sites
Deployed
1200+
Solar Capacity
Installed
25,000
MW
• Strategy, planning, design, engineering,
permitting through construction of EV
charging and H2 fueling at scale
• Renewables, energy storage integration and
resilient microgrids
• Clients: Public & Private Fleets, Utilities,
OEMs, Charging Networks, Developers
• Focus on speed, safety, and quality
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Gas Emissions by Economic Sector - This graph displays the breakdown of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by
economic sector. GHG emissions from the transportation sector increased 23.3% from 1990 to 2018. This growth
contrasts with the electricity sector, which was the highest-emitting sector until transportation surpassed it in 2017.
Transportation emissions have also increased from 23.7% of total emissions to 28.2%, the largest percentage
increase of any sector. The industry sector saw the greatest emissions reductions from 1990 to 2018, down 9.7%.
Source: Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Data Explorer.
https://afdc.energy.gov/data/10802
Intersection of Sustainability and Fleet Electrification
Public, corporate responsibility and opportunities
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• Competing Initiatives & Priorities
• Utilization and Revenue
• Building Load Integration
• Cost of Energy, Renewable Content
• Resilience
• Future Proofing Infrastructure
• Project Timeline
• Project Budget
• Total Cost of Operation
Agencies & Fleets, Utilities, Cities, Vehicle OEMs, Clean Energy, Community Interests,
Project Execution Team, Funding & ROI
Balancing Stakeholder, Investor & Fleet Goals
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Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Lessons Learned
• Start early on EVERYTHING, know
where are you are heading
• Interagency agreements and
approvals
• State environmental impact filings
• Understanding incentives and
applicable terms and conditions
• Differences between vehicles,
infrastructure and deployment
services
MANAGE PROCESS, PERMISSIONS & BUY-IN
MID-PROJECT CHANGES CAN BE EXPENSIVE
• Utility load letters right of way,
and service agreements
• DOT and city approvals, special
permits
• Building and electrical permits
(can expire!)
• Involve Facility & Energy
Managers from the beginning
Public and Private Fleets have different sets of stakeholders
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.5-1MW
Charging
Site
2-5MW
Charging
Site
10-20MW
Charging
Site
3 MONTHS
12 MONTHS
24 MONTHS OR MORE
SAMPLE FLEETS EXAMPLE TIMELINE REQUIREDCAPACITY REQ’D
10-50 charging sedans or
medium-duty delivery trucks
100-200 charging delivery
vans or school buses
100-200 transit buses or
heavy-duty trucks
Service
Transformer
Feeder
Upgrade
Substation
Upgrade
GRID UPGRADE
Understanding Complexities - No Two Fleet Facilities Are Identical
Duty cycle, operations, load profiles, scale-up roadmap, smart charging options, utility
capacity & interconnection lead times
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Growing Market & Business Model Choices
Fleets will have numerous choices to navigate across geographies and segments
COMPETITORS & POTENTIAL COLLABORATORS
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES & BENEFITS OF COLLABORATION
Financing Models
• Amortizing cost of grid
upgrades and onsite
infrastructure over a
longer period of time
• Leasing, PPA style
arrangements
Established Relationships
• Many long-term
commercial relationships
already in place
• Real estate, energy,
vehicle and other services
Shared Infrastructure
• Potential to share
investment across
multiple customers
• Opportunity to share the
grid-side and resilience
infrastructure across
multiple energy use cases
Speed to Market
• First mover advantages by
initiating the process for
building the infrastructure
and reserve capacity
• Earliest lessons learned
and ability to iterate on
model.
End Point Ownership
• Strategic locations
adjacent to markets and
where trucks are going
• Capacity utilization will be
higher at the end
Fleets In House
Have access to capital and can
build their own charging
infrastructure and have long
terms left on their lease
Traditional Fueling
Companies
Have established fueling
relationships and can provide
mid-point charging
Vehicle OEMs & Leasing
Companies
Providing the vehicle, and
potentially proprietary chargers
& charging service
Power Utilities
Grid upgrades and charging
infrastructure provided by
the local power utility
Energy Providers
New entrants power-related
to the field that are building
power related services &
infrastructure
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