UDENAR Campus Verde Initiative
Abstract
The UDENAR Campus Verde Initiative is a project at Universidad de Nariño (Colombia) combining an electric bicycle fleet, a photovoltaic charging system, and a grid injection system of the unused energy for self- consumption. Members of the university use the electric bicycles for daily commuting. The bicycles use a photovoltaic charging system in a solar parking located on campus. The bikes charge while parking, taking advantage of the sunny hours. A grid injection system was implemented to better use the energy not supplied for charging from the photovoltaic solar panel array located on the roof of the bicycle parking space. A 12,5 kWp photovoltaic system and fleet of 60 bicycles are reducing estimated emissions by 6.38 Ton CO2 and 7.08 Ton CO2 respectively for each year of use.
Keywords
Solar resources, Sustainable transportation, E-movility