ECOtality will market and sell the integrated Blink stations globally, enabling utilities to offer their customers smart EV charging options.
The agreement will provide another option, in which the Blink station leverages Silver Spring’s Direct-to-Grid communications to securely connect to a utility’s Silver Spring smart grid network.
Silver Spring utility clients can also deploy Silver Spring’s UtilityIQ Demand Response Manager, a demand response management system that includes smart EV charging.
With the help of the application, the utilities can offer their customers EV charging options, schedule charging for off-peak times to reduce customer bills and control load for grid reliably, and collect EV-specific consumption data for billing.
Silver Spring demand side management business senior director Matt Smith said the integration with ECOtality will enable consumers and utilities to adopt electric vehicles with confidence, by providing the ability to manage energy costs and maintain grid reliability.
ECOtality CEO Jonathan Read said by collaborating with Silver Spring, the company is demonstrating that Blink continues to evolve as the most agile and intelligent charging station solution in the industry.
US-based ECOtality is a clean electric transportation and storage technologies.
Silver Spring Networks provides a networking platform and solutions that enable utilities to transform the power grid infrastructure into the smart grid, helping utilities to achieve operational efficiencies, reduce carbon emissions.
