Green Frontiers

25/02/2024

මේ වීඩියෝ එකේ එලෝන් මස්ක් කියනවා හැතැප්ම 100 * 100 ප්‍රමානයක සෝලා වලින් ( බැටරි සහිතව ) මුළු ඇමරිකාවටම බල ශක්තිය දෙන්න පුලුවන් කියලා. මස්ක් මේ වගේ සිස්ටම් එකක් (ගිගාවොට් පැය 0.5ක විතර බැටරි පද්ධතියක්) බටහිර ඔස්ට්‍රේලියාවෙ සාර්ථකව හදලා ප්‍රතිඵල පෙන්නල තියෙනවා. මට හිතෙන්නෙ වීඩියෝ එක ටිකක් පරණයි, අද තත්වය අනුව 100 * 100ක් වත් ඕන වෙන්නෙ නෑ.

නිකමට හිතුනා ලංකාවට මේ ඉලක්කම කොහොම වෙයිද බලන්න... සොලා සම්භන්ධ ඉලක්කම් වලට කැමති අයටයි මේ ටික.

පැනල් එකක විශාලත්වය : වර්ග මීටර 2 යි නැත්නම් වර්ග අඩි 20ක් විතර.
පැනල් එකක බලය : වොට් 500ක් විතර (කිලෝ වොට් 0.5)
දවසකට උත්පාදනය (ලංකාවේ) : කිලෝ වොට් පැය 2.5 (0.5 * 5)
වර්ග කිලෝ මීටරයකට දැමිය හැකි මුළු පැනල් ගනන : 1000 * 1000 / 2 = මිලියන 0.5
වර්ග කිලෝ මීටරයකට දැමිය හැකි මුළු පැනල් ගනන (ප්‍රායෝගිකව ): මිලියන 0.4

වර්ග කිලෝ මීටරයකින් ජනනය කල හැකි මුලු බලය : මෙගා වොට් 200
වර්ග කිලෝ මීටරයකින් ජනනය කල හැකි මුලු කාර්යය : ගිගා වොට් පැය 1 යි.
ලංකාවේ දිනක උපරිම මුලු පරිභෝජනය : ගිගා වොට් පැය 50ක් පමණ (2022 වසරේ මුලු පරිභෝජනය ගිගා වොට් පැය 16000 ට අඩුයි )
එනිසා අවශ්‍ය වෙන අවම වර්ග කිලෝ මීටර ගනන : 50

මේ ප්‍රමාණය මුළුමනින්ම එකවර හදන්න අවශ්ය නෑ. වසර ගනනාවක් පුරා ක්‍රමයෙන් කල හැකියි. අලිමංකඩ, මන්නාරම, පුත්තලම, කල්පිටිය, හම්බන්තොට, වැල්ලවාය, මඩකලපුව, අම්පාර, මුලතිවු වගේ රට වටින් මේ ඉඩ පහසුවෙන් ලබා ගන්න පුළුවන්. (කි.මී 3 * 3 වගේ කොටස් 5 ක් හෝ 6ක් රට වටින්ම)

දැන් හැරෙමු වියදම පැත්තට : ඉහත වර්ගයේ පැනල් එකක මිල සාමාන්‍යයෙන් රුපියල් 50000 ක් විතර. කිමී 50ට නම් පැනල් මිලියන 20ක්. විශාල වශයෙන් ගන්න විට මිලත් මීට වඩා විශාලව අඩුවෙයි. මේ විධිහට ගනන් හැදුවොත් රුපියල් ට්‍රිලියනයක්.

ඉහත ගිගාවොට් පැය 50න් ලංකාවෙ රෑට අවශ්‍ය වෙන්නෙ 25ක් විතර. (වැඩියෙන් බලශක්තිය ගිගාවොට් පැය වලින් වැයවෙන්නෙ දවල් කාලයේ) ජල විදුලියත් රෑට පාවිච්චි කරන්න පුළුවන්. ඒ නිසා අපි හිතමු ගිගාවොට් පැය 10ක් විතර ගබඩා කරගත්තා කියලා.

සාමාන්‍යයෙන් රුපියල් ලක්ෂ පහකට පමන කිලෝ වොට් පැය 10ක පමණ බැටරියක් ගත හැකියි. විශාල වශයෙන් කරන කොට මේ ගාන තව අඩුවෙයි, නමුත් මේ විධිහට හැදුවත් ගිගාවොට් 20 කට යන්නෙ රුපියල් ට්‍රිලියන 0.5 ක් විතර.

රුපියල් ට්‍රිලියන 1.5 ක් කියන්නෙ ඩොලර් නම් බිලියන 4ක් විතර. ඉන්වර්ටර්, වයර්, ප්‍රවාහන, ආදී තවත් වියදමුත් එක්ක හිතමු 5ක් කියලා. ශ්‍රමය නම් රට ඇතුලෙම කැරකෙන මුදලක් නෙ.

බලශක්ති ජනනය සඳහා අපේ රට වසරකට ඩොලර් මිලියන 600ක් විතර වියදම් කරනව ඉන්ධන ආනයනයට විතරක්. අළුත් බලාගාර හදන්න යන වියදම සහ තියෙන ඒවායේ නඩත්තු වියදම නැතුව හිතුවත් අවුරුදු 8කින් ආයෝජනය පියවෙනවා. ප්‍රවාහනයටත් එක්කම බැලුවොත් අපි ඩොලර් බිලියන 1.5ක් වාර්ශිකව වියදම් කරනවා මුළු ඉන්ධන ආනයනයට. විදුලි බලය හොඳින් තියෙනවා නම් මුළු රටම උනත් විදුලි වාහන වලට හරවන්න පුළුවන් ලංකාව පොඩි රටක් නිසා. එහෙම බැලුවොත් මේ බිලියන් 5 ආයෝජනය ඉතා ඉක්මනින්ම ප්‍රතිඵල ගෙන දෙන එකක්.

තව දුරටත් කිව්වොත් ලංකාවෙ සමස්ත විදේශ ණය බිලියන 50ක්. වැඩිම වාර්ෂික වියදම යන්නෙ ෆොසිල ඉන්ධන ගෙන්නන්න. රටේ අවශ්‍යතාවයෙන් 15%ක් නිපදවන නොරොච්චොලෙ බලාගාරය ඉදිකරන්න ගිය මූලික වියදම පමණක් බිලියන 1.35ක්. (වාර්ෂික නඩත්තු කිරීම් හැර ) හැදුවට පස්සෙ මේවාට අර කලින් කී මිලියන 600 වාර්ෂිකව ගෙන්වන්නත් වෙනවා.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakvijaya_Power_Station

https://ceylontoday.lk/2023/12/02/cost-of-power-generation-in-sl-is-high-wb/

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26/10/2019

Our very first CCS2 fast charger!

We are happy to announce a new CCS2 fast charger in Colombo. Jaguar Landrover has installed this for their customers in their showroom at Flower Road, Colombo.

This is Green Frontiers very first experience with CCS. CCS (Combined Charging System) chargers are relatively rare in Sri Lanka. This protocol is mostly used in European Vehicles such as Jaguar iPace, Volkswagon, Audi, BMW, Renault etc

CCS2 which is the newest standard and which is the charging protocol of newest car models is even rarer. Even the little number of CCS chargers in here are mostly CCS1. Therefore this would be a useful addition and a milestone for Sri Lanka.

This particular new fast charger (30KW) however, is not a public one. It currently support only Jaguar existing customers. Mainly for Jaguar i-Pace car owners.

As usual a very big thank for everybody involved and contributed to make this a success! A special thank for Mr Mahisanka Abeywickrama of EV Club for getting us in touch with Jaguar Sri Lanka.

We wish all the best for Jaguar and i-Pace in their entry to Sri Lanka market. !!

https://www.jaguar.lk/jaguar-range-i-pace

03/07/2019

Status of Fast Charging Network.

2 weeks ago, we have completed a round of repairs and upgrades, so this post is little overdue. There are some good news and bad news...

Pilimathalawa station is back and currently running at 20KW.

Moratuwa Ganthera station is back and currently running in 30KW

Palmadulla station is back and is on 20KW

Kurunagala is back, 20KW and supporting 2018 LEAF. Dambulla is also working at same capacity.

All stations in Airport rout is working (Negambo, Welisara, Ja-ela)

Kandy road stations (Kadawatha Pearl, Nittambuwa, Mawanella-Hingula and Pilimathalawa) are all working.

Galle Road (Kottawa Kinro 2 stations, Rathmalana and Moratuwa) are all working.

There is a new supplier for hardware, the French technology comes with our collaboration with the renowned industry giant, IES. With this, we have some new hope as well for the future of fast charging in here. (Currently, an IES charger is operational at Kottawa Kinro and you can find details in our earlier post)

Rathnapura RTS charger requires some hardware replacements and is still pending.

Avissawella and Mawanella Anwarama stations might not restart their operations.

Few words about fast chargers in operation and the industry in general : Some of these stations have already provided services to us for more than 3 years, those hardware are ageing. With the government policy on EVs is not so favourable in past few years, investors need to decide whether to commit for hardware upgrades/replacements or not.

We are trying our best to keep the network going for EV users, in the hope that policy conditions for EVs will change for the better at least in end of this year or early next year.

27/06/2019

Green Frontiers partners with IES Synergy, France to provide a high quality charging option for EV users worldwide!

We are happy to announce this great news to our EV users in Sri Lanka in their troubled times. With the collaboration with a European giant in the EV sector, we are once again initiating a critical change in the equation for EVs in the country. Under this collaboration renowned IES chargers are running on Green Frontiers OCPP server, Green App and other software platforms and they are also investing in the fast charging infrastructure in Sri Lanka!

Another global acceptance for GF OCPP server and the software platforms, and a new high end charger option for the network. As an immediate effect, we now have a new fast charger for the network as well!

IES technology is used by a very large number of car
manufacturers (BMW, Renault, Mercedes, Audi, Tesla, Ford, GM, Volkswagen…) for design and production of EVs. It has tied with some of the key players engaged in the market of charging infrastructures like ChargePoint USA, Chargemaster UK, Lafon France, EBG Compleo Germany, AddEnergie Canada, EV Power China. IES also has the privilege of being the exclusive supplier of the DC Fast Charging solutions for the Formula E Championship!

With IES hardware and GF software, we can offer a combined and reliable strength to GF network in Sri Lanka. New and first IES charger is available in Kottawa station for a limited period of time and it would then be moved into a vital and extremely useful location in the heart of Colombo!

New charger is available 24/7 at Kino station, Rs 60 per unit, 25KW, charger can be operated via the Green App. No need even for the Green Card here, just get the Green App and get yourself registered for charging. (existing Green Card users are already registered in the Green App)

https://www.ies-synergy.com/en/

Special thank for Mr Pradeep Saikia https://www.facebook.com/pradeep.saikia, our long term friend Mr Nalin Gunesekara of Kinro, Kusal, Madusara and technical members at iES, France for all the hard work for making this collaboration possible!

Our history - Our values IES, a pioneer in battery charging, has been supporting industrialists all over the world for 25 years in developing their electromobility solutions. IES has used this unique expertise to develop rapid charging solutions for all situations: charging stations for private vehi...

18/04/2019

Rathnapura RTS is temporarily out of service. Avissawella and Palmadulla are working on that route.

Nittambuwa Autolan is temporarily out of service. Kadawatha Pearl, Pilimathalawa and Hingula Jayasiri all working on that route.

14/04/2019

28/03/2019

Status of fast charging network ahead of April holiday season.
Following stations were upgraded/repaired in last few days. Current statuses are shown in the list below.

Mawanella Anwaarama : Back to life! (10KW, 20A). No operators at the premises, operable only via Green Cards.

Mawanella Hingula : 20KW, 40A

Pilimathalawa : 20KW, 40A

Nittambuwa : 30KW, 60A (supports 2018 LEAF)

Kurunagala : 20KW, 40A (supports 2018 LEAF)

Kadawatha : 20KW, 40A (supports 2018 LEAF)

Avissawella : 10KW, 20A

Moratuwa (Ganthera) : 20KW, 40A (supports 2018 LEAF)

Ginigathena : 30KW, 60A

Gampola : 20KW, 40A

RTS Ratnapura : 10KW (Expected to increase to 20KW, 40A this week end, please check Green App in the week end)

Other charging station are working and remain unchanged.

A big thank for continuous hard work by Madusara and Lahiru!

Please note that live statuses of chargers are changing all the time (specially with power cuts and resulting network unavailability) Therefore, please do refer to Green Frontiers app for real time statuses of chargers, including capacity, offline/online status, working/outOfWork status, rate, contact numbers, navigation, user comments and reviews etc.

Green app shows all fast chargers in the country belonging to all networks. It also shows known slow chargers.

Also, please note that we can not take responsibility of charger information published in other apps and printed lists. Some of these information are already outdated. We make all efforts to keep everything updated in one place, which is the Green App. (Android, iOS and mobile web versions).

Get the app from following link. Enjoy !! :-)

26/03/2019

GoEV and Green Frontiers collaborate to offer seamlessly integrated solutions for fast charger investors and users!

GoEV chargers can now work in GF network from day one in plug and play manner. This is good news for any would be investors as this means their chargers will be available for all 1500 Green Card users from day 1, without any hassle. It's good news for Green Card holders too since they can use a new GoEV charger also from day 1.

OCPP (Open Charge Point Protocol) is the industry standard for collaboration, communication and inter operability between fast chargers. Green Frontiers OCPP server is the only such server in Asia which offers both 1.5 and 1.6 features of OCPP.

GoEV has now become the first partner in Sri Lanka to use the services of GF server. We will continue to pursue many collaborations like this both locally and internationally to provide value to everyone involved.

Ever since the launch of our OCPP server, we have entered into many collaborations with different parties in the EV charging field around the world. From charging networks in Europe to manufacturers in China, our OCPP server was the glue connecting different players together to provide better co-ordinated solutions for EV users.

Kudos to Sujeewa, Nalin and the rest of GoEV team and Kusal of Green Frontiers for the hard and smart work which made this possible in quick time!

Note :
This post is about future GoEV chargers which could work as any other charger in the GF network, since GoEV is made to use the GF OCPP server, they can work within the GF network. This is NOT about current demonstration chargers GoEV have in Battaramulla.

Some users asking whether they can use GoEV chargers in Battaramulla with their Green Cards. First of all, GoEV chargers do not use cards at the moment. They operate by mobile phone, similar to the remote/start feature you have in the Green App. This feature can be used with existing newer chargers in the GF network even now. (Nittambuwa, Kadawatha, Moratuwa etc) Second of all, these demonstration chargers GoEV have in Battaramulla are not connected to GF network yet. When they eventually get connected, they will be operable via phone, not by cards. Anyway, we will notify everyone once that is done.

22/03/2019

Marathon round of repair/upgrade/maintenance has started in preparation of holiday travel!

Following stations are the focus: Rathnapura RTS, Kadawatha Pearl, Kurunagala, Mawanella Anwaarama, Pilimathalawa, Gampola, Ginigathena and Avissawella.

Check your Green Frontiers App charging station statuses in coming days... and stay up to date with changes!

Get the app from here:

20/03/2019

Solar Drive is back again with lowest prices in the country for home solar systems!

American panels (AmeriSolar 330W Poly, 30 year warranty)
Approved technology by Sorrya Bala Sangraamaya, SEA and Ministry of Power and Energy
All industry certifications and standards
Lowest Price in the country
Further discounts for EV owners
Loan schemes for 8% interest
Limited number of customers only (around 30 for this batch), first come first serve.

Check here for complete price list and configurations: http://green-frontiers.net/home/solar-drive-solution.html

20/03/2019

After 3 years of wonderful service to EV community, e-Car City is stopping their charging services at Werahara this week end. They are moving out to a different location so the fast charging station there stops it's operations.

This station was a direct Green Frontiers Network investment and it helped Colombo EV users immensely to stabilize charging rates. For most of it's duration this station was charging at Rs 50/= per unit and was one of stations in the country which remained so for longest of time.

We take this time to thank MR Asoka Mendis and his son Lahiru Mendis and rest of e-Car City team for their valuable service for us and wish them all the best!