The company responsible for the research and development utilization of the proving ground, ZalaZONE InnoTech, is working on the development of a container energy system with battery storage that uses solar and wind energy.

Humanity’s biggest socio-technical challenge is the “green transition”, the radical reduction of carbon dioxide emissions. Two key areas in this are the transport and the energy sectors, which cannot be managed independently of each other, since vehicles with alternative drives will depend much more than before on the energy infrastructure powered by renewable sources.

That is why the development of an autonomous, robust and modular energy test ecosystem became the focus of ZalaZONE InnoTech’s research activities.

The demonstration system based on ZalaZONE has solar and wind energy-based production capacities and battery storage, and to support mobility solutions, it will be equipped with an electric car charger capable of both AC and DC charging.

One of the outstanding elements of the system is a container-shaped energy storage system that stores and converts excess electricity generated through the use of renewable energy into hydrogen and can also supply hydrogen to consumers.

The photovoltaic capacities currently produce 10 kW, while the windmills produce 5 kW.

The energy system will make it possible to charge electric cars tested on the on the proving ground with locally generated energy. Our long-term goal is to develop a marketable product that can be used in areas without a grid (e.g. forestry, mining, agriculture), where this system will enable local electricity production.