Stansol at Genera 2025 – A first look at the Neverflat PV canopy!

At GENERA 2025, NEVERFLAT partner Stansol presented an early preview of the photovoltaic canopy that will form a central part of the NEVERFLAT pilot deployment at the Álava Technology Park. The canopy offers an initial, tangible view of how on-site renewable generation will be directly integrated with smart electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in a real operational environment.

The Basque Country pilot in context

According to the NEVERFLAT Grant Agreement, the Basque Country pilot is located in Vitoria-Gasteiz and embedded within a large peri-urban technology park hosting more than 150 companies across energy, ICT, biosciences, and advanced manufacturing sectors. The site employs several thousand people and includes extensive parking areas, making it well suited for demonstrating scalable workplace and visitor EV charging solutions under real demand conditions.

The pilot is designed to validate NEVERFLAT solutions in a setting that combines:

High daily vehicle turnover from employees and visitors
Proximity to innovative energy and digital stakeholders
Existing interest in sustainability and low-carbon mobility at regional level

Role of the photovoltaic canopy

The photovoltaic canopy unveiled by Stansol is planned as a functional energy asset rather than a symbolic installation. Within the pilot, the canopy will:

Provide local solar generation directly connected to the charging infrastructure
Reduce reliance on grid electricity during peak daytime charging periods
Act as a physical integration point between renewable energy production and EV demand

This aligns with the project objective of demonstrating low-cost, space-efficient charging concepts that can be deployed in semi-public environments such as business parks and innovation campuses.

Integration with smart and bi-directional charging

Beyond on-site generation, the Basque Country pilot will integrate the canopy with NEVERFLAT’s smart charging and bi-directional control framework. As described in the Grant Agreement, the pilot will contribute to the validation of:

Controlled charging strategies that adapt to local generation and grid conditions
Vehicle-to-building (V2B) and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) interaction scenarios where supported by vehicles and chargers
Data-driven optimisation tools developed in WP4 for forecasting, orchestration, and infrastructure planning

By combining photovoltaic production with managed charging, the pilot will demonstrate how EVs can shift from being passive loads to flexible energy assets that support local energy balancing.

Data, evaluation, and wider project relevance

Operational data collected from the Basque Country pilot will feed into WP5 demonstration and validation activities. This includes technical performance data from the charging infrastructure as well as usage patterns that support the assessment of user acceptance, operational feasibility, and scalability.

From prototype to deployment

The photovoltaic canopy previewed at GENERA 2025 represents an early step toward full installation at the Álava Technology Park. Once deployed, it will become a core component of the NEVERFLAT Basque Country pilot, demonstrating how renewable energy, smart charging control, and user-centred design can be combined into a coherent, deployable solution.

This approach reflects NEVERFLAT’s overall ambition: to develop charging infrastructures that are technically robust, economically viable, and aligned with regional sustainability goals, while remaining adaptable for replication across Europe

You can see Stansol’s original post and preview here:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stansol-energy_genera2025-genera2025-stansol-activity-7396951734209769472-XDAD

Funded by the European Union

The NEVERFLAT project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 101192973.