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Multi-Storey Car Parks

Multi-Storey Car Parks

Charging hubs are now completed at Dundee’s three main multi-storey car parks – Greenmarket, Olympia and Gellatly Street. This project was awarded funding as part of the Low Carbon Travel and Transport Challenge Fund established by Transport Scotland from funds awarded under the European Regional Development Fund 2014-2020 programme as well as Transport Scotland funding to support an increased proportion of ultra-low emission vehicles on Scotland’s roads.  

The three charging hubs collectively provide an extra 60 charge point connections across the city, which at the time doubled the number of charge points available to the public. The sites have been chosen to encourage commuters to charge during the day while at work and residents of the nearby homes to charge their EV at night. This development allows households without off-street parking to consider an EV as a feasible choice in the future.

 

#Greenmarket opened in September 2019

Greenmarket is the first of three multi-storey hubs built in Dundee as part of the Low Carbon Travel and Transport Challenge Fund. The hub, which is situated at the top level of Greenmarket's multi-storey car park, has 20 charging bays with 10x7kw chargers, as well as solar canopies across the bays which provide up to 41kW of power. 

 The hub also has an innovative second-life battery storage system manufactured by Connected Energy. The unit allows for the power created by the solar panels to be saved and used at a later time when the sun is not shining. The hub also uses a central system to control the charging points, an innovative development that is cheaper to manufacture and add to when necessary. It also boasts dynamic load management, which shifts the supply of energy depending on how many vehicles are charging. 

 

#Olympia opened in January 2021

The second charging hub built as part of the Low Carbon Travel and Transport Challenge Fund is situated at the top level of the Olympia multi-storey car park. Similarly to Greenmarket, this charging hub has 20 bays and 10 x 7kW chargers, which are powered by solar array capable of producing 35kWp.   

The hub also boasts Tesla Powerwalls – innovative compact battery storage systems, which allows for saving power generated by solar. The site’s power resilience is further strengthened by dynamic load management, which helps control the power flow during peak demand times.  

 

#GellatlyStreet opened in February 2022

The last hub developed as part of the Low Carbon Travel and Transport Challenge Fund is located at the top level of the Gellatly Street multi-storey car park. This hub also features 20 parking bays, only this time with 10 x 22kW chargers to allow for faster charging. The chargers are powered by a solar array of 109kWp capacity.   

Ten Tesla Power Units were installed to store the renewable energy generated on the site, while dynamic load management allows better control of the power flow. 

 

#BellStreet currently under works

The underused Bell Street multi-storey car park is currently undergoing major work as part of a large redevelopment project. The facility is being transformed into a multi-modal green travel hub which will provide parking spaces that are wider and more accessible than traditional spaces. The hub will also provide EV charge points.

 

Parking charges at multi-storey car parks

Please note that you are required to obtain a parking ticket while your electric vehicle is plugged in and charging at a multi-storey car park. An affordable option would be to charge your EV overnight, as parking charges are enforced from Monday to Sunday between 8am and 8pm, and parking is free outside of those hours.

For more information about parking fees at multi-storey car parks in Dundee, please visit https://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/parking-information/variable-stay-car-parks-multi-storey or contact the Parking team at parking@dundeecity.gov.uk.

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