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Meet OCA-participant Alpitronic Meet OCA-participant Alpitronic 31 July 2018 The Italian specialist in the field of automotive, aerospace and industrial electronics Alpitronic has joined the Open Charge Alliance. 
Due to the specialization in the development of hard- and software electronic, the focus for Alpitronic lies on power electronics in the... Korea Smart Grid Association participates with the Alliance Korea Smart Grid Association participates with the Alliance 24 July 2018 The Open Charge Alliances (OCA) welcomes KSGA as a new member!
The Korea Smart Grid Association, (KSGA) was established in May 2009 to represent the private sector of Korea's smart grid industry and contribute to the promotion of the industry. In order to create an... Blink Charging new OCA participant Blink Charging new OCA participant 20 July 2018 U.S. based Blink Charging has joined the Open Charge Alliance! Blink Charging (NASDAQ: BLNK, BLNKW) is a leader in nationwide public electric vehicle (EV) charging equipment and networked EV charging services, enabling EV drivers to easily charge at thousands of locations... Save the Date: November 15 & 16 International Testing Symposium featuring the OCPP 2.0 Plugfest! Save the Date: November 15 & 16 International Testing Symposium featuring the OCPP 2.0 Plugfest! 10 July 2018 Save the Date:
The CCS & ISO 15118 International Testing Symposium featuring the OCPP 2.0 Plugfest!
November 15 & 16
ElaadNL HQ in Arnhem The Netherlands
 2018 is the year in which the Open Charge Alliance launched the new OCPP 2.0. Since its inception many OCA partners and... New member: ChargePoint Services Ltd. New member: ChargePoint Services Ltd. 02 July 2018 The Open Charge Alliance welcomes UK based ChargePoint Services!
ChargePoint Services Ltd (CPS) provides integrated electric vehicle charging solutions, bringing together best of breed hardware and our own endorsed proprietary software systems, to provide end-to-end technology... Legrand joins the Alliance Legrand joins the Alliance 21 June 2018 Legrand has joined the Open Charge Alliance and will help us spread and develop OCPP and open standards further. 
Legrand is the French specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures. Its comprehensive offering of solutions for commercial, industrial and... Kyung Hee University translates OCPP into Korean Kyung Hee University translates OCPP into Korean 19 June 2018 The Open Charge Alliance is very grateful for all the efforts the Kyung Hee University is making to translate the OCPP 1.6 and 2.0 specifications to the Korean language. We are honoured that with this partnership OCPP can grow further and reach more people and industries.
On... Open Charge Alliance launches OCPP 2.0 Open Charge Alliance launches OCPP 2.0 12 April 2018 Open Charge Alliance launches OCPP 2.0
A new open standard protocol for charging stations worldwide
On April 11th the newest version of the Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) became available for all charging stations manufacturers and operators. The Open Charge Alliance (OCA),... OCA welcomes SMATRICS OCA welcomes SMATRICS 26 March 2018 Austrian company SMATRICS has joined the Open Charge Alliance! SMATRICS offers a high performance charging network all across Austria – and beyond. It's a nationwide network of around 400 charging spots every 60km. Charging stations are located at highly frequented spots along... Plugfest OCPP 2.0 very successful Plugfest OCPP 2.0 very successful 21 March 2018 On March 14 & 15 a group of eager members of the Open Charge Alliance (OCA) met at the ElaadNL headquarters in Arnhem (The Netherlands) to test their latest Proof of Concept to put OCPP 2.0 into practice. This Plugfest with participants from Germany, France, Belgium, Israel... OCPP 2.0 ready for public review! OCPP 2.0 ready for public review! 14 December 2017 On December 14th, 2017 the Open Charge Alliance (OCA) has published the ‘OCPP2.0 Public review draft’. OCA is an advocate of open standards and therefore publishes this ‘Public review draft’ with the deliberate intent to solicit feedback from any party, including non- OCA... Hongkong based Powerpeg has joined forces with OCA Hongkong based Powerpeg has joined forces with OCA 11 December 2017 The Open Charge Alliance welcomes Powerpeg NSI limited as its latest participant. Powerpeg was established since 2001 and provides a broad range of advanced integrated solutions to achieve electrical vehicle charging with load management, power quality monitoring, energy... OCA welcomes 100th participant! OCA welcomes 100th participant! 27 November 2017 The Open Charge Alliance (OCA) is very proud to welcome its 100th participant. The Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) has joined us in our continuing efforts to realise a worldwide standard for EV charging stations.Companies throughout Asia are quickly adopting OCPP as... Proud to welcome Ekoenergetyka-Polska as a new member Proud to welcome Ekoenergetyka-Polska as a new member 22 November 2017 Ekoenergetyka-Polska Sp. Z o.o. is a Polish manufacturer of high power charging systems and one of the leading providers of electric bus charging infrastructure in Europe. The company was created in 2009 with a sole objective of providing charigng infrastructure for electric... Third draft OCPP 2.0 ready for review Third draft OCPP 2.0 ready for review 06 October 2017 Recently the Open Charge Alliance independently released the third draft of OCPP 2.0 for its members to review. This draft includes all functionality that the future OCPP2.0 will support. As of now there is a functionality freeze.
The documents for review are:

Part 0... CIRCUTOR SA joined the Open Charge Alliance CIRCUTOR SA joined the Open Charge Alliance 13 September 2017 CIRCUTOR SA is one of the leading European Companies focused on the design, manufacture and marketing of the Electrical Energy Efficiency equipment.
The Company offers advanced charge power solutions and products and solutions ranging from measuring and electric control,... DaeYoung Chaevi 95th participant DaeYoung Chaevi 95th participant 13 September 2017 DaeYoung Chaevi 95th participant
DaeYoung Chaevi is a major Charge Point Management System (CPMS) manufacturer and service provider in Korea. The company manufactures hybrid Energy Storage Systems (ESS) to develop V2G services, 3 kW(mobile charger) to 250 kW fast chargers. They... Schaltbau Refurbishment joins OCA Schaltbau Refurbishment joins OCA 25 July 2017 Schaltbau Refurbishment joins OCA
Schaltbau Refurbishment provides its customers with everything necessary for the complete or partial modernization of trains, systems and components, together with a comprehensive range of associated services. The company has access to the... Important notice to OCPP implementers Important notice to OCPP implementers 19 July 2017 With the next version of the Open Charge Point Protocol 2.0, being released in late 2017, a SOAP version will no longer be released nor supported. This decision follows the latest (EV) market developments and is fully supported by both the Executive Board of the Open Charge... EVNEX 90th participant! EVNEX 90th participant! 18 July 2017 OCA welcomes EVNEX as its 90th participant! EVNEX is an innovative New Zealand technology company building solutions for electric vehicle smart charging. The firm designs modular IoT control modules built for cutting edge cellular networks. Its hardware is focused on... Kyung Hee University newest participant OCA Kyung Hee University newest participant OCA 10 July 2017 Kyung Hee University, in recognition of its innovative achievements in academic research and commercial marketability, was chosen by the Reuters as one of Asia’s Most Innovative Universities. The university wants to develop into an international center of research, education,... OCA welcomes Adtronics OCA welcomes Adtronics 04 July 2017 Adtronics Technology Co. was founded in 2016, and its mission is providing engineering design services to customers in Electronic hardware design, Software design and Mechanical design. The company has strong capabilities in developing EV related products, camera related... Eşarj joins OCA Eşarj joins OCA 04 July 2017 Eşarj joins OCA and supports open EV protocols.
 Release of second draft OCPP 2.0 Release of second draft OCPP 2.0 28 June 2017 Today, the Open Charge Alliance independently released the second draft of OCPP 2.0 for its members to review. This recent version of the open protocol provides new functionalities that include several improvements for:

customer experience
cyber security
better handling of... SSE newest participant from China SSE newest participant from China 24 May 2017 Founded in 1997, SSE is committed to improving energy efficiency and safety, as well as the sustainable development of our planet. Its business scope covers solar power, EV charging and power quality. SSE provides comprehensive products/services including integration plans,... Repayal 80th participant! Repayal 80th participant! 17 May 2017 OCA welcomes Repayal as its 80th participant!
Repayal AB has its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden. Since 2009 Repayal has been creating high quality systems and user applications across a broad scope of industries. Their systems are installed across 350 locations throughout... MENNEKES joins OCA MENNEKES joins OCA 17 May 2017 MENNEKES joins OCA.MENNEKES is a leading manufacturer of standardised industrial plugs and sockets with subsidiaries and agencies in over 90 countries. A long term relationship with installers, wholesalers and industry has moulded the company's development. 
In developing and... OCA welcomes V2G Clarity OCA welcomes V2G Clarity 17 May 2017 V2G Clarity provides expert knowledge on the e-mobility eco-system with a focus on vehicle-to-grid (V2G) communications and ISO 15118. Afbeelding Successful face-to-face meeting 15 May 2017 May 11th and 12th 2017 OCA held the second face-to-face meeting in Amsterdam to process the ~1000 review remarks of the first draft of OCPP 2.0 RC1. In total, 18 companies joined our two day event to discuss around 80 flagged major comments. Most discussion took place regarding... OCA joins the Open Invention Network Community OCA joins the Open Invention Network Community 20 April 2017 The open charge community seeks to prevent patent aggression in the growing EV industry with OIN membership and working group

The Open Charge Alliance, the international nonprofit organization advancing open standards for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, today... Release first draft OCPP 2.0 Release first draft OCPP 2.0 11 April 2017 Recently, the Open Charge Alliance independently released the first draft of OCPP 2.0 for its members to review. This recent version of the open protocol provides new functionalities and includes several improvements. Yess.energy joins OCA Yess.energy joins OCA 11 April 2017 By joining OCA Yess.energy supports open EV standards.

Yess. energy develops, manufactures and sells high technological charging stations for cars, motorcycles and other Electric Vehicles (EV) designed for standard or customized solutions, using different technological... wallbe newest OCA participant wallbe newest OCA participant 11 April 2017 The Open Charge Alliance welcomes wallbe GmbH as its newest member.

wallbe is a producer of charge stations and wall boxes for electric vehicles. wallbe already plays a major role in the advances being made in the field of electromobility. Their smart charging solutions,... New OCPP 1.6 Errata sheet New OCPP 1.6 Errata sheet 04 April 2017 The Open Charge Alliance Technology Working Group (TWG) recently released the 2nd version of the OCPP 1.6 errata sheet. This new version contains a list of new errata that clarify editorial items in the original version of the OCPP 1.6 specification. None of these errata relate... Jiangsu Linyang Microgrid joins Jiangsu Linyang Microgrid joins 28 March 2017 Jiangsu Linyang Microgrid Technology Co., Ltd is a national high-tech enterprise integrating R&D, production, sale and service, and focusing on smart power grid automation products as well as the application of new energy sources like solar energy and wind energy; it provides... OCA welcomes Charzin OCA welcomes Charzin 28 March 2017 Charzin is Korea’s leading EV charger network service builder. The organization is specialized in: EV charging infrastructure operations, EV charging platform, EV charging operator interface, EV charging membership solution provider, EV charger sharing solution.
 GRIDWIZ joins OCA GRIDWIZ joins OCA 22 March 2017 OCA welcomes GRIDWIZ as its newest participant!

GRIDWIZ is a leading smart energy company developing and offering various demand response products and solutions in Korea. The core technology of GRIDWIZ is based on over 15 years of Internet stack chip designing and... Actewagl 70th participant! Actewagl 70th participant! 14 February 2017 OCA welcomes Actewagl Distrubution as 70th participant

This week the Australian electricity and gas distributor ActewAGL joined the Open Charge Alliance as 70th participant! ActewAGL based in the Australian capital, Canberra has achieved the most reliable electricity network... Beijing Seminar by Chargerlink Beijing Seminar by Chargerlink 09 February 2017 On January 17th OCA was invited by our Chinese member Chargerlink to speak on their first seminar regarding Data Exchange in the EV industry held in Beijing, China. Speakers included China Electric Council, OCA, ABB and Chargerlink. OCA introduced our vision of dealing with open... New company joins OCA New company joins OCA 11 November 2016 TellusPower Europe GmbH is a new company in the market for electromobility that offers charging stations for electric cars at all power levels and is mainly specialized in their operation and the related services. Standardization of OCPP Standardization of OCPP 13 October 2016 OCPP was developed over the years by the OCA. Due to the growing adoption of OCPP worldwide, OCA will develop the next version of OCPPv2.0 at an official SDO. OCA in Hong Kong at EV seminar OCA in Hong Kong at EV seminar 06 September 2016 Last week OCA visited Hong Kong as we were invited to an EV seminar at the Hong Kong Technical University hosted by LaPlace Electric. Jonel Timbergen was sent to introduce the Chinese EV market to OCPP and OCA. OASIS TC is being formed OASIS TC is being formed 25 August 2016 OASIS members & interested parties,

A new OASIS technical committee is being formed. The OASIS Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) Technical Committee (TC) has been proposed by the members of OASIS listed in the charter below. OCPP Compliance Testing Tool OCPP Compliance Testing Tool 10 August 2016 OCA has developed an OCPP Compliance Testing Tool. This tool can be used to self-test OCPP implementations for OCPP version 1.6 compliance.
 Draft TC charter submitted Draft TC charter submitted 01 July 2016 A draft TC charter has been submitted to establish the OASIS Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) Technical Committee. In accordance with the OASIS TC Process Policy section 2.2: (https://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/tc-process#formation) the proposed charter is hereby... First Testing Tool sold First Testing Tool sold 27 June 2016 OCA sold her first Compliance Testing Tool! This tool can be used to self-test OCPP implementations for OCPP version 1.6 compliance. The tool supports both SOAP and JSON and can be used to test both a Central System as well as a Charge Point. Congress great success! Congress great success! 17 June 2016 The Second Open Charge Congress has been a great success! During two days we have spoken about the big developments in the Open Charge Point Protocol. The Compliance Testing tool has been released! Afbeelding Release Testing Tool 14 June 2016 Available as from June 14: Compliance Testing Tool. OCA has developed this OCPP Compliance Testing Tool. The tool can be used to self-test OCPP implementations for OCPP version 1.6 compliance. Second Open Charge Congress Second Open Charge Congress 13 May 2016 The OCA cordially invites you to the Second Open Charge Congress, to be held on June 13 and 14 in Amsterdam. This Congress will be a two-part meeting: an OCA business event on Monday and a Technical Event on Tuesday.
 Announcement Announcement 24 November 2015 OCA announced it has chosen to standardize OCPP at OASIS, the international open standards development organization. With the goal of scaling interoperable EV charging infrastructure worldwide, the move to OASIS will provide an expeditious standardization process and potential... The Release of OCPP 1.6 The Release of OCPP 1.6 16 October 2015 OCPP 1.6 is officially released and downloadable on the OCA website in the download folder! Succesful Event in Paris Succesful Event in Paris 15 October 2015 With OCPP 1.6 in its final stages of development and with access to a new compliancy test tool, OCA participants gathered for three days in Paris to learn from each company’s experiences in implementing OCPP 1.6 RC1. OCA welcomes Schneider OCA welcomes Schneider 02 June 2015 Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, has joined OCA! This brings membership now to 54, spanning all sectors of the industry, including charging equipment manufacturers, software & systems providers, and charging network operators.
Would... The release of OSCP 1.0 The release of OSCP 1.0 26 May 2015 OSCP 1.0 is officially released and downloadable on the OCA website in the download folder! OCA adopted the Open Smart Charging Protocol (OSCP) a year ago. After several review rounds and an implementation version 1.0 is ready for use.
The protocol can be used to communicate a... OCA Technology Working Group to make 'OCPP 1.6' official release OCA Technology Working Group to make 'OCPP 1.6' official release 02 February 2015 The Technology Working Group (TWG) is working hard to finish OCPP 2.0. Besides that, OCA received several questions about OCPP 1.5 over JSON. Based on these questions, the TWG decided to investigate the options to officially work on OCPP 1.6.
JSON is one of the big advantages... OCA looks back on a succesful First Open Charge Congress OCA looks back on a succesful First Open Charge Congress 26 November 2014 From November 18-20, the Open Charge Alliance organized its first Open Charge Congress, hosted by Alfen ICU. Goal of the event was to introduce OCA and the latest developments in the Alliance to its relations and to provide room for the OCA participants to discuss the new... OCA welcomes IBIL as 50st participant! OCA welcomes IBIL as 50st participant! 25 November 2014 During the First Open Charge Congress from OCA last week, the 50st company signed the OCA participant agreement. Spanish company IBIL ( www.ibil.es ) joined and immediately participated during the whole event.
OCA is proud on this great milestone!
The more participants OCA... G2 Mobility joines OCA as 40st participant! G2 Mobility joines OCA as 40st participant! 03 October 2014 This week the France EV organisation G2 Mobility joined the Open Charge Alliance as 40st participant! G²mobility is the electric vehicle (EV) smart charging solutions company specialized in energy optimization. More info at www.g2moblility.com The Open Charge Alliance adopts Open Smart Charging Protocol - Organizations asked for input The Open Charge Alliance adopts Open Smart Charging Protocol - Organizations asked for input 11 September 2014 The Open Charge Alliance adopts Open Smart Charging Protocol - Organizations asked for input
The international Open Charge Alliance (OCA), managing open standards like the Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP), adopts the Open Smart Charging Protocol (OSCP). This protocol focusses... Afbeelding 5 Reasons why you should be OCA member and support OCPP and other open standards 14 August 2014 You support and believe in open standards like OCPP and want to contribute to the existence of it. You use or implement open standards and want to be up to date with the latest developments
You want to show to your customers that you support open standards and that you are... Afbeelding OCPP also supported in Asia - First Asian company joins Open Charge Alliance – www.signetsys.com 04 August 2014 Signet Systems ( www.signetsys.com ) a South Korean company focussed on Electric Mobility and charge infrastructure recently became member of the Open Charge Alliance who is responsible for maintaining the Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP). It is the first OCA member in Asia. Afbeelding July 17th 14 RWE joins the Open Charge Alliance embracing open standards in EV charging 17 July 2014 German-based energy company RWE is the newest member of the international Open Charge Alliance (OCA), a growing global consortium of public and private electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure leaders that have come together to promote open standards in EV charging.
Dortmund, 17... Afbeelding June 11th 14 - Charge infra tender Province North Brabant, NL. 06 December 2014 The Dutch provence of Noord-Brabant recently published a tender for the supply, installation and maintenance of 155 public charging stations. The innovative specifications of these charging stations have been established in collaboration with Distribution System Operator Enexis.... Afbeelding KEBA charging infrastructure – standardized communication via OCPP 06 June 2014 With the newly implemented Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP), KEBA’s wallbox KeContact P20 can be connected to a central system. This can be done either via the load management system KeContact M10 or with the communication hub KeContact C10. Afbeelding May 14 - NL EV market keeps growing - increase in EVs and Charge stations 08 July 2015 Statistics RVO (Dutch Governement) provide insight into electric driving and charging
Significant increase in Electric Vehicles and public electric charging
Data collected by RVO (a Dutch Governement body) shows that in April again more EVs are sold and the number of public... Afbeelding April 8, 2014: Update OCPP Forum - Open Charge Alliance 08 April 2014 The past few months have seen the establishment of the Open Charge Alliance (OCA, www.openchargealliance.org) and strong participation in the new OCA Working Groups. With the advent of OCA, the continuity and progress of OCPP is ensured! This development would never have taken... Afbeelding Press Release: OCPP Forum Expands its Mission 05 September 2014 San Diego, Calif.—September 26, 2013—The Open Charge Alliance, a global consortium of public and private electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure leaders with more than 10,000 installations worldwide, today announced its charter and issued a call for new international members.
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