What Blink Charging and Create Energy’s Collaboration Means for Your Business

Have you heard? Blink Charging and Create Energy are teaming up on a first-of-its-kind, fully integrated EV charging and energy storage solution—designed to solve some of the most pressing challenges facing EV infrastructure today. By combining Blink’s industry-leading DC Fast Chargers with Create Energy’s NanoGrid™ platform—featuring solar generation, battery storage, microgrid controls, and intelligent energy management—we're delivering a turnkey solution built for speed, scalability, and energy independence. Here’s what you need to know.

What is Create Energy’s NanoGrid™?

Create Energy’s NanoGrid™ is a modular EV charging structure with these main components that are customizable to your property:

• Solar Canopy

• Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)

• Blink Level 2 EV Charging stations and Direct Current Fast Chargers (DCFC)

Together, these components can help businesses and governments reduce operating costs, eliminate demand charges, overcome utility constraints, and simplify permitting processes—all while meeting aggressive sustainability targets and minimizing grid dependency.

Solar Canopy

The ReCreate N-TOPCon solar cell technology exhibiting high performance, long lifespan, and higher efficiency rates, converting more sunlight into electricity. NanoGrid’s solar canopy consists of 192 high-efficiency solar panels that produce 102.72 kWdc (kilowatt direct current) of electricity at peak performance. The solar panels serve a dual purpose of energy production and providing shaded parking. Reduce your utility costs and realize energy independence at your property with high-performing solar canopy and BES system.  

Features include:

• Bifacial dual glass modules 

• Durable solar canopy structure designed for carports, with the option to integrate rooftop solar as well. 

• Modular and scalable design, with each ‘block’ unit covering up to 16 parking spaces, allowing for unlimited expansion of overall system capacity. 

• IEC and ISO certified

BES System

NanoGrid™ includes a battery energy storage system (BESS) with a 1.02 MWh (MegaWatt hour) capacity and 250 kW (kiloWatt) bi-directional output that is capable of discharging electricity for up to four hours. The BESS works with Lithium Iron Phosphate chemistry, which is quickly becoming the go-to battery chemistry in the EV industry.

Features include:

• High-capacity battery cabinets reaching a maximum configuration of 1218 kWh 

• Fully-integrated system designed for high-quality performance, simplified commissioning process, and seamless communication 

• Pre-assembled, plug-and-play power modules for rapid installation and ease of transport 

• Customized, skidded solution for battery cabinets that is fully integrated and factory-tested prior to delivery—designed to streamline installation and minimize on-site labor and setup time. 

• UL-certified equipment to meet high safety standards

Blink EV Charging Stations

Blink and Create are offering a customizable turnkey solution that matches each property’s needs, such as a NanoGrid™ solution with three Blink 300 kW dual-port DC fast chargers and five dual-port Blink Series 7 ISO Level 2 charging stations. All Blink DC fast charging installations can be paired with Create Energy’s NanoGrid™, and all Create Energy NanoGrid sales can include Blink EV chargers.

Features include:

• Reliable, high-power EV charging stations: L2 chargers up to 19.2 kW and DCFC up to 600 kW 

• Versatile connectivity via Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and 4G LTE cellular for seamless data communication

• Multiple connector options for universal compatibility

• Flexible power configurations with energy management

• Authentication methods include RFID, Blink Charging app, and credit card reader (select chargers)

• Wall and pedestal mountings available

• Durable enclosure to withstand environmental elements 

• User-friendly interface for clear charging session information 

• UL- and EMC-certified equipment to meet high safety standards

Benefits of Choosing Blink and Create

Two of the biggest obstacles to EV charging infrastructure installation for businesses are: 1) a lack of suitable electrical capacity, and 2) incurring higher utility demand charges during peak hours for EV charging. With these constraints, upgrading your electrical infrastructure can quickly become expensive when installing DCFC.

Blink Charging and Create Energy’s collaboration makes it easier to upgrade your property for EV charging stations. Many businesses are already considering solar panels and battery energy storage systems. Now businesses and governments can upgrade to a self-contained new EV charging and energy storage solution from a single provider… reducing the time and budget needed for extensive contracting.

Cost Savings

NanoGrid™ helps businesses by providing them with on-site solar-generated electricity to run their EV charging stations. By using NanoGrid during peak hours, businesses can save money by reducing dependence on the electrical grid during times when electricity rates are higher.

On-Demand Grid Resiliency, Anywhere

Blink and Create Energy deliver a self-contained solar + storage + charging system that minimizes grid reliance and eliminates costly demand charges—perfect for depots, distribution hubs, and off-grid installations.

NanoGrid’s sophisticated energy management system (EMS) helps to curtail demand on the electrical grid, and the built-in BESS gives businesses a way to store electrical power on-site for when it is needed most. Because NanoGrid™ has bi-directional output, it can also send solar electricity back to the grid.

Finally, by installing energy storage, the Nanogrid can keep your Blink EV charging stations operational at all times, even during grid power disruptions.

Future-Ready Energy Performance

Blink and Create Energy’s ability to future-ready your infrastructure with real-time energy management, peak shaving, and enhanced uptime—even in extreme load or outage conditions.

Rapid, Turnkey Deployment

Our modular NanoGrid systems bypass common deployment barriers (permits, trenching, utility delays) and accelerate time to operation with fully integrated DCFC and energy systems.

NanoGrid’s modularity means it can also be deployed relatively quickly. Businesses or fleets can forgo long permitting processes and trenching operations and have their EV charging infrastructure in place in a short amount of time. And since NanoGrid™ generates its own solar electricity, Blink and Create’s collaboration allows Blink Charging to install charging stations in places where performing traditional electrical upgrades would be cost-prohibitive.

NanoGrid’s modular design also means it is easily scalable and can be expanded whenever a business is ready to put in more EV charging stations.

Conclusion

Blink Charging and Create Energy are teaming up on a first-of-its-kind solution for fleets, governments, corporate campuses, utilities, and other businesses. In fact, Nissan’s North American headquarters in Franklin, TN is already using Blink chargers with Create Energy’s NanoGrid solution, with strong uptime reported onsite. Are you ready to power up your facility with a scalable, energy independence solution? Click here to get started. 

*Note: “Nanogrid” and “On-Demand Grid Resiliency” are trademarked by Create Energy.