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LumaPort DC solar canopy charging an electric car at night
LumaPort DC · with Schneider Electric

Charge faster.Lose nothing.

Solar, storage, and EV charging on one 700 V DC bus — no grid queue, no trenching, no wasted conversions.

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Why now

The grid can't keep up.DC doesn't have to wait.

EV adoption is accelerating into infrastructure that was never built for it. Generating, storing, and dispatching your own DC power beats standing in line for years.

5 yrs

Typical wait from grid interconnection request to commercial operation in the U.S.

18%

Projected growth in U.S. power demand by 2034 — outpacing grid expansion.

5%

Of all U.S.-generated power is lost in AC transmission before reaching a customer.

$150B

What grid outages cost the U.S. economy — every single year.

How it works

One DC bus. One conversion. Full speed.

Conventional AC
5–6 hrs from 10–80%
Solar PVDC source
InverterDC → AC
L2 charger~11 kW AC
OnboardAC → DC
EV batteryDC stored
LumaPort DC · Current/OS
About 2 hrs from 10–80%
Solar PVDC source
SE BLOC±700 V bus
HelioPackDC storage
DC charger25 kW
EV batteryDC stored
Energy that actually reaches the vehicle
AC path
0%
LumaPort DC
0%
Illustrative: every AC conversion sheds a few percent as heat; DC delivers power in the form it was generated. Plus the ~5% the U.S. already loses in AC transmission.
Power stays DC end to end · one conversion instead of four · the battery buffers day & night
The system

Everything inside the column.Nothing left exposed.

01

Level 3 fast charging

25 kW continuous DC-to-DC output charges most EVs from 10–80% in about two hours, where AC Level 2 needs five to six.

02

One conversion, not four

Power stays DC from panel to pack. No inverter round-trips, no onboard-charger bottleneck, no compounding losses.

03

No trenching, no bollards

Flush-to-ground install with a minimal footprint. The steel column itself is the vehicle-impact barrier.

04

Modular from 12 kW

Stack 7.5 ft wing segments up to 150 ft, columns up to 28 ft apart. Capacity grows with demand.

05

Off-grid or grid-tied

Run as an islanded microgrid where the grid can't reach — or connect and sell power back.

06

35% of AC install time

Series-produced parts and a standardized permit pack replace months of custom engineering.

Modular by design

One column. One wing.Endlessly composable.

Every LumaPort is built from two repeating parts — a component-packed column and a choice of three wing depths. Mix and scale them to fit any lot, from a single bay to a city-wide array.

LumaPort DC column with integrated EV charger
SE BLOC
Levels input to the ±700 V DC bus
HelioPack BESS
36 kWh blocks, stack to 72 kWh / column
Hybrid inverter
Optional — for grid-tied operation
DC-to-DC charger
25 kW Level 3 output, mounted outside
LumaPort 5 compact solar wing
LumaPort 5
Compact bays · 16.9 ft covered depth
2.46 kWp
per wing segment
LumaPort 7 mid-size solar wing
LumaPort 7
The all-rounder · 22.3 ft covered depth
3.28 kWp
per wing segment
LumaPort 10 deep solar wing
LumaPort 10
Max yield · 33.8 ft covered depth
4.92 kWp
per wing segment
Full technical specifications

Column — power & storage

Max. PV power per column22 kWp
Max. battery power per column24 kWp
HelioPack capacity per column72 kWh
EV charger continuous output25 kW DC
DC bus±700 V · Current/OS
Operating temperature−4°F to 122°F

Structure — wing segments

Wing optionsLumaPort 5 / 7 / 10
Output per segment2.46 / 3.28 / 4.92 kWp
Covered depth16.9 / 22.3 / 33.8 ft
Scalable length7.5 ft steps, up to 150 ft
Max. column spacing28 ft
MaterialBulletproof steel

All three share the same 7.5 ft width and the same column system — scale length in 7.5 ft steps up to 150 ft.

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The storage core

HelioPack — modular storagebuilt for the toughest sites.

HelioPack modular battery energy storage system
HelioPack BESS — inside every column

World4Solar's modular Battery Energy Storage System is the heart of every column: one block stores 36 kWh, two stack to 72 kWh, and columns interconnect into hundreds of dispatchable kilowatt-hours.

LFP chemistry rated for 5,000+ cycles, an IP67 battery block with integrated heating plates for cold climates and over 1,000 hours of saltwater spray testing — engineered to keep delivering DC power in heat, cold, and corrosive environments alike.

Capacity
36 / 72 kWh
Chemistry
LFP (LiFePO₄)
Cycle life
5,000+
Ingress
IP67 / IP54
Operating range
−4°F to 122°F
Warranty
5 years (extendable to 10 years)

Proven in the field — the same platform recently powered REGENT's all-electric Seaglider™ where no grid exists.

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School bus depot under a solar canopy at dawn
Municipal · stationary microgrid

School district transportation hub

With the U.S. targeting full school bus electrification by 2030, districts must charge whole fleets overnight without runaway demand charges. A LumaPort DC depot charges at zero utility cost from on-site solar — freeing budget for classrooms instead of kilowatt-hours.

$0
utility cost to charge
2030
electrification target
Off-grid
capable operation
Rugged mobile DC charging unit deployed in remote terrain
Defense · rural · emergency

Mission-critical charging beyond the grid

Forward operating bases, disaster-response staging, and rural networks can't wait five years for interconnection. Ruggedized, pallet-sized HelioPack enclosures with integrated DC fast charging deploy in hours, run fully islanded, and stack to match the mission.

Hours
to deploy, not years
Islanded
zero grid dependency
Stackable
capacity on demand
REGENT all-electric Seaglider charging at a pier
Flagship · maritime mobility

Charging REGENT's Seaglider™

In May 2026, World4Solar and Schneider Electric deployed a jointly developed 144 kWh smart battery enclosure with an integrated 300 kW DC fast charger to power REGENT Craft's all-electric Seaglider™ — a platform backed by over $10B in preorders. One unit adds ~30% range; three stacked support a full charge.

144 kWh
per mobile unit
300 kW
DC fast charging
+30%
range per unit
The REGENT project shows how flexible and scalable DC charging can support entirely new categories of electric mobility.
MH
Marc Hofer
CEO, World4Solar
Co-development

Engineered with Schneider Electric. Open by standard.

LumaPort DC is developed together with Schneider Electric around Current/OS — the open specification for DC power systems. The SE BLOC inside every column levels solar and battery input to a universal ±700 V bus any compliant device can join: no external controllers, no proprietary lock-in, seamless interoperability as the system grows.

World4Solar
SE
CurrentOS
Make it pay

Infrastructure thatearns its keep.

A LumaPort DC site cuts energy costs from day one — and can generate revenue on top. Operators decide how each column works for them.

Pay-per-session charging

Revenue

Open columns to drivers with credit-card payment per session or per kWh — solar power sold at your price.

Demand-charge reduction

Savings

On grid-tied sites, the HelioPack discharges during peak windows to shave the spikes that dominate commercial bills.

32" LED display advertising

Revenue

Optional column-mounted screens carry your brand — or sell the space to advertisers at high-traffic locations.

Grid export & energy arbitrage

Revenue

On grid-tied sites in states that support net metering, sell stored solar back to the grid during peak-demand windows — store low-cost energy and export it when prices spike.

Specifications

The numbers, in one place.

Column — power & storage

Max. PV power per column22 kWp
Max. battery power per column24 kWp
HelioPack capacity per column72 kWh
EV charger continuous output25 kW DC
DC bus±700 V · Current/OS
Operating temperature−4°F to 122°F

Structure — wing segments

Wing optionsLumaPort 5 / 7 / 10
Output per segment2.46 / 3.28 / 4.92 kWp
Covered depth16.9 / 22.3 / 33.8 ft
Scalable length7.5 ft steps, up to 150 ft
Max. column spacing28 ft
MaterialBulletproof steel

Compliance: UL9540A · UL1973 · CEC · CE-EMC · CB62619 · IEC62040 · IEC63056 · VDE2510

Plan yourDC sitewith us.

Tell us about your site — fleet profile, available space, grid status — and you'll get a system proposal, indicative pricing, and a realistic timeline.

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Travis Owens
Travis Owens
V.P. of Sales
t.owens@world4solar.com · +1 (402) 990-1202
Nick Boateng
Nick Boateng
Director of Solution Management
n.boateng@world4solar.com · +1 (213) 245-7348