The paper proposes the adaptation of the industrial plant’s power network to supply electric vehicle (EV) fast-charging converters (above 300 kW) using renewable energy sources (RESs). A 600 V DC microgrid was used to supply energy from RESs for the needs of variable speed motor drives and charging of EV batteries. It has been shown that it is possible to support the supply of drive voltage frequency converters (VFCs) and charging of EV batteries converters with renewable energy from a 600 V DC microgrid, which improves the power quality indicators in the power system. The possibility of implementing the fast EV batteries charging station to the industrial plant’s power system in such a way that the system energy demand is not increased has also been shown. The EV battery charging station using the drive converter has been presented, as well as the results of simulation and laboratory tests of the proposed solution.

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In this paper, the main aim of the study was the investigation of the possibilities of power inductor design, reflecting the performance of the component itself, as well as the operational efficiency of the power factor correction (PFC) converter. PFC inductors represent a key component of the converter, while within the design of any magnetic component, several design rules must be considered to provide proper operational performance. Here we discuss skin-effect, while the proximity effect and formation of fringing flux pose a more serious problem in terms of mitigating their negative impact. Therefore, in this study, the space is devoted exclusively to the analysis of the impact of the fringing flux of the PFC inductor and subsequently to the possibilities of its suppression. The resulting optimizations are reflected in the investigation of the operational efficiency of the PFC converter.