By 2035, the objective is to increase tenfold the number of charging stations for electric vehicles in Brussels.
The Brussels Region has selected eleven private charging projects, in particular ultra-fast, for electric vehicles which it will support for a total amount of 500,000 euros, announced Thursday the Minister for Energy and Climate Transition, Alain Brown (Eco).
Do Times Ten by 2035
In Brussels, the climate transition notably involves the installation of charging stations for electric vehicles, both on and off the road. According to Minister Maron, around 2,700 charging points are currently accessible to the public there, six times more than at the end of 2019. The Brussels Region is aiming for 22,000 charging points for electric vehicles to be accessible to the public in 2035.
Some 1,400 additional charging points will be installed in the streets of the capital in 2023 thanks to the ChargyClick program led by Sibelga, at the request of the Region. Each Brussels resident will then have a charging point within a radius of 150 meters from their home, the Minister for Climate Transition said in a press release.
Already Many Projects Selected
At the same time, the Brussels Region has decided to encourage private players to develop their offer in car parks. Thus, a call for projects was recently organized to support innovative projects led by private actors to install fast chargers or create real charging hubs. The call for projects was also open to taxi and logistics service companies.
Four charging hubs were selected, for a total of 116 charging points in public car parks in Anderlecht (Slaughterhouses), Jette (UZ VUB) and in the city center of Brussels (Poelaert and Grand’Place car parks); four super-fast chargers each comprising 4 points that can recharge 80% of a standard battery in around ten minutes in Auderghem (Herrmann-Debroux), Etterbeek (boulevard Général Jacques), Evere (chaussée de Louvain) and the City of Brussels (rue Dieudonné Lefèvre); two charging projects for carbon-free logistics, one for the vans of a company delivering parcels in the Brussels Region and the other for charging trucks; a project comprising 43 charging points for electric taxis.
This article is originally published on moustique.be
