The Dutch energy utility Essent, a subsidiary of Swindon-based RWE AG, has been asked by Amsterdam City Council to deliver and install 125 electric vehicle charging stations.
The delivery may be extended for up to 750 charging points. The first charging points are due to be installed quite soon, in the first half of this year. Amsterdam City Council has ambitious environmental targets and is planning for 10,000 electric vehicles by 2015.
The city already has about 100 publicly accessible charging points, which makes Amsterdam one of Europe’s trendsetters in the introduction of electric mobility.
Peter Terium, CEO of Essent said: “This contract is very important for Essent and RWE. It’s the first time in the Netherlands that electric mobility will cover an entire city and become part of the scenery.
“The charging stations we are setting up in Amsterdam have been developed by RWE and have so far been installed in numerous European countries, including Germany, Poland, Hungary and Austria.”
RWE provides intelligent European-wide system solutions for electric vehicle charging facilities. RWE is already operating over 800 charging points in 14 European countries. Its customers in each country include, above all, local councils and authorities, energy utilities and fleet operators.
