Electric mobility

Charging infrastructure and clean energy for electric vehicles

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Electric mobility is one of the areas of action of the Energy Efficiency section of ACCIONA. The company has positioned itself as a supplier of charging infrastructures for electric vehicles by developing an integral system that includes charging points and their operation and the provision of associated information and management services.

As an electricity producer from renewable energy sources, ACCIONA also offers its customers the option of supplying green energy certified by the Spanish National Energy Commission (CNE). This ensures the sustainability of both the operation of the vehicle and the process used to produce the energy used to power it.

ACCIONA is, therefore, in a position to promote the deployment of electric vehicles by providing services in terms of charging infrastructure, operational information and the supply of renewable energy. To do this it has signed collaboration agreements with a wide range of sector operators (automobile manufacturers, car park management companies and public administrations) aimed at promoting charging services for future users. It also works with technology providers (Ingeteam, Indra) to find the most advanced solutions.

Specifically, the company aims its services at five different customer profiles:

  • Automobile manufacturers that want to offer ACCIONA's charging infrastructure when they sell an electric vehicle. This is the kind of agreement being implemented with Renault-Nissan, and the company is planning to extend it to other manufacturers.
  • Car park management companies, to install charging points on their premises. For example, agreements with Comfersa (car parks in 66 railway stations) and Unibail Rodamco (14 shopping malls), among others.
  • Public administrations, to install charging points on roadways or public car parks. Example: the pilot network (5 points) installed in collaboration with Pamplona City Council and the Government of Navarra.
  • Private owners or neighbors groups that want to install charging points in private garages or collective car parks.
  • Vehicle rental fleets that want to incorporate electric vehicles.

 

The first results, in the form of operational charging posts, are already visible on the streets of Pamplona, in the high-speed train stations of Valencia and Madrid and in the Parquesur shopping mall in Madrid. They have also been installed in a number of ACCIONA's offices/plants. Until December 2011 it had installed 229 and expects to pass the 600 mark by the end of 2012.

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