Energy sto­rage for char­ging infra­struc­ture now eli­gi­ble for non-dis­cri­­mi­na­­tory fun­ding

Energy sto­rage sys­tems are now finally eli­gi­ble for fun­ding as pro­vi­ders of demand-based char­ging power wit­hout dis­cri­mi­na­tion! Pre­viously, the fun­ding was pri­ma­rily direc­ted toward grid expan­sion and grid con­nec­tion.

On Sep­tem­ber 18, the new fun­ding gui­de­line for com­mer­cial char­ging infra­struc­ture was released by the Fede­ral Minis­try of Digi­tal Affairs and Trans­port and NOW GmbH. We at BVES are very plea­sed about the inclu­sion of sto­rage faci­li­ties.

Energy sto­rage sys­tems can serve as buf­fer sto­rage to gua­ran­tee (ultra)fast char­ging and ensure simul­ta­neous char­ging of num­e­rous vehic­les wit­hout first having to wait for the often time-con­sum­ing expan­sion of the grid and the upgrade of the grid con­nec­tion. Par­ti­cu­larly in trade and indus­try, time and ope­ra­tio­nal capa­bi­lity are cru­cial for eco­no­mic ope­ra­tion.

These sys­tems can also inte­grate the com­pany’s own rene­wa­ble energy gene­ra­tion and make it available pre­cis­ely when char­ging power is in demand, and not only when the sun is shi­ning or the wind is blo­wing. The elec­tri­fi­ca­tion of deli­very and logi­stics ope­ra­ti­ons can make a decisive con­tri­bu­tion to emis­si­ons reduc­tion. Howe­ver, this is achie­ved only with a sui­ta­ble char­ging infra­struc­ture — and this infra­struc­ture can be imple­men­ted quickly, relia­bly and easily with buf­fer sto­rage sys­tems.

After con­s­truc­tive dia­lo­gues and open exch­an­ges with the rele­vant aut­ho­ri­ties, we have now achie­ved fun­ding that ali­gns with the state of tech­no­logy. We thank Johan­nes Pal­l­asch and his team at the Natio­nal Con­trol Cen­ter for Char­ging Infra­struc­ture for this important step.

In this way, it will also be pos­si­ble to bring about a change in mobi­lity in com­merce and indus­try and to rapidly expand the char­ging infra­struc­ture nee­ded. Many BVES mem­bers are wil­ling to pro­vide sui­ta­ble char­ging solu­ti­ons with sto­rage.