Fastned, one of many premier EV quick charging networks on the earth (however simply working in Europe), is increasing its community into Denmark.

The Dutch firm has gained a young to construct three superfast charging stations — energy output of 400 kW per charger. That’s additionally the variety of EV charging stations Fastned utilized to Vejdirektoratet to supply.

“The brand new quick charging stations will probably be positioned in strategic areas alongside high-traffic nationwide street community and on touristic routes, with a complete of 24 chargers of 400 kW,” Fastned writes. Naturally. The municipalities are Helsingør, Grevinge, and Langeskov Syd. Two of them will open by the tip of 2023 and one will open in 2024.

It shocked me, however this entrance into Denmark marks Fastned’s foray into Scandinavia. The corporate already has EV charging stations in six different nations: its dwelling base of the Netherlands, Germany, the UK, Belgium, France, and Switzerland. Denmark would be the seventh.

“Getting into the Danish market is an enormous achievement for Fastned, and can assist us with our aim to construct 1,000 quick charging stations throughout Europe by 2030. We construct stations the place drivers can depend on dependable charging and have the perfect charging expertise. We’re bringing this method to Denmark, the seventh nation in our community. Our workforce is working onerous to increase our community to extra European nations, to assist increasingly more individuals make the change to electrical driving and therefore speed up the transition to fossil fuel-free mobility,” Michiel Langezaal, CEO of Fastned, mentioned.

In whole, Denmark had put out a young for 9 places. Fastned picked the three that match its goal parameters (principally, quite a lot of site visitors/utilization).

Fastned additionally supplied some extra information on the three stations themselves:

• “With 4 chargers, Helsingør will enable drivers to cost earlier than they head to Sweden, on the Helsingør-Helsingborg ferry, an essential European journey route within the Nordics.”
• “Grevinge station may also have 4 chargers, catering for drivers between Copenhagen and Aarhus.” (Apparently, I additionally simply wrote a narrative yesterday about Aarhus ordering 56 electrical buses from Solaris.)
• “The third and largest location, Langeskov Syd, can have a complete of 16 chargers, and will probably be a part of a significant charging hub alongside the E20, the place the well-known and lengthy Nice Belt and the New Little Belt bridges join continental Europe to Sjælland island, the place Copenhagen is positioned. Grevinge and Helsingør will probably be constructed by the tip of 2023, whereas Langeskov Syd will probably be in operation by the tip of August 2024.”

Congratulations to Fastned. For some different latest tales on the Dutch EV quick charging chief, see:

Fastned, Develop As Quick As You Can — Keep away from Making Earnings As Lengthy As You Can

Fastned Grows Too Quick

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