Bengaluru Electricity Supply Board pushes for solar-powered electric vehicle, 112 charging stations to come up
In order to ensure that clean transport is driven by clean energy, Banglore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) has come up with a new project of charging power EVs with the help of solar energy.
Bengaluru: Banglore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) has come up with a new initiative of charging power electric vehicles (EV) with the help of solar energy in order to ensure that clean transport is driven by clean energy.
As per the reports in the Hindustan Times, by the end of August, around 112 EV charging stations are expected to be in use in the city. Moreover, the stations would be spread across the city including the outer areas such as Kengeri, KR Puram, Yelahanka, and Electronics City.
Further, in order to encourage the use of EVs, charging stations have been asked to ensure the required infrastructure.
Reportedly, the new stations would be located mostly at government department premises which includes Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) ward offices, Traffic Transit Management Centres (TTMC) buildings, Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) offices, Karnataka Housing Board office, Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board office, and BESCOM and BMRCL offices.
CK Sreenath, deputy general manager of Smart Grid and EV, BESCOM told HT that various other projects like smart metering, the DAS project, EV charging stations, and energy storage have been utilised to make the interactive grid by adopting sustainable energy.
He further mentioned that it has been noticed one of the main disadvantages of the push for EVs has been the use of non-sustainable energy such as coal which defeats the purpose of choosing electric vehicles over conventional ones.
Reports mention that at present there are four stations which are located at the BESCOM headquarters, Vidhana Soudha, Vikasa Soudha, and at the office of Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC), and there are around 7,000 EVs in the city.
Source: timesnownews
