Vattenfall InCharge has won a tender to install up to 22,000 additional charging points over the next few years in Noord-Brabant and Limburg, two provinces in the south of the Netherlands.

In recent years, Vattenfall InCharge already has installed a total of more than 37,000 public charging points in Limburg and Noord-Brabant. The two provinces are putting the charging infrastructure out to tender on behalf of the local councils involved. Vattenfall InCharge is the Swedish energy supplier’s eMobility brand.

Fabian Hagmann, Head of E-mobility at Vattenfall: “We are honoured by the trust the Dutch provinces Noord-Brabant and Limburg have placed in us. Our proven public infrastructure track record demonstrates our reliability as a leading charging point operator in Europe. With  our solution, we can actively stabilise the grid and maximise the use of sustainable electricity. As part of our commitment to electrifying transportation, this new concession will expand our charging network across Sweden, the Netherlands, and Germany, to more than 1 Gigawatt, which equals 90,000 charging points.”

The expansion of the charging infrastructure ties in closely with the energy transition. For the purposes of this tender, both provinces have set high demands for cyber security, price transparency and ease of use, among other factors. For instance, the new charging stations will have a display showing price and charging information. What stands out in particular is that the instalment of the new charging points will be based on predicted use by electric vehicle drivers. This involves looking at where charging demand is highest based on current data.

Vattenfall does not provide any details on the types of charging stations to be used or the charging capacities in the brief announcement. An exact distribution across Noord-Brabant and Limburg is also not mentioned. The reason for this is that the installation of the new charging stations will be based on predicted use by electric vehicle drivers. “Vattenfall’s charging stations will support grid-conscious charging, matching charging capacity to available grid capacity, to alleviate grid congestion. Vattenfall can temporarily reduce the power of the charging stations at those spots on the grid where demand for electricity is temporarily too high, for example in evening peak hours when everyone comes home,” according to the press-release.

For Vattenfall InCharge, this tender marks a third public charging award in one year. It has previously won the tender for The Hague (5,400 charging points) and the Amsterdam Metropolitan Region (35,000 charging points, in partnership with Ubitricity and TotalEnergies).