The company behind the Aberdeen Bay windfarm is making a move into the British electric vehicle charging market.
Vattenfall, which is a major energy supplier in Europe, hopes to have its first charging poles in the UK in place in the second half of this year.
In north-east Scotland, the company is best known for the 11-turbine Aberdeen bay windfarm, with the last turbine being installed earlier this week.
The firm will allow any electric vehicle to use them on a pay-as-you-go basis and will promote roaming agreements with other charge point operators.
Vattenfall said the move will increase confidence in the young UK market and ease driver anxiety around using electric vehicles.
It will also support clean air zones in British cities.
Magnus Hall, president and CEO of Vattenfall, said: ““We have big ambitions for rolling out InCharge in GB. Its early days for our market entry but we know from our success in growing the EV market in Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden – and recent rapid growth in low carbon transport in GB – that we have a strong offer to make to the British driver.
“Many charging poles in Britain are closed to a select number of users. We don’t think that will help grow the British electric vehicle market as fast as is needed. That’s why we believe it is beneficial if both public and business-owned semi-public charging infrastructure can be made available for all drivers. It makes EV charging hassle free for the driver, and maximises utilisation of infrastructure for the real estate owners that invest in charging.”
“We want to work in partnership with commercial property owners and developers, fleet owners and public bodies to make this happen. We have worked closely with many partners in other countries and we know we can make this a success in Great Britain.”
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