What is next? EV Charging Infrastructure and Policies in Germany

In order for sustainability to move forward, national and international steps should be taken and governments should make their investments with a sustainable vision. Governments prepare work plans to popularize clean energy in their sustainability plans. In United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals program, work has begun to draw up an action-oriented global roadmap to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

Planning to meet the targets of the United Nations, Germany has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 40% below 1990 levels by 2020 and 80–85% by 2050.

The potential for reducing emissions in the electricity sector is very high, considering the energy sector holds a key function regarding GHG emissions by currently causing more than 80% of the emissions in Germany and within this sector the electricity supply is responsible for about 40% of energy-related CO2 emissions. Provided a highly efficient use of electricity and energy conversion, as well as an energy supply system that is completely based on renewable energies, it will be possible to reach a level of nearly zero GHG emissions. This drastic transformation aims for economic benefit, the security of supply of energy as well as environmental benefit.

Germany, which also makes investments in transportation in efforts to reduce emissions, carries out incentive programs for the widespread use of electric vehicles. While applying discounts on electric vehicle purchases, it also makes investments to establish the charging infrastructure. The German government, which spent 300 million euros on the charging platform between 2017 and 2020, added a new one to its incentives in April 2020.

With this incentive aiming to provide charging infrastructure to businesses such as hotels and restaurants;

• Businesses that purchase normal charging infrastructure (3.7 kW — 22 kW AC charger) will pay up to 80% of their costs of 4.000 € per charger.
• Businesses that purchase fast charging infrastructure (22 kW — 50 kW DC charger) pay up to 80% of the costs of 16,000 € per charger.
• It has undertaken to pay up to 80% of the installation and construction costs not exceeding € 10,000 per location.

Increasing the usability of these stations is as important as their installation. Businesses that want to benefit from the incentive are obliged to share this station infrastructures with other users who want to charge them with their customers and to serve without closing for 6 years. In other words, the charging service offered to the user must be controllable and financially regulated.

In this case, OCPP based control and payment systems, which make it open to the public, have gained great importance in addition to establishing stations. Bluedot is one of the system providers where electric vehicle users can access the charging unit, start the charging process and complete the payment process.

Thanks to the Bluedot Dashboard system that works with OCPP compatible chargers, business owners;

• Can reach the charging station and control panel package on turnkey basis.
• Ensure that electric vehicle users can reach its business.
• Charge the charging station proportional to the amount of electricity consumed.
• Perform the payment transactions of the users without additional processing.
• Can share campaigns with the Bluedot App user.
• Thanks to the Bluedot loyalty program, it can increase customer loyalty with different forms.

At the same time, operators who want to benefit from the incentive can easily apply with Bluedot.

For details, you can contact us at info@thebluedot.co