All interested agencies of the Center and the Delhi government will identify locations under their jurisdictions to establish charging stations for electric vehicles in the next two weeks, according to a statement from the Delhi government.
This decision was made at the first meeting of the Delhi government’s charging infrastructure working group on Thursday. The meeting was chaired by Jasmine Shah, Vice President of the Delhi Dialogue and Development Commission.
“All government agencies in Delhi, including municipal corporations, PWD, Department of Transportation, DTC, DMRC, DDA, among others, will identify concession locations within their jurisdictions in the next two weeks to establish charging stations,” said the release.
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The Delhi government will add these locations and develop a unified model to establish 200 charging points in the city in the next year, he said.
The 2020 Electric Vehicle Policy was notified last month by the Delhi government Department of Transportation.
In view of the multiplicity of agencies in Delhi, the task of designing and implementing a coordinated strategy to establish the charging infrastructure in Delhi has been entrusted to the Charging Infrastructure Task Force.
“The Delhi government will soon implement the financial incentives promised under the electric vehicle policy,” Shah said.
Several agencies, including At Discoms, EESL, DMRC, Delhi Transco Ltd., NDMC, East MCD and North MCD gave a detailed presentation of their proposals during the meeting, to rapidly scale up the public charging infrastructure, as well as the private charging infrastructure. in the city. statement said.
“At the meeting it was agreed that given the emphasis of the Delhi Electric Vehicle Policy on the mass adoption of electric two and three-wheelers, the charging infrastructure should focus primarily on the installation of a large number of charging stations. battery consisting of AC-001 charging points (3.3 kW each) and a limited number of DC-001 fast chargers (15 kW each), “he said.
The development of an extensive network of battery exchange stations was also identified as a key priority.
Once the location mapping exercise is completed, Delhi Transco Ltd, which is the state nodal agency for the installation of the charging infrastructure, will implement a coordinated plan for the installation of 200 charging stations at the most prominent locations in the city, supported by grants from Delhi. government, the statement said.
In addition to public charging stations, the establishment of charging facilities in shopping malls, office complexes, collective housing societies, hotels, educational institutions, hospitals and other restricted spaces was also identified as a priority at the meeting.
Since these facilities have high-capacity commercial connections, it was argued that installing a large number of trickle charging points at these facilities would be inexpensive and a quick way to install thousands of additional charging points in the city, he said.
The Dialogue and Development Commission and Delhi Transco Ltd. were tasked with developing a special scheme in the lines of the RESCO model for rooftop solar plants, to bring together the energy operators who could then be hired by the owners of these facilities to invest, install and maintain charging points for public use within these facilities, the statement added. PTI VIT RDM RDM
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