The Indian petroleum firm Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd (BPCL) needs to show all its petrol stations in India into “power stations” that additionally supply charging choices for electrical automobiles.
As a primary step, charging stations shall be arrange at 7,000 of BPCL’s greater than 19,000 petrol stations by December 2024. BPCL will initially give attention to places on highways and in cities prioritised by the Indian authorities. On highways, quick chargers shall be arrange each 100 kilometres in each instructions. A complete of round 400 websites are deliberate on highways, of which 80 are already operational. At present, Bharat Petroleum has a complete of 747 charging stations and 13 battery alternate stations.
“Over the following few years, we’re aiming at reaching the rely of seven,000 stations to assist the rising EV business and these stations could be often known as ‘Power Stations’. EV charging infrastructure is without doubt one of the 5 centered segments that BPCL is engaged on together with Petchem, Gasoline, Client Retailing, Renewables & Biofuels that may serve the power wants of the nation,” mentioned Arun Kumar Singh, Chairman & Managing Director of Bharat Petroleum.
In March, the Indian authorities had awarded the equal of round 90 million euros to the petroleum firms Indian Oil (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL) to construct a complete of practically 7,500 new public DC factors by March 2024.
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