HOCHTIEF and EWE Go today officially opened their first jointly constructed charging park in Lübbecke, East Westphalia. From now on, electric car drivers can safely and reliably charge their vehicles at four hyper chargers. The charging park is a part of the Deutschlandnetz (Germany Network), which was commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV – Bundesministerium für Digitales und Verkehr) to create a nationwide fast-charging infrastructure.
At the end of 2023, the partners HOCHTIEF and EWE Go won the contract by the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport to finance, plan, build and operate a fast-charging network for e-cars with a total of 850 charging points in the North-West and West regions. The areas are located in North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Bremen and Hamburg as well as in parts of Mecklenburg-Western Pommerania and Schleswig-Holstein. Since then, over 50 locations have been contracted and more than ten construction sites are being prepared, with additional operational launches planned for the coming months.
The park in Lübbecke is situated on Zeisstrasse 1 and has four fast-charging stations, each with two charging points with a capacity of at least 200 kilowatts. Depending on the vehicle type and battery status, the battery can be charged in just 20 to 30 minutes. The charging park is barrier-free and will be supplied with 100 per cent green electricity. A restaurant and a snack bar as well as sanitary facilities are in the immediate vicinity.
The Deutschlandnetz
The Federal Transport Ministry has invited tenders for fast-charging parks with almost 9,000 fast-charging points at approx. 1,000 locations as part of the Deutschlandnetz. The aim of the Deutschlandnetz is to build a nationwide, demand-oriented and user-friendly fast-charging network throughout Germany. The National Centre for Charging Infrastructure, under the umbrella of NOW GmbH, is assuming a coordinating role on behalf of the BMDV in implementing the Deutschlandnetz and is responsible in particular, for demand planning, checking technical requirements as well as the data monitoring of the locations.
Image: From left to right: Laura Meyer-Romanowski (EWE Go), Julian Brandt (EWE Go), Kevin Tortora (EWE Go HOCHTIEF Ladepartner), Simon Stein (EWE Go HOCHTIEF Ladepartner), Piotr Soltyski (HOCHTIEF Ladepartner), Gero Kriete (EWE Go HOCHTIEF Ladepartner), Martijn Vleugel (EWE Go HOCHTIEF Ladepartner) | Photo credits: EWE AG
Source: EWE Go, HOCHTIEF