State holds back charging station areas – companies fear usury

Dusseldorf If the federal government has its way, there should be one million public charging points throughout Germany by 2030. This would require a million parking spaces for electric cars to charge. Two charging stations require an area of ​​around 36 square meters. In addition, there is space for transformer stations and switchgear in order to be able to transfer the electricity from the voltage levels to the charging station.

For the nationwide “Germany network” alone, a thousand locations are currently being sought for an average of six to eight fast charging stations. But where will the space for all the charging stations come from in the coming years?

Finding suitable space is one of the greatest challenges for companies when setting up public charging infrastructure. “The search for space is very tedious,” says Linda Boll, spokeswoman for the charging station operator Fastned. Finding space for a charging park in an urban area borders on a miracle, agrees Jörn Hansen, head of development at TankE, a subsidiary of the energy supplier Rheinenergie.