EU akkoord met Nederlands plan voor elektrische laadpalen

29 juli 2015 – De ‘Green Deal Openbaar Toegankelijke Elektrische Laadinfrastructuur’ heeft ook het fiat van de Europese Commissie gekregen. De overheidssteun van bijna € 33 mln is toegestaan.

De twaalf partijen die in Nederland begin juni hun handtekening zetten onder de Green Deel gaven daarmee invulling aan de afspraken in het Energieakkoord om barrières rond de uitrol van openbare laadinfrastructuur weg te nemen. Met steun van de overheid zou het aantal openbare laadpalen voor elektrische auto’s (nu 6.000) met 8.000 kunnen worden uitgebreid.

Uit het persbericht van de Europese Commissie
‘(…) The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, Dutch plans to provide almost €33 million of public funding for the installation and operation of charging stations for electric vehicles. This scheme willcontribute to the roll-out of the necessary infrastructure to make electric cars a viable alternative in the Netherlands. It contributes to promoting sustainable transport and improving air quality, without unduly distorting competition in the Single Market.

Margrethe Vestager, Commissioner in charge of competition, said:”Electric cars can provide real benefits to society by reducing COemissions, pollution and noise. The Dutch public support scheme approved today will help make electric cars a viable alternative to citizens in the Netherlands by providing the necessary infrastructure, whilst keeping costs under control in line with EU state aid rules.

Under the Dutch Green Deal scheme for publicly accessible charging infrastructure, local authorities can decide to participate in the support scheme andchoose from a number of options the type of charging post infrastructure that best suits their local community. The public funding for the installation and operation of electric charging posts in their areacomes from the local authority concerned and is complemented by the central government. The scheme also requires local authorities to draw in private investment to be eligible for the state support.
The operators of the electric charging posts will be selected through competitive tenders. The scheme will last for 3 years ending on 1 July 2018. (…)’

Bronnen
Europese Commissie, 27 juli 2015: State Aid: Commission approves €33 million aid for charging infrastructure used by electrical vehicles in the Netherlands
zie ook:
RVO, 9 juni 2015: Green Deal voor laadinfrastructuur elektrisch vervoer

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