Benidorm will have two new points for fast charging of electric vehicles on the avenues of Europe and Aigüera
The plenary session of Benidorm City Council will attend next Monday the Iberdrola demand concession of two spaces in the avenues of Europe and Aigüera for the installation of two fast-charging chargers for electric vehicles and that will be integrated into the network of very fast chargers It is being implemented in significant places of the Spanish geography to meet the general European demand in electric vehicles.
The Councilor for Innovation and Contracting, Aida García Mayor, said that with this initiative "the City Council assumes new achievements in the development and promotion of the actions contemplated in the Action Plan for Sustainable Energies" approved in plenary session.
This type of concessions -demanials- allow the special and private use required by fixed facilities, as in this case, in a public domain property, the sidewalks of the indicated roads, for a period exceeding four years. The proposal is for a period of five years, extendable to another five, by mutual agreement. It includes the satisfaction of an annual fee.
Thus, the councilor explained “Benidorm will incorporate, within a month and a half, two new points to the urban network of electric vehicle charging, which already has seven operational charging points; Soon it will be nine ”.
"Electromobility, the councilor insisted, is key to the future of cities in general and Benidorm in particular." With the electric vehicle, the environmental impact and carbon footprint generated by vehicles with atmospheric engines are reduced.
The new equipment will have a general protection and measurement panel, control panel, general power line connection and physical recharging point to serve two vehicles at the same time, enabling specific parking spaces for this purpose around the points of recharge The equipment will have three types of sockets: two in direct current (50 kW) and one in alternating (43.5 kW), being able at the same time to recharge operations of two vehicles through the APP recharge system of the energy company.