Foundation laid for Meghalaya’s first EV charging station at Lapalang
Meghalaya/Gurugram, September 6 (MExN): In the midst of a push for transitioning from fuel to electric vehicles over environmental concerns, Meghalaya has taken a step forward and laid the foundation stone for the first-ever electric vehicle charging station (EVCS) on September 3.
The foundation stone was laid at office complex of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), a Maharatna Public Sector Undertaking under Ministry of Power, in Lapalang, Shillong. The foundation stone was laid by AK Thakur, Member Secretary, North Eastern Regional Power Committee (NERPC) in the presence of RKTyagi, Executive Director, North Eastern Regional Transmission System, POWERGRID, and N Roy, Chief General Manager (I/C), NERLDC, POSOCO.
According to a press release from the Senior General Manager (Corporate Communications) Naresh Kumar on Sunday, the EVCS are being developed under Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid) and Electric Vehicles (FAME) India Scheme Phase-II.
Under this scheme, POWERGRID will develop 11 EVCS in Shillong city (5 Public EVCS and 6 at government establishments). Each station shall have four 15 kW DC-001 Chargers and one 100 kW CCS-2/CHAdeMO Charger (dual gun), making it 66 charging points in Shillong city.
Out of the 11 locations, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed for 4 locations which include POWERGRID Office Complex at Lapalang, MTC Ware House at Demthring, MTC Parking Lot at Police Bazar, and Polo Parking Lot at Polo.
POWERGRID has developed itself as one of the market leaders in EVCS business and has its presence in major cities of India like Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Bengaluru, Gurugram and Kochi.
At present, it has 1,72,154 ckm of transmission lines, 262 Sub-stations and more than 4,46,940 MVA of transformation capacity. With the adoption of latest technological tools and techniques, enhanced use of automation and digital solutions, POWERGRID has been able to maintain average transmission system availability >99%, the release stated.
