{"id":331613,"date":"2020-01-30T17:07:21","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T11:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=331613"},"modified":"2020-01-30T17:08:15","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T11:38:15","slug":"eesl-bhel-sign-pact-to-set-up-public-charging-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/eesl-bhel-sign-pact-to-set-up-public-charging-stations\/","title":{"rendered":"EESL, BHEL sign pact to set up public charging stations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>State-owned firms Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) and BHEL have signed a pact to set up a network of public charging infrastructure for electric mobility along various highways across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The two entities will jointly explore opportunities in e-mobility, and fast-track the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in the country under the Government of India&#8217;s National E-Mobility Programme, according to a statement by EESL.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the pact, BHEL will offer complete EPC (engineering-procurement-construction) solutions from concept to commissioning, while EESL will make the entire upfront investment on services, along with the operation and maintenance of the public charging infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The memorandum of understanding (MoU) covers collaboration in identification, planning, development and installation of charging stations at various locations.<\/p>\n<p>EESL Managing Director Saurabh Kumar said in the statement, &#8220;Mobility is changing rapidly, and India is powering ahead to sustainability-driven future by adopting EVs. Availability of adequate charging infrastructure is one of the key requirements for further accelerating the EV adoption in India.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added that setting up various charging stations at highways will boost the interest of public commuting from one city to another, which will enable a smooth and sustainable transition to a future-oriented mobility solution.<\/p>\n<p>With installation of public charging stations, the range anxiety among public will reduce, which would help in increasing the adoption of EVs in the cities across India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State-owned firms Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) and BHEL have signed a pact to set up a network of public charging infrastructure for electric mobility along various highways across the country. The two entities will jointly explore opportunities in e-mobility, and fast-track the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in the country under the Government of India&#8217;s National E-Mobility Programme, according to a statement by EESL. As part of the pact, BHEL will offer complete EPC (engineering-procurement-construction) solutions from concept to commissioning, while EESL will make the entire upfront investment on services, along with the operation and maintenance of the public [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-331613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-power"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331613\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}