The BDEW Federal Association of the Energy and Water Industries is calling on those responsible to fill the so-called area tool (flaechentool.de) with life. The purpose of the area tool is to accelerate the development of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. According to BDEW, federal, state and municipal properties as well as those belonging to companies can be recorded in the area tool so that project developers can examine these areas and submit offers for the installation of charging points.
However, according to BDEW, the space tool has so far only included a few public sector properties, including no federal government sites and only a few sites belonging to the federal states. Municipalities and municipal companies have reported more sites. However, according to BDEW, only a single-digit percentage of the more than 10,000 municipalities in Germany use the space tool. Kerstin Andreae, Chairwoman of the BDEW Executive Board, says: "The federal government should [...] fill the land tool with life as soon as possible."
To this end, properties owned by the federal government and federally owned companies such as Deutsche Bahn should be examined and the areas potentially suitable for the expansion of charging infrastructure should be deposited there. The BDEW is also calling for more transparency for project developers and the federal government. This could be achieved with an overview that provides information on which cities and municipalities have already put properties out to tender or designated areas in their development plans.
Source: bdew.de/flaechentool.de
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