Six fast chargers

Van Kessel opens Greenpoint fast charging plaza for e-trucks in Veghel: ‘Future of transport’

Stan van Kessel, Ruud van Outersterp en Joakim Hoevenaars openen het nieuwe Greenpoint snellaadplein op bedrijventerrein Doornhoek in Veghel.

A new charging station for electric trucks has been opened at Doornhoek business park in Veghel, Brabant. The location has six 360-kW fast chargers.

Doornhoek business park, southwest of Veghel and near the A50 motorway, is home to dozens of companies, including Mars and Sligro, which mostly use freight transport. To meet the increasing demand for sustainable energy facilities for heavy transport, Van Kessel has expanded the existing Greenpoint filling station in Veghel with a charging station for electric trucks. The official opening was performed by director Stan van Kessel of Van Kessel / Greenpoint, together with Ruud van Outerstersterp and Joakim Hoevenaars of BAS Truck Center, dealer of Volvo and Renault Trucks. The loading bay is located directly opposite the BAS Truck Center workshop and has been designed to allow even the largest trucks, up to LHVs, to manoeuvre. This makes the loading plaza not only strategically positioned in relation to the workshop, but also conveniently located for other large logistics parties in the immediate vicinity.

Invest

According to Van Kessel, it is impossible to imagine the future of transport without electric trucks: “The question is not if, but when they will be introduced on a large scale. We notice that many entrepreneurs wonder: where will I be able to recharge later? That is why we invest in fast chargers on the road and place charging stations at companies’ premises. Of course we have to deal with grid congestion, but by making smart use of capacity, solar roofs and battery packs, more is often possible than people think.”

Joakim Hoevenaars, account manager at BAS Truck Center, says he is happy that Greenpoint is investing in fast chargers for electric trucks: “With the fast-growing population of e-trucks, it is great to see charging plazas like the one being realised here in Veghel. For our customers, it is ideal that the charging plaza is right opposite our workshop; this way, they combine maintenance and charging in one trip and the availability of the equipment remains optimal.”

Energy hubs

The new charging plaza is part of the Greenpoint Clean Energy Hubs site in Veghel, where several sustainable fuels are offered, including HVO, LNG and CNG. Veghel is now the fifth Greenpoint site with fast chargers for trucks, alongside Asten, Ede, Milheeze and Veghel De Amert.

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This article was automatically translated from the Dutch language original to English (British).

Author: Nina Koelewijn

Source: MobilityEnergy.com

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