Qatar: 400 Electric Car Charging Stations by 2022

By, 2019-01-17

Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) is arranging to establish 400 electric car charging stations by the end of 2022 in order to support the use of electric and hybrid vehicles in Qatar. Yesterday, Kahramaa, which represented by the National Program for Conservation and Energy Efficiency (Tarsheed), inaugurated 8th electric car charging station at Qatar Scientific Club.

The inauguration is a continuation of the first stage of electric car charging stations launch in Qatar as part of the green vehicles initiative to provide a safe, healthy and clean environment for future generations.

Eng. Abdul-Aziz Al Hammadi, the Conservation and Energy Efficiency Department Manager in Kahramaa, mentioned that: "the station is a continuation of the efforts of Kahramaa, represented by Tarsheed, for the preparation of the necessary infrastructure for electric vehicles in the country, where 400 stations are planned to be established in cooperation with the private sector by the end of 2022 to encourage the electric and hybrid vehicles in Qatar".

"Since the announcement of Kahramaa that it has started to install the electric vehicle charging stations in Qatar, the club worked on being one of the first to support of this positive initiative" according to Fatima Al Mohannadi, the Managing Director of Qatar Scientific Club.

Siemens Qatar, the partner of this technology initiative, delivers electric charging stations that provide safety, ease of use and energy management. It will also provide training in operation and use as well as maintenance of vehicle chargers stations.

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Kahramaa launched seven electric vehicle charging stations in 2018 in Kahramaa Main Building Areas, Kahramaa Awareness Park Building, Al Fardan Towers, St. Regis Hotel, and Kempinski Pearl Resort. In addition, two electric car charging stations for buses have been inaugurated at the headquarters of Mowasalat, and another two electric car charging stations will be inaugurated at Qatar Foundation.

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