Well great. If you need to charge, the charging stations go black…
That's what you get. When you try to push something through, but don't take the infrastructure into account. Then you will have problems. And they have now discovered this in the province of Utrecht. The charging stations there go black at set times.
That's because the power grid can't handle all those charging EVs, very simply put. We have known for a long time, but the cabinet and the province have now also seen that this is no longer the case…
Charging stations in Utrecht are going black!
By the way, it is not just about electric cars, they are not the only ones that overload the power grid to such an extent that the charging stations go black. It depends on many more things. Sustainable houses with a heat pump, for example.
These things were also so promoted that more and more houses have such a pump. And if they all run at the same time, this will also cause a huge peak in the demand for power. And then you also have the industry that contributes a lot.
And so solutions are needed. And there are. This means that there must be smart charging stations that go black during busy times. Too bad if you happen to be loading and have to go home, you should have just kept driving with petrol.
Minister Jetten and the grid operators also want more start using gas turbines when it's really cold. They then ensure that there is enough power to meet the enormous demand. Gas turbines yes. Imported from a faraway country, because we leave the 500 billion cubic meters that we still have alone.
Furthermore, it is now advised not to use a fully electric heat pump if you need a new one. Go hybrid, they now say. So also with gas. Otherwise, no sustainable homes can be built at all from 2030 onwards. As they say themselves, the road to green can be seen without a bit of gray… Now they are coming along…
In short, if you live in the province of Utrecht (yes!) and have an EV (also yes!), make sure you charge your battery in a neighboring province. Because even if you manage to get home, you won't be able to load…
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