December 14 (SeeNews) - Romanian oil and gas group OMV Petrom [BSE:SNP] said on Tuesday it plans to install 100 fast and ultra-fast recharging stations for electric vehicles (EV) in Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Serbia by the end of 2022.
OMV Petrom will thus become the first energy company in the region with a network of recharging stations in four Southeastern European (SEE) countries, it said in a press release.
The infrastructure for powering electric cars is being developed together with partners from the electric mobility sector, it added.
According to OMV Petrom, a short waiting time for recharging will encourage the electromobility in the region. Fast charging stations ensure that 80% of the battery is recharged in about 40 minutes; for ultra-fast ones, the estimated recharge time is less than 20 minutes.
"We are expanding our electromobility offer in all the countries in the region where we have filling stations. Basically, by the end of 2022, about 15% of the OMV and Petrom regional network will have recharging stations. By 2030, we will provide our customers with approximately 500 stations with alternative solutions for mobility such as electro-mobility, gas mobility such as LNG and CNG and hydrogen," OMV Petrom Executive Board, responsible for Downstream Oil, Radu Caprau said.
In the past two years, OMV Petrom has concluded three partnerships with Eldrive, Enel X and Renovatio to develop a network of 80 fast and ultra-fast recharging stations in Romania and Bulgaria. Out of these, at least 20 will be ultra-fast charging stations. Currently, there are 19 recharging stations operational in Romania and Bulgaria.
OMV Petrom will expand its partnership with Renovatio in Moldova, with a minimum of 5 recharging stations, with an installed capacity of 75 kW. They will be installed in Petrom filling stations located in Chisinau, as well as in other cities across Moldova.
In Serbia, OMV Petrom and regional EV charging platform charge&GO will implement a network of five charging stations for electric vehicles in OMV filling stations, located on Serbia's highways, by the end of the first semester of 2022. Their available power will be between 100 kW and 200 kW.
OMV Petrom is the largest integrated energy company in Southeast Europe, with an annual group hydrocarbon production of 53 million boe in 2020. The group has a refining capacity of 4.5 million tonnes per year and is present on the oil products retail market in Romania and neighboring countries through 787 filling stations as at the end of September, under two brands – OMV and Petrom.
OMV Petrom's shares traded 1.75% higher at 0.4640 lei ($0.11/ 0.09 euro) as at 1021 CET on Tuesday on the BVB.
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