Total group to install and operate 20,000 charging stations in the Netherlands

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Total continues to invest in the market for charging stations … in the Netherlands. The French group has just won a contract to install and manage 20,000 charging points in the metropolitan area of ​​Amsterdam.

Yes "in the port of Amsterdam, there are sailors who sing", there is also electricity in the air or rather a cohort of charging stations for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. In the land of bikes and tulips, sales of electric vehicles jumped 150%, the result of incentives. Sales of electrified vehicles represent 15% of all vehicles, all engines combined. Besides, the Tesla Model 3 is a hit.

It is in this favorable context that the oil group Total – Total Netherlands – won a contract for the installation and operation of 20,000 charging points in Amsterdam, more precisely in the Metropolitan Region (Metropoolregio Amsterdam Elektrisch – MRA- E) composed of "three provinces of North Holland, Flevoland, Utrecht and the municipalities of these provinces". This represents around 3.2 million people, or 18% of the population of the Netherlands. Note that the oil group already operates nearly 4,500 charging points on site.

100% renewable electricity made in Holland

With this contract, Total intends to meet the "growing demand for public charging points for electric vehicles (EV) in the Netherlands" – which is not just on the bike – and will cover 15% of the demand. In addition, Total Netherlands is committed to ensuring that the electricity from its charging points is 100% renewable (solar, wind, etc.) and that it is produced on site, if possible in the Metropolitan Region where Total also plans to produce solar energy.

For the new president of the Marketing & Services department and member of the Total executive committee, Alexis Vovk, this contract is part of a strategy "to operate 150,000 charging points in Europe by 2025 and to become a major player in electric mobility ".And France will you say to me? Total is already present as the operator of more than 10,000 charging points out of the 28,000 existing on the territory. The energy company intends to increase its visibility by participating in tenders from local authorities.

Another major project is the future deployment of HPC (High Power Charging) charging stations – capable of delivering up to 175 kW – on existing service stations. The objective is to set up 1,000 charging points installed in the 300 stations, or every 150 km on the France-Germany and Benelux axis.

Total’s interest in electricity is not new since, in 2017, Total’s CEO, Patrick Pouyanné, said that he was thinking about how to equip stations with electric charging points.In June 2016, Total acquired the Belgian company Lampiris, a supplier and producer of green electricity and natural gas. A year later, Lampiris becomes Total Spring, an electricity and gas service for individuals. In 2019, Total Spring merged with Direct Énergie, an alternative supplier and producer of electricity and gas, acquired by Total in 2018. Today, these little people are grouped together in Total Direct Énergie.In October 2018, the Total Gaz & Power division signed a partnership with the American ChargePoint, a specialist in charging solutions. The goal is to offer a recharge offer to British companies.

Anticipate the decline in thermal

The arrival of Total, like other oil tankers (Shell, BP, etc.) in the electric charging sector, shows that these companies have become aware of the rise in power of electrified vehicles and that, from an accounting point of view, this represents a loss of income. In addition, we must anticipate the dizzying drop in diesel and the scheduled end – by politicians – of the combustion engine around 2030/2040.

Beyond the financial aspect, the arrival of oil tankers on electric charging should, we hope, lead to healthy competition in terms of prices, especially after the announcement of a new pricing system (exit session and place per kWh) by the Ionity consortium.Finally, with oil companies, you don't need to have a multitude of payment cards of all kinds, credit cards and mobile payments are common.

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