Liviu Rogojinaru, Secretary of State: “We are making the final touches on the Electric Up program, through which we will grant between 30,000 and 100,000 Euro for SMEs or HoReCa”

Liviu Rogojinaru, Secretary of State, Minister of Economy, Energy and the Business Environment @ Grid integration of electric mobility forum 2020: We are making the final touches on the Electric Up program, through which we will grant between 30,000 and 100,000 Euro for SMEs or HoReCa

“If people see that there are charging stations on the streets, we encourage them to buy electric cars. Charging stations are very important, whether they are fast stations or standard 22 kW stations. One problem is how we manage to develop the electrical network to power these charging stations. We are making the final touches on the Electric Up program, through which we will grant between 30,000 and 100,000 euros for SMEs or HoReCa. We fund the installation of charging stations, which may be available at hotels, for example. The budget is 100 million Euro and we estimate that we will have up to 2,000 beneficiaries. We hope this project will be a success.”

The statement has been uttered within the first edition of GRID INTEGRATION OF ELECTRIC MOBILITY FORUM 2020  organized recently by The Diplomat Bucharest.

Electric mobility is the power key-topic of the present demanding a fluent synergy of technology solutions providers, innovators, car producers and energy suppliers. The focus should be maintained on delivering the right technologies to enable a user-friendly integration of electric vehicles into INTELLIGENT POWER GRIDS. 

The event benefited from the support of GOLD PARTNERS Engie, Eximprod Grup, PARTNERS MOOn, Polifazer, ACUE, AFEER, World Energy Council, ARPEE, Asociatia Energia Inteligenta, EFdeN, Sea One, Wave, MEDIA PARTNERS Outsourcing Today, Financial Intelligence, Economistul, Romania Durabila, Club Economic.

The development of smart grid concept in power grid has advanced the role of ELECTRIC VEHICLES to grid technology. In recent years, it has seen an increasing interest in the deployment of Vehicle-to-Grid as a service to users of Electric Vehicles. The integration of grid technology allows bidirectional energy exchange between electric vehicles and the power grid.

Consequently, the automotive industry, the power suppliers and the developers of charging stations will synchronize within safe, feasible and effective smart power grids that include and enable the use of electric vehicles and the innovative technology.

The new era of mobility is already here. Critical technology trends in autonomous driving, electrification, and vehicle communication come with extraordinary pressures beyond the here and now.