The EVCS is being developed under the FAME India Scheme Phase-II
Meghalaya is set to get its very first electric vehicle charging station, as the government emphasises the need to switch to clean mobility.
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) has laid the foundation stone for the EVCS at its office complex at Lapalang, Shillong, it said in a release.
The EVCS is being developed under Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid) and Electric Vehicles (FAME) India Scheme Phase-II.
Under this scheme, POWERGRID shall be developing 11 EVCS in Shillong city (5 Public EVCS and 6 at government establishments). Each station shall have four 15 kW DC-001 Chargers and one 100 kW CCS-2/CHAdeMO Charger (dual gun) making it 66 charging points in Shillong city.
An MoU has been signed for 4 locations which include POWERGRID Office Complex at Lapalang, MTC Ware House at Demthring, MTC Parking Lot at Police Bazar and Polo Parking Lot at Polo, the release said.
POWERGRID has developed also set up EVCS at major cities of India like Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Bengaluru, Gurugram and Kochi.
POWERGRID has presently 172,154 km of transmission lines, 262 Sub-stations and more than 446,940 MVA of transformation capacity.
With the adoption of the latest technological tools and techniques, enhanced use of automation and digital solutions, POWERGRID has been able to maintain average transmission system availability of 99 per cent, it added.
