Installing a charging infrastructure for electric vehicles on company premises

Electric mobility, a key element in decarbonising your business

Electric cars are part of the solution to successfully decarbonising your company’s vehicle fleet. It is also essential to set up a suitable charging infrastructure within the company so that the logistics of charging can be managed internally. For greater autonomy, the system can be combined with a solar power installation.

Definition of the company’s mobility requirements

Analysis of requirements

• Total number of electric cars (current and future needs)
• Typical parking time and charging autonomy required during this period
• Number of vehicles that need to charge simultaneously (charge management)
• Charging capacity (accelerated charging (< 22kW) and/or ultra-fast charging (DC))
• Technical requirements for charging points (Charging comparison tool)
• Billing system and consumption monitoring
• Concrete examples for planning a charging infrastructure
• Help with needs analysis: simplified planning calculator
• AFIR compliance

The new AFIR regulations (Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation) have been in effect since the 13th of April 2024. This mandates all new charging stations, among other things, to accept payment via credit card or other electronic payment methods, so that users can charge their car without needing the provider’s specific charging card. Additionally, users must be transparently informed about the price. This also applies to stations that businesses provide for their visitors. Here are further details on these regulations.

Identifying the solution and checking the feasibility of the charging infrastructure project

• If necessary, find an investor for the project
  • Matchmaking tool for landowners and investors: pro-charging.lu

Subsidy application

Government subsidies

• Aid for SMEs for investment in charging infrastructure
• For questions:
  • assistance in preparing subsidy applications: Luxinnovation
  • technical support for setting up projects: Klima-Agence

Implementation of the project to install charging infrastructure for electric vehicles

• Submitting an installation request to the grid operator
  Application required for any installation of a charging point with a power rating greater than or equal to 7 kW (10A) three-phase or greater than 4.6 kW single-phase (20A).

• Carry out the work in accordance with technical requirements and standards
  • Connection requirements – TAB / Low-voltage (LV) network: TAB BT
  • Fire safety requirements (ITM-SST 1506.3)
  • Artisan’s fact sheet and planning guide: charging infrastructure

• Compliance check by the network operator
  • The company responsible for the work notifies the network operator that the work has been completed.