E-mobility and charging infrastructure for local authorities and businesses

Strategic charging plans for public charging infrastructure

The new Flemish concession and the MOW methodology enable the shift from ‘charging point follows car’ to planned management. With an approved strategic charging plan, you retain administrative control over locations and phasing, based not only on current demand but also on policy and spatial logic.

Smart location choices and charging hubs reduce fragmentation, safeguard the quality of public space and make public charging more accessible to residents without their own driveway or garage. Linking the plan to parking, mobility and energy policies creates a robust long-term framework. Delaying action risks reduced control and more costly adjustments later on.

Our services for local authorities: MOW methodology and tailored solutions

In the standard programme, our experts follow the MOW methodology: from a needs analysis and refinement of your mobility and spatial objectives to coordination with Fluvius, location design, prioritisation, phasing and an administrative workshop. Sweco prepares the plan and supports you through its validation by MOW.

If you want to go further, you can opt for tailored in-depth support, including the activation of private and semi-public charging points, a hub strategy, fast and ultra-fast chargers, financial analysis, procurement support, cartography and data monitoring. This turns the plan into an implementation-focused programme.

Why choose Sweco for your city or municipality’s strategic charging plan?

Sweco brings together mobility planning, spatial expertise, energy transition, process management and stakeholder engagement in one integrated team. This reduces fragmentation between policy and implementation and helps you move more quickly from analysis to a decision-ready plan. Thanks to our broad European expertise and local knowledge, you gain a single partner that thinks across disciplines and can support your journey from strategy to implementation.

Charging and shore power infrastructure for businesses

Electrification is receiving a significant boost from a wide range of regulations. There are requirements for roads, ports, and buildings. For example, there are targets for charging infrastructure along our highways, thanks to the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR). The AFIR also requires seaports to offer shore power by 2030, significantly reducing ship emissions. The FuelEU Maritime Regulation also makes it mandatory for container and cruise ships to use shore power from 2030. Buildings will be required to provide a minimum level of charging infrastructure from 2025.

This is a major step forward in the energy transition, but navigating this legislation is a challenge. At the same time, electrification requires a significant investment in new infrastructure. We leverage our expertise to provide you with optimal support in implementing charging infrastructure or shore power infrastructure. You can contact us for the entire process: from feasibility and engineering to tendering and implementation.

E-mobility solutions: from feasibility to design

We support your organisation in various ways. On the one hand, we help you fulfil government requirements, and on the other, we examine your own sustainability goals. We achieve this by conducting feasibility studies. This provides you with a concrete overview of the feasibility, efficiency, and costs of your project. We conduct mobility studies and location analyses, determine the usage profile and the necessary grid connection, draw up business cases with cost estimates, and dimension charging plazas as well as shore power installations.

You can also contact us for engineering, tendering, and implementation. We design and optimise electrical distribution, examine the integration of load balancing, and prepare installation plans, single-line diagrams, specifications, and bills of quantities.

We guide you through the tendering process, identify platforms for mobility services such as Charge Point Operators, and monitor implementation, commissioning, and delivery. Sound like a tall order? No problem, we will guide you from start to finish.

Charging infrastructure backed by expertise and tailored solutions

Small or large project? Our services are always tailored to your requirements. We leverage our extensive experience in both charging infrastructure and shore power infrastructure to make your project a success. We ensure the operational running of your parking facility or terminal. This allows commercial activities to continue uninterrupted during installation.

Compliance with relevant legislation and standards for charging infrastructure and shore power is also guaranteed. Our goal is always a smooth and successful completion of your project. With us, you choose a partnership that guarantees you a sustainable, efficient, and legally compliant charging solution. This is how we build a greener future together.

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