• WattHub, the world’s largest fast-charging plaza for electric trucks and off-highway vehicles, has officially opened in the Netherlands.  

• The site features six 600kW Kempower Power Units and 36 Kempower Satellites, delivering a total capacity of 3.6MW. 

• TSG Netherlands designed and built the entire WattHub charging plaza, including supplying and installing the Kempower chargers. 

THE NETHERLANDS - Kempower has supplied its fast-charging solutions for WattHub, which has officially opened in the Dutch town of Geldermalsen. The facility, the world’s largest fast-charging plaza for electric trucks and off-highway vehicles, was designed and built by TSG Netherlands. The King of the Netherlands, Willem-Alexander, attended the opening event of the charging plaza on Thursday, September 28, 2023. 

The development of WattHub marks a crucial step towards transitioning the construction industry to technologies based on renewable energy that produce zero emissions.  

The Kempower charging system at WattHub has a total capacity of 3.6MW, featuring six 600kW Kempower Power Units and 36 Kempower Satellites. The satellites are controlled in groups of six, offering between 25-400kW of maximum charging power - the fastest charging speed available anywhere in the Netherlands. The site in Geldermalsen is ideally located between Rotterdam and the highway road to Germany, making it a perfect stop for electric truck drives in the years to come. 

Kempower has also provided its Kempower ChargEye Depot Master charging management software for the WattHub plaza. This cloud-based system offers secure charging monitoring and management, minimizes charging electricity costs and dynamically distributes power to the chargers, eliminating the potential for overcapacity. 

TSG Netherlands designed and built the entire WattHub charging plaza, including supplying, and installing Kempower chargers and transformer stations. The company also handled all the associated electric works at the site, which runs purely on wind and solar power. 

“We’re delighted that WattHub is now open and that its impressive charging capacity is being fully utilized. The charging plaza has already played a significant role in supporting the electrification of fleets and heavy-duty construction equipment in the region and has provided a solution to the previous lack of sufficient electric truck charging infrastructure”, said Kempower's CEO Tomi Ristimäki. 

“The construction of the first WattHub location has been an amazing achievement that we’ve completed together with Kempower. We’re very proud that we can use our decades of experience in (E-)Mobility, to contribute to zero emission in construction projects and heavy equipment charging”, said Tommy van der Sluijs, Business Development Manager EV at TSG Netherlands. 

Watch a video from WattHub here.

 

Media enquiries:  

Paula Savonen, VP, Communications, Kempower 

paula.savonen@kempower.com 

+358 400 343 851 

 

Kempower in brief 

We design and manufacture reliable and user-friendly DC fast-charging solutions for electric vehicles. Our vision is to create the world’s most desired EV charging solutions for everyone, everywhere. Our product development and production are based in Finland, with the majority of our materials and components sourced locally. We focus on all areas of e-mobility, from electric cars, trucks, and buses to machines and marine. Our modular and scalable charging system and world-class software are designed by EV drivers for EV drivers, enabling the best user experience for our customers around the world. Kempower is listed in the Nasdaq First North Growth Market Finland.  

www.kempower.com 

TSG Netherlands in brief 

TSG contributes its expertise across all types of energy, providing equipment, construction, maintenance and other services. The activities we specialize in can be divided into 8 categories, with the total solution being the focus in all cases. 

TSG Charge: Advice, supplier, installer and maintenance for electric charging station projects 

TSG Wash: Partner for construction, installation and maintenance of carwash installations 

TSG Systems: Developers of fully integrated payment solutions 

TSG Fleet: Fleet (registration) solutions for refueling, washing and electric vehicle charging 

TSG Fuel Retail: Turnkey solutions for commercial filling stations 

TSG Industry: Certified specialist for various aboveground and underground storage facilities 

TSG Gas: Construction and maintenance of gas systems for refueling vehicles (including CNG, LNG and LPG) 

TSG Technics: Partner for all techniques in buildings, whether electrical, plumbing or HVAC