Four-fold increase in energy consumption at Telangana EV charging stations in 1 year

The Telangana State Renewable Energy Development Corporation Ltd. (TGREDCO) has been conferred with ‘Award of Excellence successful Urban Transport’ nether the class ’City with the Best Green Transport Initiative’ by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. It volition beryllium presented to the corp connected November 9. 

TGREDCO is the State nodal bureau for EV charging infrastructure and a single-window clearance agency. It gives no-objection certificates (NOCs) to backstage entities wanting to acceptable up nationalist EV charging stations. 

Currently, determination are astir 1,030 EV charging stations crossed Telangana, including TGREDCO, private, and Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC). The bureau aims to standard up the inaugural with 6,000 EV charging stations by 2030 and 12,000 by 2035, underpinned by Telangana’s EV & Energy Storage Policy (2020–2030) and Clean Energy Policy (2025), arsenic per a property note.

10.15 cardinal units successful Sept.

The depletion of vigor astatine the EV charging stations crossed the State, excluding EV charging points astatine houses, has accrued by four-fold. While the depletion was 2.60 cardinal units successful September 2024, it has accrued to 10.15 cardinal units successful September this year. This has gradually accrued implicit the past 1 twelvemonth without immoderate abrupt spikes.  

Fleet of EV buses up

The large driving unit down the accrued depletion is TGSRTC - which has its ain charging stations. While it was lone 0.4 MU successful September past year, it has accrued to 7.8 MU successful September of this year. Of the 10.15 MU successful September 2024, 7.81 MU was astatine TGSRTC charging stations. The corp has accrued its fleet of EV buses and aims to adhd much of these vehicles. 

“Through a beardown public, backstage & national model, Hyderabad has established itself arsenic a nationalist person successful cleanable and inclusive transport transition. The TGREDCO’s efforts person led to 329% maturation successful EVCS usage wrong 9 months and 14.9% modal displacement to electrical and non-motorised transport,” arsenic per a property note.

Meanwhile, Managing Director of TGREDCO, V. Anila, said that theaward is simply a designation of Telangana’s unwavering committedness to sustainable transport and greenish innovation. “TGREDCO remains dedicated to advancing the State’s cleanable mobility ngo and positioning Hyderabad arsenic a benchmark for future-ready, eco-friendly municipality transport successful India,” she said.