According to the Ministry of Transport, streetlight pillars can be used to increase the charging points for electric vehicles (EVs).
We are also considering establishing a community scheme for electric vehicles to increase the number of electric vehicles on the road and reduce emissions from fossil fuels in the transportation sector.
At the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Environmental and Climate Behavior, Dr. Aoife O’Grady of the Ministry of Transport said that the Ministry of Transport is actively considering charging points for lampposts, which Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown and Fingal’s county council are currently working on. He said he was trying a meter like this.
According to her, the user is not currently charged for this service and warned that there is a technical problem with charging the user through the meter at the charging point of the streetlight pole. “If you start charging users, you need to come up with a way around the meter problem,” she said.
“If you need to install a meter on a streetlightpost, there is additional street infrastructure that eliminates the reason for using a streetlightpost in the first place.”
And while the department is talking financially about more incentives in the next budget, it includes incentives for cars with lower emissions and incentives for cars with the highest emissions.
In addition, the ministry said it is considering an urban community EV scheme that may include support for electric vehicle clubs with dedicated street charging points.
The ministry includes a neighborhood charging point scheme with publicly accessible charging points designed for areas with no driveway access, and a destination charging point scheme to fund more public buildings. , Proposes two schemes for local governments. Install the charging point.
But Brian Redin, chairman of the Greens’ spokesman on transport, climate change and the environment, said further encouragement in urban areas should not focus on active transport such as cycling, walking and e-bikes. I wondered.
“Many of the journeys we envision are done by EVs, many of which may be done in more sustainable modes. Network in villages, towns and cities to help people ride safely. You need to build a bike or e-bike, “he said.
Dr. O’Grady said Ireland is in the EV cycle, while capital support is directed at new car buyers, but the ministry said the “just transition” of EVs and the functioning second-hand market for EVs. I am considering.
She also said that much more money was spent on active travel than electric transport would support.
EVs represent only a 40% reduction in total sector emissions, she said.
She said most of the emission reductions were not due to the electrification of the fleet, but to active and sustainable travel and increased use of renewable and sustainable biofuels in gasoline-diesel mixtures.