BUILDING ENERGY
Building Energy enters the sustainable mobility market, with an agreement between the subsidiary Be Charge and innogy

Building Energy, a multinational company operating as a global integrated IPP in the Renewable Energy Industry, enters the sustainable mobility market with Be Charge, the business unit of the Building Energy Group specialising  in electric mobility infrastructures.

Be Charge has entered a technological partnership with innogy, one of the leading European players in charging infrastructure for e-vehicles. The agreement will allow Be Charge to install thousands of EV charging points in Italy between 2018 and 2020, using innogy's technology. In 2018 alone, Be Charge will install hundreds of fast charging stations in shopping malls, car parks, streets and public spaces.

With 7,000 networked charging points in various countries worldwide, innogy is one of the leading European operators in the field of charging infrastructure. The company has supplied over 10,000 charging points for private and commercial use. In Germany, innogy has built up a large interconnected charging network with more than 160 municipal utility partners. The company's objective is to make it possible to charge electric vehicles wherever they are parked, ideally with electricity generated from renewable sources.

"Be Charge is creating a public infrastructure of intelligent charging stations for electric vehicles on a national scale, in order to make a tangible contribution to the development of sustainable mobility in Italy" - said Paolo Martini, Managing Director, Be Charge. "We are delighted to partner with innogy, whose technology is essential for such an ambitious infrastructure project".

"Electric mobility is one of innogy's key growth areas. We thus consistently seek to expand our business in this field. We currently manage charging infrastructures in more than 20 countries worldwide. There is substantial growth potential for electric mobility in Italy as well as strong interest in the marketplace" - said Martin Herrmann, COO Retail, innogy SE. "I am proud that our charging stations will now charge electric vehicles in Italy, thanks also to the rapid and substantial expansion of charging infrastructure driven by our partner Be Charge".

Be Charge

Be Charge is an electric vehicle infrastructure company, based in Milano, Italy. BE Charge is rolling out its nationwide public network of EV charging stations designing a solution for electric vehicles, forecasting and managing distributed EVC to sell electricity to the drivers. Be Charge is a company of Building Energy LtD.  Building Energy is a multinational company operating as a Global Integrated IPP in the Renewable Energy Industry on four continents. The Company is vertically integrated on the value chain, from the development of projects to the sale of energy. With a pipeline in 20 countries with over 2,600 MW and generative assets being built over the next two years for more than 700MW, the Company is positioned to be one of the major players on the international scene in the renewable energy field. For further information, visit the site www.buildingenergy.it.

innogy SE

innogy SE is a leading German energy company, with revenue of around 44 billion (2016), more than 40,000 employees and activities in 16 countries across Europe. With its three business segments Grid & Infrastructure, Retail and Renewables, innogy addresses the requirements of a modern, decarbonised, decentralised and digital energy world. Its activities focus on its 23 million customers, and on offering them innovative and sustainable products and services which enable them to use energy more efficiently and improve their quality of life. The key markets are Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Belgium, as well as several countries in Central Eastern and South Eastern Europe, especially the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. In renewable power generation, the company is also active in other regions, e.g. Spain, Italy and the MENA region (Middle East, North Africa), with a total capacity of 3.7 gigawatts. As a leader of innovation in future-oriented fields like eMobility, we are represented in the international hot-spots of the technology industry such as Silicon Valley, Tel Aviv, London and Berlin. We combine the extensive expertise of our energy technicians and engineers with digital technology partners, from start-ups to major corporations.

Further information: www.innogy.com

innogy SE
Julika Gang
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julika.gang@innogy.com