Portuguese people traveled 15 million kilometers using electricity from the EDP network in 2021
Energy from the network operated by EDP Comercial enabled the equivalent of traveling around the world more than 375 times without any carbon emissions. EV users now have a hub with different chargers available near the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon.
2021 was the year with the greatest growth in the use of the public charging network operated by EDP. More than 178,000 cars were charged in Portugal, 300% more than the previous year. The chargers have been installed in more than 120 municipalities.
These chargers provided vehicles with more than 2 GWh of electricity, four times more than in 2020 and enough to drive 15 million kilometerswithout using fossil fuels. Just using this energy, it would be possible to travel around the globe 375 times in an electric car, without any CO2 emissions, or to travel between Sagres in Portugal and Khasan in Russia more than 1,000 times.
In 2021, EDP strengthened its commitment to electric mobility in Portugal and Spain, and significantly increased the number of solutions available on the public network. In Portugal, the company extended its reach to more than 1,100 contracted locations, around 400 more than in the previous year, while in Spain it increased its presence to 478 contracted locations.
In the company's Iberian network, almost 3 GWh was used to charge EVs, enough to travel more than 18 million kilometers using electricity. EV users saved more than 2 metric tons of CO2 in Portugal and Spain. In Brazil, where EDP is also developing electric mobility solutions, more than 7,500 EVs were charged with power amounting to 121 MWh, an increase of 142% over the previous year.
The company will continue to invest in this key sector of the energy transition in 2022, and in Portugal it has just opened its first electric mobility hub, near the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon. This charging hub has a number of different charging points, ranging from normal charging (22 kW), to fast charging (50 kW) and ultra-fast charging (160 kW). This is the very first ultra-fast charging point in the capital, which in just 10 minutes can provide enough energy to travel 100 kilometers. These seven charging points strengthen our partnership with Benfica, offering even more sustainable mobility solutions to visitors and staff at the soccer club and surrounding businesses.
