India’s first ‘Smart Managed EV (Electric Vehicle) Charging Station’ commissioned in new DELHI.

Why in news?

• BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL), a subsidiary of Reliance Infrastructure commissioned India’s first ‘Smart Managed EV (Electric Vehicle) Charging Station’ in New Delhi.
• The project is supported by Nordic Innovation, an organization promoted by the governments of Nordic countries, and executed by Fortum Charge & Drive.
• Nordic countries-Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Greenland.
• The management and operation of Smart EV Charging Stations will be under BYPL.
• It has the capacity to charge five EVs simultaneously and the charging station can be integrated with BYPL’s SCADA system. It is located at BYPL’s 11 kV substation building in Mayur Vihar Extension Phase-I in New Delhi.
• It is also Demand Response (DR) compatible, which is an important demand side management (DSM) tool for bearing the high load.