Kia has partnered with German green energy firm Digital Charging Solutions to counteract the energy used by its electric vehicle charging service.
The Korean car maker, which has its own charging network in collaboration with Ionity, will determine the electricity used at 300,000 charging points on the continent and ‘flood the grid’ with the equivalent amount of green energy.
Kia says the energy will be purchased in megawatt-hours (MWhs) through guarantee of origin (GO) certificates. The energy will be supplied from wind power, which will be used to power the charge points and "other electrical items".
“By working with GO certificates, we guarantee that 100% of the energy consumed during each charging process is fed back into the power grid as electricity from European wind turbines,” said Digital Charging Solutions CEO Jörg Reimann.
