Romania: OMV Petrom, Renovatio to develop EV charging points at fuel stations

At least 40 fast and ultra-fast recharging stations will be installed in the OMV and Petrom filling stations by the end of 2022. The initiative will also form the largest ultra-fast charging station network in Romania.

OMV Petrom, the largest energy company in South-Eastern Europe, together with Renovatio, the operator of the largest network of recharging stations for electric vehicles in Romania, will install at least 40 fast and ultra-fast recharging stations in OMV and Petrom filling stations in Romania by the end of 2022, according to a company’s press release.

All locations will have at least one recharging station with a minimum power of 50kW, and at least 20 of them will have recharging stations with an installed capacity of 350 kW. The latter will form the largest network of ultra-fast charging stations in Romania.

The purpose of these recharging points is to allow drivers of electric vehicles to be back on the road in less than 20 minutes. The recharging stations will be located with priority along the corridors of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) in Romania, as well as in urban areas.

Four years ago, OMV Petrom was the first energy company in Romania that, as part of a pilot project, installed the first fast recharging station for electric cars in a filling station. In 2020, OMV Petrom announced that, by the end of 2021, it would install another approximately 40 recharging stations in OMV and Petrom filling stations in Romania and Bulgaria.

OMV Petrom is present on the oil products retail market in Romania and neighboring countries through 790 filling stations, at the end of March 2021, under two brands – OMV and Petrom.

Renovatio is today the largest e-charge network in Romania, with more than 270 charging points, out of which 120 offer fast and ultra-fast charging.