Helix Water District Selects Black & Veatch for Electrical Automobile Charging Infrastructure
Black & Veatch, a worldwide chief in vital infrastructure options, has been chosen by Helix Water District in San Diego County, California, to carry out design and engineering providers for the district’s electrical car (EV) charging infrastructure venture. Black & Veatch and Helix Water District are each members of Cleantech San Diego.
As water districts, utilities, authorities entities and industrial and industrial fleet homeowners advance sustainability efforts and obtain compliance with the newest laws, the transition to electrified automobiles and desires for associated charging infrastructure have gotten extra commonplace.
The state of California’s Air Sources Board (CARB) just lately permitted the Superior Clear Fleets (ACF) regulation, which can typically require 50 p.c of state and native authorities fleet purchases of medium- and heavy-duty automobiles to be zero-emission automobiles (ZEV) or near-zero-emission automobiles (NZEV) beginning in 2024, and all medium- and heavy-duty fleet purchases to be ZEV or NZEV by 2027 in California. Beginning in 2035, solely ZEVs will meet the ACF necessities.
“Our expertise with industry-leading clear transportation options on a worldwide scale gives a mannequin for dependable and resilient EV infrastructure that may be replicated for water utilities and different fleet operators all over the world,” mentioned Scott Maloni, consumer government for Black & Veatch.
Water utilities’ curiosity in electrification is on the rise as a result of laws and as a part of their sustainability plans. As a local weather mitigation or adaptation technique, 48 p.c of respondents to Black & Veatch’s 2023 Water Report mentioned they had been pursuing or had been planning to pursue the conversion of fleet car(s) to EVs.
Black & Veatch will present design of all infrastructure for the Helix Water District’s new EV charging stations at its operations heart, which can embody greater than 70 chargers. The venture helps the district’s addition of electric-powered mild, medium and heavy-duty fleet automobiles and gear.
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