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Ministry of Power Issues Guidelines for Battery Swapping and Battery Charging Stations

The Ministry of Power has recently issued guidelines for installation and operation of battery swapping and battery charging stations. The ministry has extended several norms meant for electric vehicles (EV) charging infrastructure in these guidelines.

October 07, 2024. By Mrinmoy Dey

Ministry of Power (MoP) has recently issued guidelines for installation and operation of battery swapping and battery charging stations. These guidelines will be applicable to swappable battery providers, and owners and operators of battery charging stations and battery swapping stations.

The ministry issued a notification through which it has extended many of the norms meant for Electric vehicles (EV) charging infrastructure which were aimed at meeting the requirements of EV with integrated batteries to battery swapping and charging stations.

“The alternative method of powering electric vehicles is through swappable batteries which can be charged separately at dedicated battery charging stations. Battery swapping is a method of quickly replacing an EV's fully or partially discharged battery with a charged one. And, these guidelines will govern such battery charging systems,” notified the Ministry.

It further added that the main objectives of these guidelines are to promote swapping of batteries as an alternate method of powering, promote battery as a service and develop a battery swapping ecosystem.

“Clauses 5, 7, 9, 11, sub-clause 5 of clause12, 13 (except sub-clause 2) and 20 of the principal guidelines titled ‘Guidelines for Installation and Operation of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure – 2024, shall also be applicable for Battery Charging Stations, Battery Swapping Stations and Battery Providers,” mentioned the notification.

The Ministry further added that extant provisions relating to electrical safety shall be applicable to BSSs and BCSs. “Owners of BCS or BSS shall be permitted to use an existing electricity connection with or without seeking an increase in the connected load, for charging the swappable batteries,” it added.

The Ministry further clarified that battery swapping or battery charging stations may deploy liquid-cooled swappable batteries for larger vehicles such as trucks and buses.
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