Energy portfolio

Supporting the energy and mobility transition

With many parking facilities at strategic urban locations, Q-Park plays an important role in facilitating EV charging for customers with electric vehicles. Our EV charging infrastructure supports the mobility transition, encouraging sustainable transport. 

Parking and charging are a great match. With increasing numbers of battery electric vehicles (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) in car fleets, demand for charging infrastructure continues to grow.

EV charging

In 2024, we continued to expand the number of EV charging points we provide in our parking facilities. We have made good progress in the past three years:

• more parking facilities provide EV charging points;

• more charging points installed and operated by us; and

• More zero-emission kilometres enabled.

Table 1 EV charging points

Proof of concepts

LED lighting

From 2013 to 2019 we carried out a far-reaching LED transformation project. The primary objectives were to reduce energy consumption, reduce energy costs, and decrease our carbon footprint.

At the time, we upgraded the lighting systems in more than 300 parking facilities, selection based on the business case per location. As part of our maintenance responsibilities and our obligations under the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), we continue to replace inefficient lighting systems with LED lighting with smart management throughout our portfolio.

Solar power and battery storage

Across our portfolio, we have identified over a hundred parking facilities with exposed rooftops which are potentially suitable for solar and/or wind power generation. In the medium-term, we will develop several pilots to expand our knowledge and gain further experience.

Energy procurement: balancing supply and demand

We are defining an energy procurement strategy with a focus on:

• developing guidelines for pricing and energy supply contracts;

• embedding monitoring the energy market centrally.

Grip-on-Grid

To provide even more EV charging points in our parking facilities we need to upgrade our electricity supply. This can be complex and time-consuming, so we are developing a standard approach with action plans per geographical area under the name ‘Grip-on-Grid’.

More information about our energy portfolio management, please refer to our online showcase.