Passengers, customers, and staff will soon enjoy scaled-up electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at France’s Lyon airport.
More than 800 electric vehicle charging outlets including 50 high-powered charging points will be available to passengers, local residents and airport employees.
Aéroports de Lyon has enlisted TotalEnergies for the installation, operation and maintenance of more than 800 electric vehicle charging outlets in all the car parks at Lyon Saint Exupery Airport.
The first installations are scheduled to be operational by the end of 2024.
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LYON AIRPORT
The fan-shaped canopy of the Gare de Lyon Saint-Exupéry, designed by architect Santiago Calatrava, is the airport’s most notable architectural feature.
The airport handled 10 million passengers in 2023. It features two runways as well as cargo facilities. A total of 16,000 car spaces in four car parks are available.
In 1994, the LGV Rhône-Alpes high-speed rail line brought TGV service to the airport, providing direct trains to Paris and Marseille.
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Deployed by TotalEnergies and powered by renewable electricity, these charging points testify to VINCI Airports’ ambition to contribute to decarbonizing the entire mobility chain while offering the best possible quality of service to passengers.
These new charging points will be powered by renewable electricity, certified by origin guarantees.
“This deployment of 800 electric charging points is part of the strategy we are pursuing to ensure that passengers and employees at Lyon Airport have access to sustainable and responsible mobility. This commitment has been carried by VINCI Airports since 2016 and consists to reduce both the CO2 emissions specific to the activities of its airports and its indirect emissions, which mainly concern aircraft activity and passenger access. For example, ground access to Lyon airport accounts for 10% of these indirect emissions.”
Cédric Fechter, Chairman of the Management Board of Aéroports de Lyon.
CHARGING STATIONS AT LYON AIRPORT
Three types of charging facilities will be available to satisfy all the requirements of private and business users.
- 770 slow charging points from 3.7 to 7 kVA ;
- 28 fast charging points of 50 kW ;
- 50 high-power charging points from 200 to 300 kW.
According to a press release, approximately 80 of these stations will be specifically allocated for airport employees.
DECARBONISATION EFFORTS
Furthermore, to extend the benefits of these decarbonization measures, locals and non-users of the airport will have access to a high-power charging site at the A432 highway exit, as well as high-power charging points in the airport’s north and south waiting areas.
VINCI Airports also plans two hydrogen (H2) stations in Lyon: one dedicated to light vehicles (Hympulsion station in partnership with the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region in 2024) and the other for heavy mobility at the Cargoport site, the airport’s freight zone (from 2025).
A third H2 station is planned to fuel aircraft by 2035.