Disneyland Takes Electric Drivers for Mickeys!
This page is translated from the original post "Disneyland prend les automobilistes électriques pour des Mickey !" in French.
- 26/10/2024 9:16
The Disneyland Paris parking lot hosts a massive photovoltaic power plant, but offers little to no charging spaces.
The photovoltaic canopy power plant in the Disneyland Paris parking area has been operational since April. After 3 years of construction, 11,200 spaces have been covered with solar panels that will annually produce 36 GWh of electricity. This will supply 17% of Disneyland Paris’s current electricity consumption, which is equivalent to the consumption of a city with 17,400 inhabitants! Launched in 2020 with the Urbasolar group, it is one of the largest photovoltaic canopy power plants in Europe.
20 hectares of parking are covered with 82,000 solar panels, with a total capacity of 36.1 MWp. These panels allow coverage for 11,200 parking spaces for light vehicles as well as for camper vans and tourist buses.
With so much green electricity available, one might think that some watt-hours will be made available for users of electric vehicles who still pay 30 euros for the right to park near the park. But no. As crazy as it may seem, Disneyland Paris is equipped with only a handful of 7kW charging stations in the area reserved for accessible vehicles. First come, first served, and too bad for disabled individuals who are taking up circulation space.
In contrast, the covered parking of the Disney Village shopping center has… 69 7kW charging stations! Isn’t there a little strategy here pushing the customer towards consumption areas? This is confirmed by the presence of fast charging stations in all the hotels of the Group! At Disney, profitable charging is a yes, but convenient charging is a no. You don’t become an empire by giving things away..
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