Kempower powers the Netherlands’ second-largest public truck fast-charging site — WattHub at the Port of Rotterdam
Kempower powers the Netherlands’ second-largest public truck fast-charging site — WattHub at the Port of Rotterdam
30 April 2026: WattHub’s Kempower-powered site opens at Rotterdam — one of the country’s biggest public truck charging installations, adding megawatt-class capacity to Europe’s largest port.
2026-04-30 · WattTonne news desk · archive edition (compiled at relaunch, event date as shown)

Kempower announced it is powering the Netherlands’ second-largest public truck DC fast-charging site in partnership with WattHub, located at the Port of Rotterdam. The site adds high-power public capacity to Europe’s largest port complex, complementing Milence’s Dutch hubs (Venlo, Zwolle’s public MCS, and the A1 site at Hengelo that followed in July).
Rotterdam’s charging build matters disproportionately: the port handles the continent’s densest drayage and corridor flows, its CO₂-graded toll (live since 1 July with Flanders) creates Europe’s strongest per-km incentive, and public sites like WattHub serve the thousands of small operators who can’t build depots — the fragmented majority of port trucking. Public high-power sites are what lets the long tail electrify, not just the EUTRACOs with 14.4 MW depots.
For Benelux corridor fleets: the Rotterdam–Antwerp axis now has public charging at both ends plus Milence hubs between — the region where our corridor case study says charging-first economics already close. Watch WattHub’s tariff against Milence’s €0.379/kWh Belgian benchmark when planning energy contracts.
- Kempower news (2026-04-30)
- WattHub/Port of Rotterdam information
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