Evergreen Solar panels are being used to provide the electricity for a new electric vehicle battery recharging station in a high-traffic area in Frankfurt, Germany. The first-of-its-kind solar “fuel” station provides free battery charging for small-scale electric vehicles including Velotaxis, Segways, electric bikes and scooters.

The station contains six charging ports all of which receive their power from the Evergreen Solar panels located on the building’s roof. The cost of the installation, which produces approximately 21 kWh per day or enough to power a scooter for approximately 700 kilometers, cost €65,000 and was shared by the project’s partners Ralos GmbH, Mainova AG, traffiQ GmbH, Umweltforum Rhein Main e.V., Frankfurter Sparkasse, Velotaxi M. Graf, Rossel-Display GmbH & Co. KG and the Goethe Gymnasium, a high school in Frankfurt.