Virta - a Finnish electric vehicle (EV) charging service provider
- has been awarded at the global CHARGE Energy Branding Awards
for the Best Energy Product Brand. The forerunner company
offers a digital platform for connecting energy and mobility
services.
The expert panel at the CHARGE awards especially emphasised
Virta’s straight forward attitude, innovative expertise in EV
charging and energy sector solutions, combined with the ability
to bring out e-mobility’s impact as criteria for the award.
“The CHARGE Energy Brand Award is desired by the largest
Energy Utilities in Europe. The award further validates our
position among the best energy sector technology companies.
Virta is a recognised e-mobility forerunner in
Europe,” says Elias Pöyry, CBO, Virta.
Virta offers EV charging services for all the players in the EV
charging value chain – EV drivers, charging point owners and
professional charging point operators as well as energy
utilities. The company is specialised in technologies that
provide ancillary services for the electricity systems, by
utilising e.g. EV batteries and bidirectional charging for
auxiliary services.
The winners of the energy brand award were announced at the
CHARGE Energy Branding event on Monday 24 September 2018.
German energy utility company E.ON won the Best Established
Energy Brand Award. Also, Finnish transmission grid company
Fingrid was awarded in their category as the World’s Best
Transmission Brand.
