Finnish charger maker Kempower will supply DC fast-charging hardware to French charge point operator Greenspot for 30 retail sites across France, which the companies aim to complete by the end of 2027. Kempower announced the deal in a press release dated November 6, 2026. What stands out is not the size of the order but its uniformity. Every one of the 30 sites will use the same hardware configuration, built for retailers with medium-sized car parks.

Five of the sites were already operating when the deal was announced. The rest are scheduled or still planned. Greenspot finances the equipment, installs it and runs it. According to the release, the retailers hosting the chargers invest nothing.

One Configuration, 30 Times

Kempower says each site uses one design:

  • One 200 kW Kempower Power Unit, the cabinet that converts grid power to DC.
  • Two dual Satellites, the charging posts drivers plug into. Each serves two vehicles.
  • Four charging points in total per site.

The power unit feeds the four points and, per Kempower, allocates power in real time according to the needs of each connected vehicle. Kempower describes this as a distributed, dynamic architecture. The release does not give a per-point maximum or say how power is divided when all four bays are in use. Kempower also says operators can expand each site in stages, adding power or Satellites as demand grows.

The grid connection is the main engineering choice. Kempower says the setup connects under France's medium-power tarif jaune ("yellow tariff") supply, with no need for a transformer substation. For a site host, a dedicated substation usually brings extra cost, more space, more permitting and longer lead times with the grid operator. The release says the result is faster commissioning and lower investment. A design that avoids a substation can be repeated across many similar car parks with less site-specific work. That repeatability is what the two companies are emphasizing: every site has the same layout and hardware and connects to the same class of supply.

The companies have not published how long each installation takes, what it costs, or which grid operator handles the connections.

Where the Sites Are: Open vs. Scheduled

As of Kempower's November 6, 2026 release, these five sites are operating:

  • Bricomarché, Montgiscard
  • Intermarché Super, Lanton
  • Aldi, Benesse-Maremne
  • Aldi, Izon
  • Aldi, Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde

The release says the next stations are already scheduled, "including" the following, with no specific opening dates:

  • Aldi: Cadaujac, Cabestany and Saint-Maur-des-Fossés
  • Franprix: Choisy-le-Roi
  • Intermarché: Lambesc, Anduze, Saint-Estève and Monein
  • Cultura: Cabriès

That is 5 open and 9 named as next, for 14 identified locations. The other 16 sites needed to reach 30 have not been named, and the word "including" means the scheduled list may not be complete. Most of the open sites are in the southwest, which fits Greenspot's Bordeaux base. The scheduled list spreads farther, to the Paris region (Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Choisy-le-Roi) and the Mediterranean south (Cabestany, Saint-Estève).

Who Greenspot Is

Greenspot was founded in 2016 and is based in Bordeaux. Its own website says it has installed more than 1,500 charging points with clients across France. It offers a no-investment model for landowners and for operators of sites with car parks, and a purchase option designed for company fleets. Kempower's release gives the same network size and adds that Greenspot aims to reach 8,500 charging points by 2030, using 100% renewable electricity.

The 2030 figure was already being reported in June 2024. French startup outlet Maddyness reported then that Greenspot had raised €30 million from Épopée Gestion and OCCTE to build a network of public chargers in urban and peri-urban commercial zones. Maddyness said Greenspot had close to 1,000 installations at the time. Going from roughly 1,000 in mid-2024 to more than 1,500 by late 2026 is growth, though the sources do not say whether the two counts are measured the same way, and the target of 8,500 points by 2030 is far above the current figure. Neither company has said how many of Greenspot's existing points are DC fast chargers and how many are slower AC units.

Why Retail Car Parks

The format is aimed at a specific type of host. Kempower describes the configuration as designed for retailers with medium-sized car parks, and the release names supermarkets, discount grocers, a DIY store and a culture and leisure retailer among the hosts. In the release, Cédric Moret, Kempower's Country Manager for France, calls retail stores ideal places for fast charging because people stop there often and for the right amount of time, and says the companies defined a configuration that is simple, replicable and quick to deploy. Nicolas Salmon, Greenspot's Technical Director, says Greenspot chose a modular, scalable solution that can adapt to each site.

For retailers, the offer is simple. Chargers appear in the car park without capital spending by the store, and Greenspot finances, installs and operates them. The release says retailers are expected to gain new customers and more footfall. It does not cover the commercial terms between Greenspot and the retailers, such as lease length or revenue sharing.

What It Means for Drivers

Where you can charge now: As of November 6, 2026, the five operating sites are the Bricomarché in Montgiscard, the Intermarché Super in Lanton, and the Aldi stores in Benesse-Maremne, Izon and Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde. Under the standard configuration, each has four charging points fed by one 200 kW power unit.

What to expect at the plug: Because the four points are fed by one 200 kW power unit that allocates power according to each connected vehicle's needs, the speed you get may depend on how many other vehicles are charging at the same time. The companies have not published per-connector maximums, connector types or the charging speed a driver will see with all bays occupied.

What changes and when: Nine more sites are named as next in line, including Aldi stores in Cadaujac, Cabestany and Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, the Franprix in Choisy-le-Roi, four Intermarché stores and a Cultura in Cabriès. No opening dates were given. The full network of 30 sites is targeted for the end of 2027. The remaining 16 locations have not been announced.

Price: Neither the Kempower release nor Greenspot's homepage, as reviewed for this article on November 10, 2026, gives driver pricing per kWh or per minute for these sites. Check the operator's app or the on-site display before charging.

The trip itself: These are store car parks, and Kempower frames the format as fast charging while drivers do their shopping, rather than a long-distance motorway stop. With only four charging points per site, availability at busy times may vary.

What We Don't Know Yet

  • Opening dates for the nine scheduled sites, and where the remaining 16 will be.
  • Per-connector power limits and connector standards.
  • Driver pricing and accepted payment methods.
  • The financial value of the supply agreement between Kempower and Greenspot.

ChargerFeed will update this count as more sites open.

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