North Rhine-Westphalia's economics ministry announced on August 14, 2026 that it is adding EUR 25 million for 2026 and 2027 to progres.nrw Emissionsarme Mobilitaet, the state's charging infrastructure grant program. Applications had stopped once the program ran out of budget; the top-up reopens them immediately through the state's portal, foerderportal.nrw.de, administered by Bezirksregierung Arnsberg.
The grant covers two situations federal support leaves out. At apartment buildings with at least two residential units and up to five parking spaces, a landlord, a tenant, or a small Wohnungseigentuemergemeinschaft can apply for up to EUR 1,500 per charge point, covering 40 percent of eligible costs (20 percent for large enterprises), with a minimum grant of EUR 500. Small and medium logistics companies installing depot charging can get up to EUR 30,000 per point at a 30 percent rate. Both tracks are specific to North Rhine-Westphalia; the federal government runs a separate program for multi-party buildings that launched in April 2026.
For a building or depot moving from one or two charge points to several, the practical question shifts fast from which charger to how the available power gets split between them. That is load management running in the backend, above whatever brand of charger is on the wall, the layer a Plugchoice-managed site runs regardless of how many points it adds.
Sources: Land.NRW, "Einfacher laden, einfacher umsteigen: Nordrhein-Westfalen baut Foerderung fuer neue Ladepunkte weiter aus", August 14, 2026. Bezirksregierung Arnsberg, funding program for non-public charging infrastructure at rental buildings with at least two units.