Milence Brings Four Megawatt Chargers Online at Temse Truck Hub in Belgium

Milence has switched on its newest European truck charging park in Temse, Belgium — and this one stands apart from the joint venture’s earlier sites because it carries four megawatt chargers rather than the single MCS unit seen elsewhere.

The location sits between Antwerp and Ghent, inside the country’s busiest port and freight belt, and forms part of a TEN-T corridor linking the North Sea with the Mediterranean. It is Milence’s fifth Belgian hub and the 39th across Europe, with another eleven currently being built.

What Drivers Actually Get

Eight charging bays are available at Temse. Half of them pair MCS and CCS connectors, while the other four are CCS-only, capped at 400 kW. The megawatt side, supplied by Spanish manufacturer Power Electronics, can push up to 1,500 kW per point. Milence says it will add hardware from partner Alpitronics in the future.

Key Specs: 8 charging bays · 4 MCS points up to 1,500 kW · 4 CCS points up to 400 kW · Ad-hoc rate from €0.379/kWh (excl. VAT)

On-site amenities are modest but practical: sanitary facilities, vending machines and outdoor seating. Pricing for ad-hoc charging starts at €0.379/kWh before VAT, and fleet operators can negotiate volume-based deals for lower tariffs.

Why Four MCS Points Matter

Milence’s three earlier MCS-enabled sites — Antwerp, Zwolle and Landvetter — each ran a single megawatt charger rated at up to 1.2 MW. Temse doubles down with four units at a higher output, which is a first for the company at this scale.

The hub will also feed into the MACBETH project, a multi-partner effort looking at the technical, social and economic hurdles that come with rolling out megawatt charging on a large scale.

“The opening of our fifth charging hub in Belgium marks another step in the development of a reliable European charging network for electric trucks,” said Lars Minekus, Milence’s Regional Manager for the Nordics, Benelux and the UK. He framed Temse as both a boost for the Antwerp–Ghent logistics link and a contribution to megawatt charging more broadly.

For hauliers running heavy electric rigs, the practical question is whether high-power stops like this appear fast enough along the routes they actually drive. One hub in Flanders won’t answer that on its own. Still, four 1.5 MW points in a single location is a different proposition from the pilot-style single-charger setups that have defined MCS so far — and it gives the technology a chance to prove itself under real freight traffic rather than test conditions.