Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution has published a study proposing innovative solutions to support charging infrastructure for electric vehicles on the Isle of Wight.
SSEN is the distribution network operator for the Isle of Wight and is responsible for delivering a safe, secure and reliable supply of electricity to customers on the Island.
Local residents are already switching to electric vehicles (EVs) and the charge points that are needed sometimes require upgrades to the network.
SSEN’s E-Tourism project has used locations on the Isle of Wight, such as The Needles, as case studies to identify the challenges and solutions for remote areas.
E-Tourism considered:
- Smart charging
- Local generation
- Energy storage
- Combined generation and storage
- Novel EV charging options such as valet and ticketed charging
Smart charging can offer a cost-effective approach for sites where vehicles are parked for some time. Destinations where visitors typically spend a shorter amount of time, such as the Needles, could consider combined energy generation and storage, or new services such as ‘park, charge and ride’, allowing drivers to leave their vehicles at a charging site and taking public transport to their destination.
Simon O’Loughlin, Innovation Project Manager at SSEN said:
“We anticipate the numbers of EVs on our roads will increase twenty-fold by 2030, so we are working hard to identify the timings and locations for those charging requirements and how our network can best support them. Reinforcing the network is not necessarily the most cost-effective option for demand that fluctuates with the seasons.
Article continues below this advertisement “Our E-Tourism project offers a useful toolkit for any local authorities or communities that are planning their charging infrastructure and we hope will help deliver a net zero transition cost effectively, right across the UK.”
SSEN works with trusted partners in this area, such as Energy Saving Trust which offers support to local authorities in developing EV charging infrastructure through the Local Government Support Programme (LGSP), funded by the Department for Transport.
SSEN now claiming ownership of what every renewables professional has been trying to persuade them for years!
Still, publishing a study isn’t quite the same as actually doing anything.
chocolate kettles spring to mind..
All smoke and mirrors; not one word to show concrete work in progress. Just more words to try and pacify the public , who will soon have EV’s and nowhere to charge them up. How long now have they know that this would be happening, and they have STILL DONE NOTHING.
Understand, those in power don’t want all the plebs driving, as many Cities are near grid lock and with the huge amount of new arrivals increasing the population to record numbers, the Government are sly and are slowly pricing many off the road, and, as you say, are NOT fitting charging points to every new home built or adding them in the amount they need.
Why? Because they want the masses on buses, on foot, on cycles or wobbling about on silly gimmicky battery scooters, bracing the elements or thugs if on public transport, whilst the better classes swan by them all in a large electric fully heated, power car on uncongested roads.
SEE what is going on BEFORE it happens and is all too late.
What needs to be done 1st is to STOP people leaving Company vehicles parked along
Roads day and night clogging up parking spaces.
It the country goes EV how can we charge our vehicles, many of us cannot even find a
Space to park our vehicles, yet alone charge them.