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The role of transport in the energy system

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Event
  • Session
  • Tuesday, 22 May 2018
  • 15:22 - 15:22
  • Duration: 5 mins
  • Publication date: 05 Jun 2018
  • Location: Network Theatre, NEC, Birmingham, United Kingdom
  • Part of event Utility week Live 2018

About the session

EVs have reached the tipping point.  With all new petrol and diesel vehicles banned from 2040, 50 per cent of cars sold in the UK will be electric vehicles by 2026, government predicts. Against this backdrop of transformational change, how will vehicles be fuelled? How will the market evolve and what innovation, investment and infrastructure will be required to support the development of sustainable transport? This session will explore these challenges, and assess the opportunities EVs create for the management of a smart, flexible energy system.

Keywords:
  • climate change
  • decarbonisation
  • electricity
  • energy
  • greenhouse gas
  • greenhouse gas emissions
  • renewable biomethane fuel

Channels

Power

Power

Transport

Transport

Speakers

  • LR

    Luke Redfern

    Cenex

  • LM

    Laura Morris

    National Grid Ventures, Opportunity manager

    Laura heads up National Grid Ventures’ activities in developing and commercialising new electric vehicle charging infrastructure solutions. National Grid Ventures, separate from National Grid’s core regulated activities, is home to a diverse portfolio of energy infrastructure businesses and investments spanning both the UK and US. Laura has a broad range of experience in commercialising new energy technologies and in enabling infrastructure investments, including in offshore wind, energy storage and PV. Before joining National Grid Ventures, Laura held positions at the both the Energy Technologies Institute and Ofgem.
  • Mike  Foster

    Mike Foster

    Energy and Utilities Alliance, Chief Executive

    Mike Foster is CEO of Energy and Utilities Alliance, a not-for-profit trade association based in the West Midlands. He holds a degree in economics, a post-graduate certificate in education and is a Chartered Management Accountant. Having started work in the car industry, he taught accountancy, economics and statistics for six years before becoming MP for Worcester (1997-2010). He served as a Minister for four years, under both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, latterly as Minister for International Development. Before heading up EUA, he was Head of Communications at the international charity WaterAid.He is the non-executive Chairman of Affordable Warmth Solutions, a community interest company that delivers fuel poverty solutions across the UK.
  • Mike Potter

    Mike Potter

    DriveElectric, Managing Director

    Mike Potter, Managing Director and founder of DriveElectric is a thought-leader and innovator, with 25 years’ experience in the vehicle leasing industry.Since leasing the first Tesla Roadster in the UK in 2008 DriveElectric have been at the forefront of EV adoption through leasing and specialist end user engagement. The Electric Nation project is currently trialling both Greenflux and DriveElectric’s Crowd Charge solutions controlling domestic charge points and the local electricity network to help the grid manage the charging needs of an increased number of electric vehicles without the cost and disruption of upgrading local electricity infrastructure. 700 EV owners in the Western Power Distribution area will be participating during the project’s 18-month run, making it the world’s largest ever EV trial project.DriveElectric have helped to deliver pioneering research projects to investigate the effects of mass EV charging on the energy supply infrastructure and seek innovation in the electric vehicle charging and energy demand management sector, focusing on cloud-based vehicle to grid smart-charging technologies including My Electric Avenue and now Electric Nation.In Summer 2018 DriveElectric will make Crowd Charge V2G technology and smart charging available to homes and workplaces across the UK, enabling EV owners to support renewable energy, reduce emissions and let their vehicle earn them rewards.
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