In advance of the final learning from the Electric Nation project being released in the coming months, the Electric Nation team from Western Power Distribution and EA Technology held a workshop in early April to discuss the role that EV charging could play in the provision of electricity demand flexibility to help WPD manage its […]
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Smart charging can be a key solution to easing the impact of increasing numbers of EVs on the electricity network Initial findings suggest that there is sufficient flexibility in EV home charging behaviours to manage charging away from peak electricity demand periods Electricity Distribution Network Operators have options to influence and, if necessary, manage EV […]
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The latest learnings from the Electric Nation project will be presented at Western Power Distribution’s Balancing Act Conference, which takes place in Bristol on 21 November 2018. At 10.30am Nick Storer from EA Technology – Electric Nation’s project manager – will share what is known so far about participant customer research, along with other learning […]
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Electric Nation launched its new ‘What we’ve learnt so far’ publication at the 2018 Low Carbon Networks Innovation (LCNI) Conference in Telford which took place on 16 & 17 October. This brochure contains some interim findings in the area of participant customer research. Electric Nation is learning a lot about drivers’ charging behaviours by using […]
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Electric Nation was represented on the Western Power Distribution stand at the Cenex Low Carbon Vehicle (LCV) 2018 event which took place at Millbrook Proving Ground on 12-13 September, and Nick Storer gave a presentation about the project in the ‘E-Mobility Learning from Large Scale Projects for Transport’ session. Smart charging, as being trialled […]
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The Electric Nation project will have a presence on the Western Power Distribution stand C3 206at the Cenex-LCV2018 annual national low carbon vehicle event which takes place at Millbrook, 12th-13thSeptember 2018. Nick Storer will also be presenting about the latest Electric Nation project findings at the event 11:00 on 12thSeptember (‘E-Mobility Learning from Large Scale […]
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Electric Nation trial participants have been given the opportunity to interact with smart charging systems through apps; early findings show that smart charging override is an important function, but only for a minority of EV drivers. Over spring and summer, 248 Electric Nation trial participants have been given the opportunity to interact with the GreenFlux […]
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Smart chargers are now installed for the EVs of all participants and Electric Nation moves into final phase of learning from the trial Smart charging can be a key solution to the impact of increasing numbers of EVs on the electricity network The Electric Nation project has installed its final smart charger as part of […]
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Western Power Distribution has produced an animated video about the growth of electric vehicles and smart charging which can be viewed on the Electric Nation home page: www.electricnation.org.uk The video explains how more of us are moving from driving petrol and diesel vehicles to driving electric vehicles, as lower costs and air quality concerns in […]
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Electric Nation was represented on the DriveElectric stand at Robert Llewellyn’s Fully Charged LIVE event at Silverstone, 9-10 June 2018. Electric Nation’s Smart Charging Summary Guide (available in our Resources section) was available on the DriveElectric stand, which also featured BBC Radio 2 presenter and producer Mark Goodier interviewing people on the subject of EVs. […]
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