We wanted to take this opportunity to thank all our recruits for being so engaged with the surveys so far! To date, they have been tasked with completing 2-3 of them, and response rates have been fantastic – we are hoping to see this remain the case for the duration of the project. For now, […]
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Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has launched a consultation on Managed Electric Vehicle Charging, seeking views on proposed solutions to help avoid potential overloads on local electricity networks caused by sharp increases in the use of electric vehicles. The consultation forms part of SSEN’s Smart EV project, undertaken alongside technology partners EA Technology and […]
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There were a number of electric cars on display at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show that are due to be in production soon. Here’s our Top 10 Electric at Geneva this year that may – or may not – be connecting to the local electricity networks here in the UK before long… Jaguar I-PACE The […]
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If you want to know more detail about how the Electric Nation smart charging system works then you can now watch a video, with Mark Dale, Innovation and Low Carbon Networks Engineer, Western Power Distribution, talking through the Electric Nation model. The model represents a street with a number of homes. Electric cars are charging […]
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Electric Nation is due to be presented at Ecobuild 2018, which takes place from 6-8 March at ExCeL, London. Mark Dale, Innovation and Low Carbon Networks Engineer, Western Power Distribution, is delivering a talk during the session entitled ‘Integrating electric vehicles into the built environment’, from 15.00-16.15 on 7 March in the Energy & HVAC […]
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Electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle registrations in 2017 increased by more than 27% compared to the previous year. The total number of plug-in cars on UK roads passed 130,000, and 46,522 ultra low emission vehicles were registered in 2017. Go Ultra Low expects that electric car registrations could reach 60,000 for the first time in […]
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Electric Nation launches Smart Charging Guide Summary The project also achieves a major milestone of 500 smart chargers installed Electric Nation presents at LCNI event Electric Nation has launched a Smart Charging Guide Summary at the 2017 Low Carbon Networks & Innovation (LCNI) Conference taking place in Telford from 6-7 December 2017. At the same […]
Read moreElectric Nation has been a huge success, having received almost 3,000 enquiries from people wanting to take part in the project. As there are only 700 spaces available, we are reaching capacity and all future applications received are being placed on a reserve list. DriveElectric, the UK’s leading specialist in electric car leasing, has had […]
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Electric Nation has a stand at the 2017 Low Carbon Networks & Innovation (LCNI) Conference taking place at The International Centre in Telford on 6-7 December 2017. LCNI provides an opportunity to explore the key learnings from electricity and gas network innovation projects. Electric Nation can be found on the stand of Western Power Distribution, […]
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Electric Nation enjoyed lots of media coverage during November. The project was featured in motoring magazine Autocar at the end of a high profile two weeks which also saw Gill Nowell from EA Technology being interviewed on BBC Radio 5 Live, Mark Dale from WPD being interviewed on Radio Wales, and the project also enjoyed […]
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