Electric Vehicle Charging
The time to consider EV charging for your organisation is fast approaching.
In 2018, transport accounted for 28% of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the UK, amounting to more than any other sector. The necessity of large-scale adoption of Electric Vehicles is a key pillar of the UK government’s efforts to become carbon neutral by 2050 and the government’s consultation proposes for all new cars and vans to be zero emission by 2030.
All new conventional petrol and diesel cars and vans are set to be banned from sale from 2030 and beyond.
This means that organisations across the UK will need to be prepared for the increasing number of electric vehicles which staff and customers are increasingly driving.
Growth in electric vehicle sales, charging infrastructure and energy management is set to grow exponentially. This means that many businesses, especially those that rely on visitors to their sites, will need to ensure they have adequate charging facilities in place, both for visitors and staff.
The EAG is well situated to provide help and advice on which course to take and the pitfalls to avoid.
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Now is the time to consider providing EV charge points for your organisation
The EAG and its partners offer a complete package of services to help you implement and manage a fully sustainable electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
- Charities and Trusts with their own car parks
- Museums and visitor attractions
- EV fleet owners
- Bus and freight companies going electric
Charging infrastructure:
Availability of charging infrastructure will be critical in the transition to EVs, as ‘Range Anxiety’, and other concerns will be needed at visitor attractions to provide assurance that charging is possible, even at remote locations. In fact, the provision of charging facilities can be seen as an incentive for planned trips or casual visitors.
Green energy:
Charge your vehicles with 100% renewable electricity, generated by wind and hydro assets.
Certified:
Your electricity will be backed by Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin (REGOs)
Save money:
Charge your EV vehicles for less by using off-peak electricity at night.
The EAG can arrange a free consultation to evaluate the current infrastructure on your sites and talk through your options with you.
Electric Vehicles (EV) charging solutions
Moving to electric vehicles can help reduce your costs and achieve your business sustainability targets
Investing in electric vehicles will significantly reduce running and maintenance costs, enhance your sustainable credentials, improve employee commitment, and decarbonise your business.
Migrating to electric vehicles requires careful planning and implementation to ensure you achieve the desired benefits for your business, employees, and visitors.
With our electric vehicle charging infrastructure facilities and experience, we will find and deliver the best, most cost-efficient solution for all your charging needs.
Partnering with EV specialists, designers, and installation teams, we provide a full, end-to-end, EV charging solution, for every type of charging need, nationwide.
The EAG and partners can design, install, and manage safe, efficient, and reliable vehicle charging solutions.
One of our EV charging specialist partners will work with you throughout the process, from initial consultation, feasibility, and design, right through to energisation and the installation of hardware and software.
Our EV capabilities:
You can benefit from our complete end-to-end service provision, taking you from initial consultation and planning through to design, installation, and ongoing infrastructure maintenance and management.
Our full-service capabilities include:
Working closely with EAG members we can create a charging solution supporting your transition to EV, taking you from feasibility assessment and planning to infrastructure arrangements.
EV for Business: Capacity limitations and how to avoid them
Before committing to the installation of EV charging it will be necessary to evaluate the current electric capacity of your site. The installation of EV charge points will entail an increase in demand and it may require your local supply to be improved and reinforced.
Planning your site demand will help to inform charging infrastructure requirements with charging speeds, energy contracts and capacity needs all factored into the planning process. If there is enough capacity from the existing supply, no network reinforcement will be required. However, if any reinforcement is needed, it will be your local DNO who will provide this.
Load Management Systems (LMS)
If you don’t have sufficient on-site charging capacity, businesses should look to optimise he use of charge points by utilising a Load Management System.
There are two types of LMS: static and dynamic. A static load management system evenly distributes power for all charging stations across several connected EVs, no matter how many of the individual EVs are charging. Each charging station is allocated the same charging power.
In contrast, a dynamic load management system can intelligently reduce and divert the power to where it’s needed. For example, reducing the load for charge points where vehicles have been plugged for longer to ensure that those with the least amount of charge can catch up.
By using LMS to balance the load, your organisation can ensure that additional charging processes don’t cause the connection capacity to be exceeded, saving you additional grid expansion and operating costs.
Energy solution assessment and design
We will assess your existing energy supply, distribution boards, wiring and load profiles and propose an EV charging solution that takes account the costs of any equipment upgrades or extra DNO capacity.
Benefits of Electric Vehicles
Reduce Costs
The costs of running and maintaining electric vehicles is a fraction of running petrol or diesel vehicles.
Improve Engagement
Providing workplace charging facilities for employees and visitors improves staff relations and inspires the adoption of EVs.
Safe
Installing charging points is a safe and efficient way to deliver vehicle charging on your premises.
Enhance reputation
Installing EV charge points supports your company’s commitment to encouraging green transport adoption and protecting the environment.