The Grid

The UK Government launched its long awaited EV Infrastructure Strategy on 25th March 2022 - this week we take a look at that strategy, distilling the 137 page document into a 20 minute summary for industry stakeholders.

We also look at the news - UKPN for sale, announcements from BP Pulse and some rumours the government will try to roll out a network of toll roads to start to recover lost tax revenue from electric vehicles.

Links:

eSmart Networks - https://esmartnetworks.co.uk/

EV Infrastructure Strategy - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-strategy

OBR EV Forecast - https://obr.uk/box/what-does-faster-take-up-of-electric-cars-mean-for-tax-receipts/

Ending ICE Bus Consultation - https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ending-the-sale-of-new-non-zero-emission-buses-coaches-and-minibuses

This week we take a look at grid scale battery storage with Brian Morehead, an expert in grid connections here at eSmart Networks. We look at the economics of batteries, why we connect them and the challenges around connecting them to the grid.

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Fault level is a widely misunderstood but very important topic when considering connecting generation to the electricity networks, and has the potential to derail renewable generation projects. In this podcast we take a look at fault levels, what it is and what impacts it can as well as a round up of the weeks grid, EV and energy news.

Almost 500,000 households lost power across the UK on Friday

18th February. An army of thousands of dedicated and hardworking engineers

have were sent out to fix massive damage to our high voltage networks. This

special episode explores how the networks get ready for storms, and the massive

task of getting the lights back for everyone.  

Connecting electric vehicle chargers and renewable

generation to the grid often results in ‘reinforcement charges’ that can easily

de-rail a project on cost and timescale grounds. Things are about to change in

a big way – we explore this on  this

podcast, plus explore some news on the price cap, Ofgem and EDF.