NIA SSEN 0046 Local Electric Vehicle Energy Loop (LEVEL)

Key Activities

Increased use of EVs requires greater resilience of the electricity network. This project is investigating the specification of temporary and portable EV charging infrastructure devices to provide additional capacity to meet short-term demand in a location.

Expected Outcomes

This project will develop a standard and specification for portable temporary EV chargers to assist with network resilience and meet short term demand.

Progress

The project is now closed and reports are available on the website, LEVEL has investigated the associated use cases for a mobile charging unit and the outline requirements of a portable charging solution. The project was prematurely closed due the limited benefits which are immediately available as EV uptake is still low and it may be something which is needed to be investigated further in the future. The learnings around temporary charging are still being investigated through E tourism and WPD’s NIA_WPD_056 Temporary Event Charging projects.