Agenda announced for Electric Nation ‘Smart Charged’ Conference
The agenda has been announced for the Electric Nation ‘Smart Charged’ Conference taking place on Tuesday 16 July 2019 at the British Motor Museum, Gaydon. Here are the full details:
09:30 – 10:00
Registration and Refreshments
10:00 – 10:10
Welcome and Introduction
Roger Hey, WPD DSO Systems & Projects Manager
10:10 – 10:30
The challenge of EV charging to DNOs and introduction to the project
Ricky Duke, WPD Innovation & Low Carbon Network Engineer
Electricity distribution networks were not designed for mass uptake of home EV charging, causing high power demand for many hours. Coincidence of EV charging with winter peak electricity demand could result in the need for network investment as EV uptake reaches significant levels, possibly increasing customer bills and causing significant disruption as this new infrastructure is deployed.
The largest Network Innovation Allowance project to date, Electric Nation, has successfully shown that smart charging coupled with user interaction and time of use tariff based incentives can be a powerful tool that could avoid or a delay the need for network investment as EV uptake and home charging grows over the coming years
10:30 – 11:00
Introduction to the Electric Nation Smart Charging Trial
Nick Storer, EA Technology Principal Consultant
Nick adds detail to the trial timeline and address key questions such as:
- How was the smart charging project delivered?
- Who was responsible for the different aspects of project delivery?
- What data was gathered during the trial?
- What was the EV Driver experience during the trial?
11:00 – 11:15
The CrowdCharge Smart Charging System
Mike Potter, CrowdCharge Chief Executive
Mike will provide an explanation of the CrowdCharge smart charging system used in the trial
11:15 – 11:30
Refreshments
11:30 – 11:45
The GreenFlux Smart Charging System
Hans de Boer, GreenFlux Chief Executive
Hans will provide an explanation of the GreenFlux smart charging system used in the trial
11:45 – 12:15
Charging behaviour findings
Nick Storer, EA Technology Principal Consultant
Nick will address key questions such as:
- What does the trial data tell us about EV driver charging behaviours?
- When and for how long do EV owners charge their vehicles at home?
- Is there sufficient flexibility in EV charging to allow smart charging to shift this demand away from peak electricity demand periods?
12:15 – 12:45
Trial 1 findings and observations
Esther Dudek, EA Technology Senior Consultant
Nicole McNab, Impact Associate Director
During this first part of the trial, EV drivers were subjected to smart charging to constrain peak demand period EV charging.
- What happened?
- Did it work?
- What was the impact on EV drivers?
- Was this method of EV charge management acceptable to EV drivers?
12:45 – 13:00
Q&A
13:00 – 13:45
Lunch & Networking
13:45 – 13:55
Electric Nation & V2G
Mike Potter, CrowdCharge Chief Executive
Mike will describe Electric Nation’s mini-trial of domestic V2G
13:55 – 14:45
Trial 2 & 3 findings and observations
Esther Dudek, EA Technology Senior Consultant
Nicole McNab, Impact Associate Director
During the second part of the trial, demand management continued, but EV drivers were given the opportunity to use “apps” to allow them to interact with smart charging.
In the third and final part of the trial a financial incentive, in the form of a time of use tariff, was introduced alongside the “apps” to investigate whether cost savings or rewards might make smart charging more acceptable to EV drivers.
- What happened?
- Did it work?
- Did the “apps” and reward make a difference to charging behaviour?
- Did they make change the acceptability of EV charge management to EV drivers?
14:45 – 15:15
Conclusions from the trial and Q&A
Nick Storer, EA Technology Principal Consultant
15:15 – 15:30
WPD’s EV Strategy and what comes next
Paul Jewell, WPD DSO Development Manager
15:30
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