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While Europe complains and whines that transitions in the way cars are powered are not really possible, or at least not within a generation, and that it is best for Europe to abandon any ambition to...
Once upon a time, in a land far away from Germany…Wait. Not once upon a time, but now. And not far away, but simply Germany’s northern neighbour. In Denmark, electric cars accounted for...
The French energy regulator, CRE – Commission de régulation de l’énergie, has now decided on the demand and solar injection zones on the high-voltage (HV) and medium-voltage (MV) grids,...
Now that more details are known about the three V2G propositions (🇩🇪BMW / E.ON, 🇫🇷 Mobilize / Renault / The Mobility House Energy, 🇬🇧 Octopus Energy) currently available or...
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In the last few days, I have posted about the availability of a DC V2G wallbox from BMW in various European countries (🇦🇹🇧🇪🇩🇰🇫🇷...
Yesterday, I posted about the availability and pricing of the BMW bidirectional DC wallbox, which enables vehicle-to-grid (V2G) functionality in combination with BMWs from the ‘Neue...
BMW is probably not the company you would expect to offer the most competitive prices on the market. And yet that is exactly what they are doing with their bidirectional DC home charger. At €2,175...
The German automotive industry’s best hope is electric cars. This is a fascinating graph from KfW Research (pdf:...
Duidelijke grafiek uit een artikel vandaag in de Volkskrant, over het slim laden-project van ANWB, Equans Nederland en Deftpower op publieke laadpunten in Amsterdam. Deelnemende EV-rijders profiteren...
Dutch energy supplier Coolblue (also one of the country’s largest white goods/electronics retailers) is extending its ‘free washing’ programme to all Samsung washing machines. Using...
It’s great to see the results of a field trial of dynamic pricing for public charging! Centre for Net Zero (Octopus Energy Group) worked with charging app provider (or MSP in e-mobility jargon)...
« Mieux synchroniser la recharge avec la disponibilité d’électricité » (better synchronise charging with the availability of electricity) is one of France’s new stated goals for the...
How smart charging works at public charging points, for users and for the energy system: by giving users control and benefits, and focusing on shifting, not curtailing. Shifting 60-70% of public EV...
The Dutch electricity grids seem to be half empty again today: TSO TenneT is making 9 GW of additional capacity available for non-firm connection agreements. This is huge: for comparison, the current...
A new easy way to benefit from the flexibility of EV charging at City of Amsterdam’s on-street EV charging points was officially launched yesterday. At 3,000 charging points managed...
Het maakt uit wanneer je energie gebruikt. Niets mis met die slogan van netbeheerder Stedin. Maar dat vraagt niet om handmatige aanpassingen, niet door degenen die de klok zetten en ook niet door de...
Organising tenders for public EV charging infrastructure is a key tool for public authorities – national, regional and local – to shape the EV charging network needed to enable their...
What are the conditions for bidirectional charging – V2G – in France, the UK and Germany? 🇫🇷🇬🇧🇩🇪 ⚡ 🔄 🔌 🔋 🚘 FfE provide an interesting comparison of the...
A deeper dive into the cost of a public Megawatt charging point in the EU. Last week I published the breakdown of the number of charging points per recipient of funding from the latest CINEA –...
The results of the first round of the EU Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility 2024-2025 are in. Here are the charging point numbers and operators. E.ON Drive Infrastructure will receive support...
Dynamic energy tariffs are starting to become available to consumers all over Europe. However, it is still much less common for the network tariff (an equally important part of a consumer’s...
This week I attended the GRIDS & BENEFITS event organised by UnternehmerTUM and project partners. The huge potential of EV batteries for the energy system was highlighted by The Mobility...
The accessibility and affordability of electric driving depends not only on the purchase price of the vehicle, but also very much on the cost of running it. These figures from the Bloomberg...
While in many European countries smart charging based on dynamic signals has yet to take off, in other places it is time for an evolution. This is what Norwegian grid operator Norgesnett is doing....
Nederland is één van de koplopers in Europa met elektrische auto’s en laadpalen. Tegelijk knelt het net op sommige plekken en uren. Bovenstaand NOS-artikel van deze morgen schetst de situatie....
In the previous post on this topic, I highlighted the requirements in the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR), the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) and other European policy files for...
My previous two posts on paying for electric vehicle charging in AFIR (the European Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation) were about payment method and price transparency. Those...
A follow up to the previous post on #AFIR ad hoc payments, price information and QR codes for EV charging that triggered a bit of a debate (online and offline). In fact, talking about QR codes got...
With less than 90 days to go before the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation 🇪🇺 comes into force for newly installed charging points, some of its implications seem to be dawning on...
The French energy regulator, CRE – Commission de régulation de l’énergie, has published an interesting set of recommendations to guide the development of electric mobility. Overall, the...
Flex and the city: Cities need dynamic pricing for public charging Providing EV users reliant on public charging services with equal opportunities is vital for the decarbonisation of...
Heat pumps and EVs often attract the same kind of critics (this may be another 🍯…), who fear that the grids cannot cope or that renewable electricity will not meet demand. A closer look at...
EV smart charging tariffs and services in Europe have grown rapidly in the last two years. Improving tariff design to include grid conditions can provide distribution system operators with...
Along with the existing environmental and economic rationale for ending reliance on fossil fuels, the war in Ukraine has motivated many in the European Union to increase energy sovereignty. One of...
As sales of electric vehicles continue to rise, smart charging needs to be the standard. In fact, without smart charging as the default, costs for the energy system will increase unnecessarily,...
Smart EV charging receives little attention in the debate around the energy performance of buildings. However, with a ‘right to plug’, buildings can spearhead the transition towards clean...
Faced with the challenge of integrating electric vehicles without jeopardising power system reliability, Germany’s federal energy ministry started work with distribution system operators on a new...
Tijdens de pandemie zijn we veel meer thuis én bestellen we meer online. De bestelbussen in de straat zijn daarom een steeds zichtbaarder onderdeel van de logistieke keten. De meeste CO2-uitstoot...
When it comes to e-mobility charging and urban planning, we pay a lot of attention to the future demand for charging infrastructure. How many charging points will we need? What type and power is...
In 2019, I once again had the opportunity to attend Hubject’s intercharge network conference in Berlin. I wanted to share some insights from this year’s edition. Günni shows what...
