1. Will Electric Vehicle adoption end in Grid Lock?
6th June 2019

2. What is the Grid?

3. The UK Grid - Transmission and Distribution
National Grid
Balance Generation and Demand on the Network in Real Time.
Transmit over long distances
Manage and Maintain Large Connections
Distribution
Distribution Network companies
Distribute Locally
Supply to towns, villages and direct to small industrial customers
Manage and Maintain the Infrastructure

4. What is Happening to the Energy Market?
Decarbonisation
Cleaner, Greener forms of Generation
Reduced emissions per unit of electricity generated (often given in grams of CO2 per kWh)
Decentralisation
Distributed Generation across the Grid
Produced close to where it will be used
Cheaper to Transport
Digitisation
Converting information into a digital format
Adoption of digital Technologies
Use of data, analytics and connectivity
Smart Systems

5. Increased Renewables Creates Challenges
Significant increase in renewables as a proportion of the generation mix creates challenges:
Difficult to forecast
Hard to balance
DC generation
Take it when available
Hard to store
System inertia is the energy stored in rotating machines providing power to the network (such as turbines in power plants). This built up kinetic energy means if there was an outage at the power station, the turbines do not stop immediately, but rather slow over time to a halt. This is a free balancing service, as the rate of frequency change following an outage is less steep, thereby giving National Grid SO more time to react. Renewables cannot currently provide this service, as they are connected to the grid via inverters. As such, declines in traditional generators are reducing the system inertia on the GB grid, meaning National Grid want faster acting reserves to ensure they can respond quickly after outages.

6. What is the impact of Electric Vehicles?
System inertia is the energy stored in rotating machines providing power to the network (such as turbines in power plants). This built up kinetic energy means if there was an outage at the power station, the turbines do not stop immediately, but rather slow over time to a halt. This is a free balancing service, as the rate of frequency change following an outage is less steep, thereby giving National Grid SO more time to react. Renewables cannot currently provide this service, as they are connected to the grid via inverters. As such, declines in traditional generators are reducing the system inertia on the GB grid, meaning National Grid want faster acting reserves to ensure they can respond quickly after outages.

7. Forecast for Electric Vehicle Uptake
The Figures
32 million electric vehicles by 2050
EV Energy Requirement of 60,000,000 kWh (60 TWh)
Impact of poor management
Significant network reinforcement will be needed to cope with peak demand spikes. This may cost up to £17 bn by 2050.
Distribution networks will pass part of these costs on to suppliers. In turn, we’ll have to pass them on to customers.
Significant reinforcement costs to the grid will result in more costly electricity for everyone.

8. The Current Network has Capacity
In 2018 the UK consumed 334 TWh
The total available Generation potential is 613 TWh (70GW * 8760 hours)
Leaving 279 TWh capacity unused
Not all is available all the time
465% of the 60TWh required for EV growth out to 2050

9. The Key Driver for Behaviour Will be Price
Unit rate
(p / kWh)

10. Smart Flexible Charging Behaviours
En-Route Charge
Home Charge
Destination
Charge
1. EV charging is a top-up model, like a mobile phone
2. Most vehicles are stationary more than 90% of their life
3. Average UK Daily Mileage is 21 Miles, which can be recovered in 1 hour of Charging
Workplace Charge

11. We Create Great Incentives For Customers
Launched June 2019

12. Enabling Greater Renewable Penetration

13. Octopus EV Package Smart Simple Solutions

14. Enabling the Transition Road Map for Everyone

15. Thank you Robert Labinski Head of EV Business Solutions
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