Christmas arrives a week early for the EV-elocity project The final week before Christmas was exceptionally busy for the EV-elocity project as not one, not two, but three (THREE!) V2G units were installed and commissioned by our contracted specialist installers The Phoenix Works with support from project partner and back-office …
Nottingham City Council declared a Climate Emergency in January 2020 alongside an ambitious commitment to become the first Carbon Neutral city in the UK by 2028, supported by the launch of the 2028 Carbon Neutral Charter and Action Plan. Transport, renewable energy generation and reducing consumption are key themes in …
CrowdCharge is delighted to be involved in Project EV-elocity, an innovative research and development project looking at increasing the uptake of Electric Vehicles (EVs) through helping consumers to monetise their investment using Vehicle to Grid innovation. This represents a significant step towards the transition to a low carbon transportation and …
EV-elocity is a research and development project looking at increasing the uptake of electric vehicles through helping consumers to monetise their investment using vehicle-to-grid (V2G) innovation. It will demonstrate the use of V2G technologies in a range of real-world situations to gain technical, customer and commercial insights. These is being …
Leeds City Council is the second largest local authority in the UK. As the third largest and one of the fastest growing cities in the country, Leeds has a key role to play in ensuring a greener and more sustainable energy and vehicle infrastructure. Since first introducing electric vehicles to …
At WMG, University of Warwick our Energy Research spans multiple modes of travel, from automotive and marine to rail, aerospace and autonomous vehicles. Our Energy Innovation Centre is our research hub for developing new battery technologies – from new materials and cell designs through to complete battery systems, supported by …
Disarray and difficulty: It’s no understatement that 2020 has been a difficult year. The arrival of the novel coronavirus covid-19 has turned our society upside down (or is that outside-in?) with lockdowns and the pandemic response, not to mention the tragedy of deaths, illness and isolation for many families and …
PLEA, one of the most important conferences in the field of sustainable Architecture and Urban Design, took place last week virtually for the first time in its 35 versions. This year, the discussion was centred on the theme “Planning Post Carbon Cites” and convoked academics from more than 40 countries. …
Electric vehicles (EVs) are currently perceived as a promising alternative to replace fossil fuelled transport, in the pathway to reduce carbon emissions. There has been also some controversy of its potentiality, due to concerns about their batteries in terms of costs, efficiency and life-cycle. As a researcher working in projects …
I really enjoyed my first time at LCV as I have written about here. It was a well-run show with a twin focus on the developing industry here-and-now and some of the innovative possibilities coming down the pipeline for the future of low carbon transport and sustainable mobility. Vehicle-to-grid is …
