Installing rapid EV chargers for drivers of electric cars offers farms a new income stream.
NFU Energy can help you to be paid to install rapid EV chargers on farm or onsite near A-roads, which we can offer you in conjunction with our partners. Range anxiety is still prevalent in the EV community and you might wonder whether the effects of the energy crisis have impacted vehicle sales and rendered chargers a bad investment – but quite the contrary is true. There is still a dearth of chargers in rural places, and these are precisely where EV owners are happy to pay more for the convenience of being able to use them. Even with the rise in energy prices, electric vehicles (EVs) are reportedly £600 a year cheaper to own and run than petrol or diesel cars in the UK, offering motorists savings of up to £8,300 over the average 14-year lifespan of a battery- powered car, according to analysis issued by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU).
If you are situated just off the grid in a prime location (or through road), you might be able to kill two birds with one stone and partner with a rapid charge provider and get access to a three phase grid connection. The supply you have onsite dictates what size and speed of charger you can have installed. If capacity is an issue, we won’t necessarily rule out installing charge points because we can use what is known as ‘phase balancing.’ This is where one main charge point is fed into the main supply and then the other charge points feed off that. In June 2022 Ofgem proposed a spending package of £20.9 billion, including £2.7bn in upfront funding, as part of an initial five-year plan for sustainable and affordable regional energy grids across Britain’s 14 distribution network operators. When this is rolled out it will help to boost rural connectivity and support both EV and renewables deployment throughout the UK. There will be further announcements on this support coming out soon.
What we offer in the NFU Energy EV charging service:
- Surge protection and earthing protection
- RFID cards can be used to charge
- Both dynamic and static load management options if capacity onsite is close to maximum
- Even faster charging points available via DC charging
- Branding on your charge points.
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If you are buying chargers as part of your business or planning on leasing out your land we can help. If you run a fleet of vehicles and need to understand the impact of switching over to EV we can run a full diagnostic feasibility study for you too. Please contact us on 024 7669 6512 or on [email protected] to find out more.