REV up North - EV Charging in the North (Showcase Event)

22/03/2022 09.30am
Online

Learn how different organisations can work innovatively, communally and economically to REV up the North's electric vehicle infrastructure at our hybrid showcase event on the 22nd March 2022. There will be speakers from a range of organisations and local authorities to discuss their experiences and future plans of how to charge the North.

The event will be held at Durham Town Hall aswell as online. The day will comprise of talks, presentations and workshops from a range of organisations such as; Durham County, Office for Zero Emission Vehicles, Innovate UK, Northern Powergrid. Workshops will cover challenges and lessons learned when building EV infrastructure facilitated by; Cybermoor Services Ltd, Charge My Street, Fuuse, MER and Derwent Valley Car Club.

Tea and Coffee will be provided as well as lunch.

Please find the showcase agenda below:

  1. Registration & coffee 9.30am
  2. Welcome to the event – introduction to REV up North event by Cllr Wilkes 10:00 -10:10 am
  3. EV charging, what’s to come today. 10:10-10:20 am
  4. Durham Projects – SOSCI, WEVA, DOCs, REV UP and an introduction to the Car club at Shotley Bridge. 10:20-10:40 am
  5. MER – Lessons learnt across Europe and brought to the UK. 10:40-11:00 am
  6. Comfort and Coffee Break 11:00 am
  7. Workshop 1 – (not available online) Charging Challenges in the North, Public and Private sector experiences 4 themes – (Electricity Connections, Chargepoint Installations, Local Authorities, Community) 11:15-11:50 am
  8. Questions and Answers with Northern Powergrid 11:55-12:15 am
  9. Lunch 12:15-13:00 pm
  10. Innovate UK – What’s happening with Innovate UK. Strategic vision/policy. 13:00- 13:20 pm
  11. Workshop 2 – (not available online) choice of sessions facilitated by project partners including - Best Practise for Finding sites for EV chargers, Chargepoint technology, Finance and funding & business models, Assets & Procurement, Back Office software and EV Car Clubs. 13:20- 14:00pm
  12. Feedback from workshops 14:00-14:15 pm
  13. OZEV Funding for 2022 14:15- 14:45pm
  14. Next steps- a call to action by Cllr Wilkes 14:45- 15:00 pm

Register here.