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UK power grid can handle EV rise
"According to the results of simulation studies by a consortium including Ricardo, Jaguar-Land Rover, E.ON and Amberjac Projects, a substantial medium-term rise in the number of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles would have a much lower impact on the UK national power grid than has previously been estimated."
This writes Green Car Congress. The most challenging scenario that was looked into was a market penetration of ten per cent of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles an pure electric vehicles, "a proportion representing approximately 3 million passenger and light goods vehicles." For this scenario, "the study showed a daily peak increase in electricity demand of less than 2% (approximately 1GW) for the scenario of uncontrolled domestic charging - the ‘worst case’ in terms of peak power demand."
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