Two projects win smart meter EV charging funding

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has announced the two projects which have been selected to deliver the Beyond Off Street Electric Vehicle Charging programme.

The programme is intended to demonstrate how the smart metering system can be used to set charging times and rates wherever electric vehicles are parked and charging over a period of several hours – to use electricity when it is at its cheapest, such as overnight or when electricity is available from renewable energy sources, and to balance and protect the electricity distribution network.

The two projects which have been selected are Agile Streets and SmartSTEP. Each project will develop and test an EV chargepoint device incorporating SMETS2 smart meter technology. The objective is to demonstrate an innovative use of the smart metering system - to perform EV smart charging in public settings, including on-street residential and shared parking.