Decarbonizing transport: Creating the infrastructure for zero-emission vehicles

Recorded: 14 July 2021 (14.00 - 16.00 UK time)

What’s this webinar about?

The UK has set a target to ban sales of new combustion-engine vehicles by 2030, making way for a new era of cleaner zero-emission vehicles. The successful transition to a decarbonized transport system will depend on enabling the energy and charging infrastructure, supporting policies, and cross-sector collaborations that overcome barriers to uptake and market confidence.

This webinar explores the issues in creating the charging infrastructure for zero-emission vehicles by 2030 and looks at the broader role UK’s energy system needs to play to support the 2030 target. Delegates will hear from senior UK Government policy-makers, industry experts and local transport authorities on:

• The progress being made to realize a reliable infrastructure for zero-emission vehicles
• The steps taken to make our electricity system more flexible to support the mass take up of electric vehicles.
• The barriers to scaling-up regionally
• The latest thinking and advances in new enabling technologies
• On-going industry and government work to decarbonize road transport more generally

Who is this webinar for?

The webinar is of interest to: vehicle and battery manufacturers, EV and battery technology developers and innovators, low carbon products and infrastructure developers, energy suppliers and network managers, central and local government representatives, regulators, consumer and public interest groups, private and public investors.

What will you gain?

• More understanding of the infrastructure challenges to delivering on the 2030 target
• More visibility of the opportunities arising from the transition
• A current, first-hand view of the UK Government’s ambition and supporting policies and initiatives

Agenda

14:00 - 14:05 Welcome and introductions - Sebastiaan Van Dort - Associate Director - Energy, British Standards Institution (BSI), Nick Fleming - Head of Transport and Mobility Standards, British Standards Institution (BSI)

14:05 - 14:15 BSI Overview - How will standards enable the move to zero-emission transport? - Nick Fleming - Head of Transport and Mobility Standards, British Standards Institution (BSI), Sebastiaan Van Dort - Associate Director - Energy, British Standards Institution (BSI)

14:15 - 14:30 Standards for Smart Charging - Dr Nina Klein - Senior Energy Engineer, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)

14:30 - 14:45 Enabling consumer-centred EV infrastructure - Sophie Adams - Head Of Consumer Experience, Office for Zero Emission Vehicles, Department for Transport (DfT)

14:45 - 15:15 Transport for Greater Manchester and ARUP - Shaping sustainable zero emission transport - Jason Smith - Delivery Officer (Clean Air), Transport for Greater Manchester, Steve Pimlott - Advisory Services, Arup

15:15 - 15:30 Decarbonising HGVs, the road to Zero-Emission Road Freight Transport - Alan Nettleton - Senior Technologist, Connected Places Catapult

15:30 - 16:00 Round Table and Q&A session

16:00 End of the webinar

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Sebastiaan has over 15 years of experience within the low carbon industry, working on key policies and initiatives such as the Energy Company Obligation, The Green Deal, Warm Home Discount and the Smart Meter roll-out, collaborating with government and regulators to deliver these policies. 

His career includes senior positions at British Gas, OVO Energy, EDF Energy and VINCI Construction as well as working with rapidly growing start-ups in the low carbon industry. 

He is currently the Associate Director of Energy with the British Standards Institution and engages with key stakeholders from government, industry and NGOs to define BSI's strategy for market-driven best-practice solutions on a range of topics and initiatives including; enabling the transition to Net-Zero, supporting and accelerating the decarbonisation of transport, and supporting and enabling innovation in energy. 

Nick Fleming is Head of Transport and Mobility Standards at BSI (British Standards Institution) and programme lead on the CAV standards programme supported by UK government (CCAV). Nick has over 10 years’ experience in standardization working across emerging technologies and with the automotive and transport industry to develop both national and international standards that support adoption of new technologies, promote innovation, safety, security and consumer protection. 

As a member of the Technical Energy Specialist team I provide independent technical advice to Ministers and policy makers on technologies to decarbonise the energy system. This involves technical support for the £1 billion BEIS Net Zero Innovation Programme, which funds low carbon technology development and cost reduction, as well as work supporting on policy development and wider industry projects. I’m currently leading for BEIS on work with the British Standards Institution where industry are developing standards for Energy Smart Appliances and Demand Side Response, which will be published as PAS 1878 and PAS 1879.

Sophie is the Head of Consumer Experience at the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles. She is focused on driving a positive consumer experience for anyone using the public charging network, including opening up industry data to help consumers find chargepoints and making sure the infrastructure is reliable and easy to use for all consumers including those with a visible or non-visible disability. Prior to this she worked in the energy and water sectors and is passionate about tackling the climate change emergency and understanding how we can better protect consumers across all sectors.

Jason Smith is a Clean Air Delivery Officer within the Freight and Environment Team at Transport for Greater Manchester. His primary role is to encourage the uptake of Electric Vehicles in Manchester. This is to be achieved by investing in new infrastructure but also encouraging behaviour change and ‘myth-busting’ through various public and business initiatives. His role also expands into supporting the Project team in site selection process for EV charging and addressing challenges posed around the current network.

Jason is huge advocate of Electric Vehicles and has been an EV driver himself since 2014. He can often be found imparting wisdom to relevant stakeholders and EV users. Jason has previously worked as a sustainable transport lead for Manchester Metropolitan University, helping them achieve a conversion of 57% of their fleet to ULEV in just under 3 years.

Steve is an advisor with over 18 years experience in strategic, development, delivery and learning roles.  He works across the spheres of energy, transport, digital and place, using data driven approaches and multi-disciplinary teams to deliver innovative but practical solutions that achieve sustainable zero emission transitions.

Over the last 2 years he has advised a range of organisations on the planning, development and delivery of EV charging schemes at scale and in ways that help achieve a carbon, clean air, sustainable transport and energy policy objectives. This includes his role supporting TfGM and its partners as Interim EV Product Owner that including everything from strategy and policy develop, renewal and expansion of a the GMEV charging network resulting in the now operational Be.EV network.

He is currently working with a range of public and private sector bodies, advising on fleet transitions, strategic network planning and the design and delivery of EV charging infrastructures, including opportunities to integrate with energy generation and storage.

Alan is a registered Transport Planning Professional and Chartered Engineer who prior to joining Connected Places Catapult worked for private transport consultancies for over 10 years.

He has undertaken considerable research and stakeholder consultation in the fields of automated and zero-emission vehicles, and is currently leading CPC’s investigations into zero-emission heavy goods vehicles.