From 2022, new homes and buildings, such as supermarkets and workplaces, as well as buildings undergoing major renovations, will be required to install electric power under new legislation announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on 22 November Car charging pile.

The UK will be the first in the world to implement such building regulations, unlocking the delivery of hundreds of thousands of charging stations over the next 10 years, while creating more green jobs across the country.

In addition to new residential and non-residential buildings, those that have undergone extensive renovations and have more than 10 parking spaces will also be required to install EV charging points.

After consulting the industry, the UK government will also go further to make electricity easier and simpler for people to use, introducing simpler payment methods when people travel, such as adding contactless payments to all new fast chargers.

This is how the UK will be in the biggest transformation of the global economy over the next 200 years if the public and private sectors work together to capture the net-zero opportunity from electric vehicles to clean energy Create a first-mover advantage.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a speech to the Confederation of British Industry: “This is a critical moment and we cannot go on like this any longer. We must adapt our economy to the Green Industrial Revolution.”

“We have to use our massive investment in science and technology to increase productivity and then we have to make the way for you.”

“We have to reduce or improve regulation and take advantage of new freedoms.”

“We will require electric vehicle charging stations to be installed in new homes and buildings – because of these regulations, we will install an additional 145,000 charging stations.”

“We are investing in new projects to convert wind energy into hydrogen, and our net zero strategy is expected to trigger around £90 billion in private sector investment, driving the creation of high-wage, high-skilled jobs as we unite and raise the bar across the country. part of the mission.”

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Electric vehicle sales surge

BEV sales in the UK have grown rapidly over the past year – with demand rising, at least in part due to petrol shortages, which dried up many motorists’ gas tanks in September.

All told, UK motorists bought just 5,000 fewer BEVs in September than in all of 2019. BEVs accounted for 15.2% of the UK market in September. This is up from 2.5% in all of 2018 and 10% in 2020.

“As a result of these regulations, up to 145,000 additional charging points will be added each year in the UK and by 2030, the sale of new petrol and diesel cars will cease in the UK. To date, the government has supported charging in more than 250,000 homes and workplaces piles,” the UK government said on its website.

Johnson signed a bill at the end of 2020 that would ban the sale of cars that run entirely on internal combustion engines from 2030. Conventional hybrids and plug-in hybrids will continue to be sold until 2035, after which only pure electric vehicles will be allowed into the UK market.

Several British car brands already have plans for full electrification. These include Jaguar, which is owned by Jaguar Land Rover, and Bentley, the British carmaker owned by Volkswagen. Ford plans to go all-electric in Europe by 2030, and many other automakers, including Volvo, have a similar strategy.

Lack of home charging piles

Home charging piles are the most common method of car charging.

With most charging taking place at home, it means people can buy new properties that are ready for an electric vehicle future, while ensuring that new shops and workplaces across the UK have ready access to charging points, just like petrol and It’s as easy as refueling a diesel car.

The challenge is to find a place to charge all the vehicles entering the UK fleet. According to the Competition and Markets Authority, there are currently 25,000 places with access, but that number must grow tenfold by 2030.

Under the new law, all new homes built in the UK will require at least one “smart” charger, which must be able to switch on during off-peak hours when demand on the UK grid is lowest.

Other buildings will also start installing charging piles. For example, an office building requires at least one charging point for every five parking spaces.

“Whether it’s at home or at work,” Nigel Pocklington, chief executive of clean energy company Good Energy, told Business Green. Flexible charging is critical not only to the transport system, but to the decarbonisation of the UK’s entire energy system.”

“Increasing energy efficiency, providing 13.5 million homes with electric heaters and solar – we would also like to see all of these become part of the new housing scheme.”

Innovation Net Zero Project

The UK government has also announced that, following a successful business trial, Innovate UK will offer a new flexible and affordable innovation loan programme worth £150m over a three-year period to help UK SMEs to put their latest Commercialization of R&D innovations.

The program supports businesses to grow, scale and create new high-skilled jobs in the process, including those that would otherwise not have access to private loans.

While this is open to a variety of sectors, from early 2022, green businesses will be able to apply, many of which are already benefiting from the UK’s transition to net zero during the pilot period.

For example, catalytic converters developed by Catagen Ltd in Northern Ireland have helped car manufacturers reduce emissions. Lancaster-based NanoSUN Ltd, supported by an innovation loan, develops and manufactures hydrogen fuel products for customers in the oil, gas and transport sectors, helping them to triple the number of highly skilled engineers and build prototypes for them product and demo.

Thanks to innovative loans, 70% of the companies surveyed in the pilot are now also offering customers greener alternatives to existing products.

The UK government has also confirmed nearly £10m in funding for the first new hydrogen project at the UK’s most continental wind farm near Glasgow.

The UK will invest £9.4 million in the Whitelee Green Hydrogen Project to develop the UK’s largest electrolyser, a system that converts water into hydrogen as a way to store energy and provide a zero-carbon fuel for local transport providers.

Developed by ITM Power, BOC and Scottish Power, it has the potential to store and produce the equivalent of the green hydrogen needed to drive 200 buses between Glasgow and Edinburgh every day.