It was a pleasure to interview Jeremy Yapp, Policy and Regulation Director for ev.energy, at Solar and Storage Live in Birmingham this year!
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Throughout our interview, Jeremy discussed how the UK can unlock domestic flexibility and drive electric vehicle (EV) uptake within the UK.
What Jeremy wanted to make clear regarding unlocking domestic flexibility was that we must move away from the thought that the consumer is the only stakeholder responsible when unlocking domestic flexibility. There are various policies and technical challenges that must be correct and they are not…
Jeremy explained, in order to unlock domestic flexibility the community must move away from the notion that ‘your flexibility provider must be the same as your electricity provider’, this is not the case.
ev.energy involve consumers in a virtual EV power plant that can engage customers in managing fluctuations in the grid and allow for more renewable generation.
Driving EV uptake is essential when reaching net zero. Jeremy explained once a customer has driven an EV, very few go back to an Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicle. In order to increase the consumer uptake of EVs, car companies must create more EVs because, Jeremy explained, companies can sell them as fast as they can make them.
With more EVs on the market, uptake of these vehicles will increase; as will the secondary market, creating a more accessible and affordable EV market.
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