vehicles

  • Announcement

    Update | Demand for more charging infrastructure as EV ownership increases

    We recently received additional information on a press release issued at the beginning of December on Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) charge points. Below is an update to the data and graph. We would like to apologise for any issues this may have caused. Updated analysis by Cornwall Insight shows the...

  • E-mobility and low carbon

    Editor’s Pick Ireland | Do all roads lead to hydrogen?

    On 3 October, Hydrogen Mobility Ireland published its report: A Hydrogen Roadmap for Irish Transport, 2020-2030, which outlines how government and policymakers can facilitate the uptake of hydrogen-fuelled vehicles. Hydrogen is viewed as the cleanest fuel used to store and produce energy on demand, dependent on how green the process...

  • E-mobility and low carbon

    Charging up – half-yearly Irish EV sales analysed

    Transport in Ireland accounts for one-third of energy consumption and energy-related CO2 emissions. This is due to ~93% of the 2.1mn passenger cars registered at the end of 2018 being fuelled by petrol and diesel. In acknowledgement of this substantial contribution to carbon emissions from road transport, the Irish government’s...

  • E-mobility and low carbon

    Driven to Disruption – Electric Vehicles accelerating need for energy market change

    From being at the margins only a few years ago, the decarbonisation of transport is moving centre stage for the energy industry. With transport emissions now accounting for more UK greenhouse gas emissions that the power sector, the reason is clear to see. Our Driven to Disruption paper explains and evaluates the...

  • Commercial and market outlook

    In this month’s Energy:2030

    In this month's Energy:2030 In the fifth edition of Energy:2030 we summarise some key learnings from an excellent new book edited by our collaborator Fereidoon Sioshansi of Menlo Energy Economics, titled Innovation and Disruption at the Grid’s Edge. The book, which delves into how distributed energy resources are disrupting the utility...