http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/6773486/Energy-Secretary-says-electric-cars-could-trigger-National-Grid-blackout.html Energy Secretary: Electric cars could trigger National Grid blackout [20151129] CRAIG WOODHOUSE
[image http://img.thesun.co.uk/aidemitlum/archive/02583/02_30022838_dbd3f5_2583633a.jpg Blackout potential ... electric car Steve Gillett/ Livepix ] Conservative MP Amber Rudd voices fears over plug-in vehicles as Cabinet row breaks out [image] Row ... Rudd Getty Images BRITAIN’S electric car revolution could trigger blackouts by overloading our power network, senior Tories fear. A Cabinet row has broken out over the plug-in motors. Eco-loving ministers at the Environment and Transport departments say greener roads with millions of the electric vehicles is vital for clean air. But the Department of Energy and Climate Change fear we don’t have enough power for them. Energy Secretary Amber Rudd is so worried she asked the Cabinet Office to referee the dispute. A source said: “Environment and transport ministers want millions more electric cars on the streets. “But when Amber saw these plans her reaction was ‘f***, f***, f***’ because she is really worried we don’t have enough power. “Supplies are stretched already so imagine if everyone charges their cars at the same time. “She called in Cabinet Office Minister Oliver Letwin but he said the real issue is delivering power to homes — which is not governmental responsibility.” The Tories’ Election manifesto set out a vision for “almost every car and van to be zero emission by 2020” and £500million has been pledged to make it happen. That would mean replacing 30 million cars and four million vans. Such an increase would require vast amounts of extra power — there are currently only 45,000 electric cars. [© thesun.co.uk] ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sun_(United_Kingdom) The Sun is a daily tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Founded in 1964 as a successor broadsheet to the Daily Herald, it became a ... http://www.edie.net/news/6/1-3-of-Britains-power-networks-could-be-overloaded-by-electric-vehicle-charging/29436/ 1/3 of Britain's power networks could be overloaded by electric vehicle charging 4 December 2015 Almost one third of UK local power networks could be overloaded if electric vehicles (EVs) become a mainstream motoring choice, a new study has found ... ... http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/feature/2437809/can-our-local-grids-handle-the-electric-vehicle-revolution Can our local grids handle the electric vehicle revolution? 04 Dec 2015 You arrive home after a long day at work, park your electric car in your garage and plug it in to charge, already imagining the glass of wine and warm dinner ... ... http://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/manufacturer-news/2015/12/04/growing-adoption-of-evs-threatens-electricity-network Growing adoption of EVs threatens electricity network 04/12/2015 One third of low voltage (LV) feeders, equating to 312,000 circuits across the UK, will not be able to cope with the growth in the adoption of electric vehicles ... For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-MP-Amber-Rudd-sez-the-UK-grid-too-weak-for-34M-EVs-tp4679023.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
