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Gridserve Charger Sites in UK [megathread]
- Thread starter Jason71
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GRIDSERVE’s latest sites:
Electric Hubs
• Currently in construction: Swansea (Moto), Heston West (Moto), Severn View (Moto), Wetherby (Moto), Burton in Kendall (Moto), Exeter (Moto), Woolley Edge North (Moto), Woolley Edge South (Moto), Thurrock (Moto), Leigh Delamere Westbound (Moto), Reading West (Moto).
• Entering construction early next year: Reading East (Moto), Grantham North (Moto), Scotch Corner (Moto), Washington North (Moto), Washington South (Moto), Cornwall Services, Annandale (Roadchef), Magor (Roadchef), Rownhams North (Roadchef), Durham (Roadchef), Watford Gap North (Roadchef), Watford Gap South (Roadchef), Northampton North (Roadchef), Northampton South (Roadchef), Strensham North (Roadchef), Strensham South (Roadchef)
Electric Forecourts®
• Currently in construction: Norwich Electric Forecourt® (opening April 2022), Gatwick Electric Forecourt® –(opening Autumn 2022).
• Planning permission secured: Uckfield, Gateshead, Plymouth, Bromborough.
Electric Hubs
• Currently in construction: Swansea (Moto), Heston West (Moto), Severn View (Moto), Wetherby (Moto), Burton in Kendall (Moto), Exeter (Moto), Woolley Edge North (Moto), Woolley Edge South (Moto), Thurrock (Moto), Leigh Delamere Westbound (Moto), Reading West (Moto).
• Entering construction early next year: Reading East (Moto), Grantham North (Moto), Scotch Corner (Moto), Washington North (Moto), Washington South (Moto), Cornwall Services, Annandale (Roadchef), Magor (Roadchef), Rownhams North (Roadchef), Durham (Roadchef), Watford Gap North (Roadchef), Watford Gap South (Roadchef), Northampton North (Roadchef), Northampton South (Roadchef), Strensham North (Roadchef), Strensham South (Roadchef)
Electric Forecourts®
• Currently in construction: Norwich Electric Forecourt® (opening April 2022), Gatwick Electric Forecourt® –(opening Autumn 2022).
• Planning permission secured: Uckfield, Gateshead, Plymouth, Bromborough.
Pink Duck
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I drove past GridServe Norwich (near Postwick Interchange) last night as I do on a weekly basis and it appears that building power is now supplied as it was lit up both internally and externally to reveal ongoing finishing work.
someone give me a nudge once they’ve built a handful. 1 per year isn’t exciting me.
Pink Duck
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The plans in their promotional video for Norwich showed 24 covered charge bays (12 each side with perpendicular park) as well as the 8 Tesla V3 superchargers.
The issue is getting grid connections, they’d deploy the chargers tomorrow if they had the power capacity.
It’s no different to the issues all the other networks are having and there is billions of investment on the go slow because of it.
It’s no different to the issues all the other networks are having and there is billions of investment on the go slow because of it.
UkNorthampton
TSLA - 12+ startups in 1
It's almost like Michael Green / Grant Shapps and other gov ministers might have to do something... rather than just talk or run "mentoring programmes" as a sideline. I can see both sides to private/public. I think best is to have some overarching goals set to avoid worst aspects of both. DNOs / electricity suppliers really need to speed up and ransom strips/land owners need to take second place to vital infrastructure needs. Perhaps a set payment for each metre of ground a cable covers (more for larger cables?) plus some fixed fee. Just make it automatic, predictable payment unless land owner wants to take it to court for serious reasons.
All comes down to UK planning laws, archaic and takes years to actually *do* anything
You mean like this:
They already exist for DNOs too.
UkNorthampton
TSLA - 12+ startups in 1
Are these amounts widely used. My understanding is that getting wayleave isn't quick and possibly ransom strips holding things up. Anything that speeds up the process would be good from my point of view, a presumption that DNO can just go ahead if no special objection made within 30 days soon. It just sounds like getting the power to new sites is a problem.
Further clarity on exactly why (or several common reasons) would be great. Perhaps it's equipment, willpower, financial? What are they key reasons and how to overcome?
I think that's where government has a role, communal policies to make life better for the majority of people (but mostly me as a Tesla driver.... /s).
Problem is governments, through the election cycle, are only ever motivated to make short term decisions.
No new nuclear for decades is a good example. All too difficult and no benefit in a 5 year election cycle.
Problem is ‘some’ governments. The French managed to do it with nuclear and they also have elections
Mr H
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