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business in Braintree,Essex (https://www.theguardian.com/uk/essex), to charge
electric vehicles with 100% renewable energy.
From Monday, the super-fast electric forecourt will deliver 350kW of charging
power – enough to add 200 miles of driving range in 20 minutes – to up to
36 cars at a time.
It will use clean energy sourced from one of the UK’s first subsidy-free
solar farms at Clayhill in Bedfordshire, overhead solar canopies, and a
battery capable of storing enough energy to drive 24,000 miles.
It is the first of more than 100 electric forecourts that Gridserve, a clean
energy company, plans to roll out across the country over the next five years
as part of a billion-pound “sun-to-wheel” infrastructure.
Toddington Harper, Gridserve’s founder and chief executive, said he hoped
to update the traditional petrol station model for a net zero carbon world by
offering drivers the confidence to replace their fossil fuel car withan
electric alternative (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/electric-cars).
“Charging has to besimple and free of anxiety
(https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/dec/02/cma-seeks-to-build-consumer-
trust-in-electric-car-charging),” he said.
The forecourts will offer super-fast wifi, and stand alongside a range of
“Best of British” shops including WH Smith and Boots as well as Costa
Coffee and the Post Office. Some will offer business meeting pods, a
children’s play centre and a “wellbeing area” with exercise bikes that
generate electricity.
The standard rate for charging up at a Gridserve electric forecourt will be
24p per kilowatt hour of clean electricity, which beats the current lowest
ultra-high power charging rates. This means a typical charge for an average
electric vehicle – from 20% charged to 80% – would cost under £10.
Rachel Maclean, the transport minister, said: “As we accelerate
towardscleaner and greener transport
(https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/18/a-new-normal-how-
coronavirus-will-transform-transport-in-britains-cities), I’m delighted to
see the future of service stations being brought to life with the opening of
the UK’s first all-electric forecourt.
“There has never been a better time to make the switch.”
In a separate deal, Gridserve will team up with the finance firm Hitachi
Capital to offer customers electric vehicle leases, which will include the
full cost of charging at a Gridserve electric forecourt.
The UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, said last month that the UK wouldbring
forward its ban on the sale of new fossil fuel vehicles
(https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/17/boris-johnson-announces-
10-point-green-plan-with-250000-jobs)by a decade to 2030 to hasten the
decarbonisation of its transport sector.
In addition, the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has promised £950m to
“future-proof” the electricity grid along motorways, so that private
investors can install high-powered charging hubs at every motorway service
area by 2023.