The text below is the transcript from the Introduction to the EV Charging Demand video. An audio-described version of the video is also available.
We are proud to present the EV Charging Demand Heatmap in the ConnectMore tool. This covers Merseyside, Cheshire, North Shropshire, North & Mid Wales – the MANWEB license area covered by SP Energy Networks.
The ConnectMore tool provides you with predictions of future demand for public charging infrastructure. The tool provides a forecast rather than a known outcome so it should only be used as a guide to inform decisions. This dataset was developed by strategic transport and scenario planning experts and Project CHARGE Partner, PTV Group.
The ConnectMore tool includes public destination, public residential, private workplace and en-route chargepoints but excludes residential off road chargepoints. Public destination chargepoints include restaurants, shops, leisure centres, tourist attractions and city centre cap parks. In contrast to this, public residential chargepoints are infrastructure provided in predominantly residential areas without off-street parking. Private Workplace charging is infrastructure provided at a place of work for employees.
En-route charging is shown on an additional layer of the heatmaps.
The data is broken down by four chargepoint categories – you can select to include one or more of the categories for your analysis:
The EV Charging Demand Heatmap provides predictive data for EV chargepoint demand, both in terms of number and length of charging events, and energy consumption. The data presented is for an average day. You can configure for four EV uptake and charging infrastructure scenarios – High and Low EV uptake, and sparce and plentiful charging infrastructure.
This demonstration will concentrate on the public workplace, public residential and public destination charging heatmap layer. You can choose to see the data for five-year intervals between 2025 and 2050.
These predictions are available for small geographical areas known as Lower Super Output Areas or LSOA’s.
The size of each LSOA will vary depending on population density, but each one has an average population of 1500 people or 650 households. This means LSOAs in rural areas tend to cover a larger geographical area than those in suburban or urban areas.
(Hover over the Llanrwst/Betws-Y-Coed and click on one of the very small coastal LSOA at Colwyn Bay and one of the very large mountainous ones like Capel Curig)
The colour coding of the LSOA’s is indicative of whether the daily energy demand is within a low, medium low, medium high or high band. When you adjust the EV uptake and charging infrastructure scenarios selected, the daily energy demand of the LSOA will change. This may mean that it will move into a new band and its colour code will change.
For each LSOA and scenario selected the tool will tell you
• The total daily energy demand in kWh for chargepoints in that area
• The total number of cars and EVs arriving in each location, and
• The total number of charging sessions per day
Further analysis of the data for each LSOA is also presented in chart form.
If you would like to explore the raw data in more detail you can navigate back a step and download a csv file that includes the full data set by clicking here (Download CSV).