Energy Transitions – Battery Energy Storage Systems

20 January 2022

Matthew Lumsden, CEO of Connected Energy, answers some of the questions he is asked most often about the implication of installing EV chargers.

In a new regular feature, guest editors and writers bring news from around the world on the present energy transition.

This instalment looks at how a BESS can solve potential EV charger problems, following the recent announcements that buildings such as supermarkets and workplaces need to install electric vehicle charge points from 2022.

How will facilities managers deal with what’s being dubbed the “decade of delivery”?

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Picture: photograph of an electric vehicle being charged. Image Credit: https://www.pexels.com/photo/light-city-street-summer-9799729/

Article written by Ella Tansley | Published 20 January 2022

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