CASE partnered with Cenex to deliver this report looking at the transition to Electric Vehicles (EVs) in Northern Ireland. The report was commissioned by the Energy group in DfE in 2022 and published in June 2023. The report is downloadable from here:
Transport Energy Research Project 1: Transition to EVs
As EVs have much greater energy efficiency than fossil-fuel powered vehicles then energy demand was forecast to drop by 2040 to one third of what was needed in 2020 (32.5 GWh). The study showed that 10,000 public charge points would be needed by 2030 and by 2040 this would increase to almost 25,000 with increasing demand for rapid and ultra-rapid charging points. The demand headroom on the electricity network around fuelling stations was assessed as sufficient in most cases to meet demand.