Siemens and Osprey Charging deal to fast-track new public EV charging sites

A brand new tie-up that can speed up the rollout of public charging within the UK is now reside between Siemens and Osprey Charging.

The collaboration will assist pace up the supply of latest Osprey Charging websites

Osprey has plans to put in greater than 1,500 charging stations over the subsequent 4 years however, as with all cost level operators (CPOs), the the rollout course of requires options for metering that assist commissioning of the cost factors.

The brand new tie-up will tackle this. Siemens will grow to be a most popular provider of end-end meter operator (MOP) companies and can fee and set up meters at every EV cost level at Osprey Charging’s websites up and down the nation.

It’s a part of work by Siemens’ business and industrial metering division to streamline the meter commissioning course of for CPOs to assist hold tempo with the exponential demand for public EV chargers up and down the nation.

The settlement will assist pace up the supply of latest Osprey Charging websites. Prior to now six months, the compnay has added 100 charging stations throughout the nation, from Perthshire to Cornwall. Its concentrate on equitable distribution has seen it add websites in rural areas the place cost factors are much less frequent. Set up websites embody the New Forest, Devon and the North Wales shoreline, serving to to make sure no neighborhood is left behind within the transition to EVs.

Ian Johnston, CEO of Osprey Charging, stated: “We’ve got an aggressive rollout plan to greater than double the dimensions of our community to over 1,000 cost factors in 2023, so it’s crucial that we’re capable of act rapidly to ship the EV charging infrastructure required to satisfy public demand. It’s no small feat from an infrastructure perspective and we’re targeted on how one can assist this supply at tempo.”

He continued: “The crew at Siemens has an in-depth understanding of the way in which meter installations are queued in addition to the operational processes at our facet too. Because of this, we now have been capable of get energy into our models, no matter their location, in a matter of days whereas others have needed to wait doubtlessly weeks or months.”

Oliver Brown, CPO metering lead at Siemens GB&I, added: “After greater than 20 years of fixing these kinds of issues within the industrial and business metering house, we recognise the market’s want and have been putting in metering throughout Osprey websites in a means that may assist present confidence in the way forward for EV infrastructure.”