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Janet Wood - editor

Janet Wood is editor of New Power (www.newpower.info) covering UK power sector development and the UK’s evolving energy industry. She has been a journalist covering the power and energy sector for 25 years, covering technology, policy and politics as editor of magazines including Power Engineering, Asian Electricity, Middle East Electricity and Utility Week.

Presentation

The future of roads and infrastructure – an electricity perspective on electric vehicle charging infrastructure

In fossil fuel days the electricity industry used to think only about the power supply needed to charge electric vehicles. Now electricity operators need storage to manage flexibility and EV batteries look like a key part of the solution. What's behind the change and what are the implications across roadside charging and other infrastructure?