Pioneering the Future of Electric Vehicle Charging With Off-Grid Renewable Energy
FEVER aims to develop and demonstrate a fully grid independent, cost-effective, and socially acceptable, renewables powered electric vehicle charger.
This animated short film explores the transition towards a net-zero transport system with a sustainable energy solution. The film explains the FEVER solution to transform electrification of transport within the context of increased demand for energy supply from the National Grid, installation of a nation-wide charging infrastructure and uncertainties surrounding EV adoption.
Working towards meeting the UK government’s 2035 zero-emission pledge, and later 2050 climate goal, the FEVER project concentrates on the design, development, and demonstration of a 100% renewable-powered EV charging station, facilitated by an innovative off-vehicle energy store (OVES).
This will create a secure, year-round, grid-independent charging solution for EVs. Moving beyond the state-of-the-art technologies, a cost-effective and socially acceptable 'hybrid' OVES will be developed, that is suitable for both urban and rural use.
The interdisciplinary FEVER project, a Programme Grant funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), unites a diverse team of academic scientists and engineers (mechanical, electronics and electrical, computer science) and social scientists (management, psychology, and economics) across four research-led UK universities: Southampton, Sheffield, Surrey and Portsmouth.
Credits
The Film:
- Dr Erica Ballantyne (Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management at the University of Sheffield)
- Animation by: Diva Creative
- Funded by: University of Sheffield Player Development Fund and the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
The Research:
- Project Lead / WP2 & WP8 Lead: Professor Andrew Cruden (Associate Dean for Academic Infrastructure at the University of Southampton)
- WP1 Lead: Professor David Stone (Professor in Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Sheffield)
- WP3 Lead: Professor Richard Wills (Professor of Electrochemical Energy Storage and Head of Department for Mechanical Engineering at the University of Southampton)
- WP4 Lead: Professor Sebastian Stein (Professor in Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton)
- WP5 Lead: Dr Erica Ballantyne (Senior Lecturer in Operations & Supply Chain Management at the University of Sheffield)
- WP6 Lead: Professor Christopher Jones (Professor of Environmental Psychology at the University of Portsmouth)
- WP7 Lead: Professor Dan Gladwin (Professor of Electrical and Control Systems Engineering and Head of Electronic and Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Sheffield).
- WP5 Team: Professor Martin Foster (Professor in Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Sheffield)
- WP6 Team: Dr Mona Chitnis (Associate Professor (Reader) in Energy Economics at the University of Surrey)
- WP3 Team: Professor Suleiman Sharkh (Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Southampton)
- WP6 Team: Gareth Giles (Head of the Public Policy for Southampton at the University of Southampton)