E-MOBILITY
From left: Caroline Leigh, Property Director at Westmorland; Anne Buckingham, Managing Director at SIS; Matt Barney, Business
Development Manager at GeoPura
HEADED FOR HYDROGEN
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hose who spend time travelling on the M74 in Lanarkshire, Scotland, may be familiar with Cairn Lodge
Services, a family-run motorway services business. For those who aren’t, this is about to change, as the business has made headlines with the launch of its cutting-edge electric vehicle (EV) charging facility, powered by hydrogen. This marks a fi rst-of-its-kind
deployment of a hydrogen-powered generator connected to
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station, and is expected to accelerate to rollout of EV charging points throughout the country. Cairn Lodge Services is part of the Westmorland Family motorway services group, which partnered with renewable energy solutions provider GeoPura to connect the latter’s green hydrogen-powered generator (HPU) with its EV chargers to meet increasing demand for these facilities.
Leading the charge with the UK’s fi rst public hydrogen-powered electric car charging points
ELECTRICAL GRID CAPACITY FOR EV CHARGING The rapid growth of the EV market has highlighted an urgent need for widespread charging points. As more people switch to EVs, the pressure on the electrical grid will only increase. In fact, an independent report from Recharge UK estimates that by 2050, demand will nearly triple for public charging - from 10.9TWh to 29.8TWh. “As EV adoption soars, the
pressure on the electrical grid has become increasingly evident, leaving businesses like Westmorland to look for creative, sustainable alternatives until there is suff icient grid capacity,” says Nabil Subuh, CEO of Westmorland Family. “We want to be at the forefront of this sustainable and eco-friendly EV charging revolution, providing convenient, green charging to our customers. The
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