Specialist electricity infrastructure developer Relode has announced plans to develop a UK-wide network of gigawatt-scale Power Parks.
The move aims to simplify access to power for businesses and for meeting rising demand for electricity in the race to net zero.
With electricity demand expected to more than double between now and 2050, the firm aims to play a role in ensuring power is available at the right time and in the right places so that critical industries can electrify and decarbonise with confidence.
The company’s network of Power Parks will open-up gigawatt-scale grid connections to simplify and catalyse access to power ready for the arriving wave of new large commercial energy users of the 2030s.
The company has an initial portfolio of approximately 15 sites in development across the UK, strategically located for electricity infrastructure and target industries.
Each Power Park will feature a substation and associated cabling to bring electricity to the site, plus an eHGV charging hub offering a combination of rapid and overnight charging for more than 50 electric vehicles.
Large energy users in the vicinity with be able to connect directly into the Power Park.
Relode’s Power Parks will also cater to new high-power demand industries such as data centres, whose electricity demand is expected to increase six-fold in the next ten years.
Mikey Clark, CEO, Relode, said:
“Electrification is the fastest, most economical way we have to decarbonise our world, but the scale of the challenge cannot be overstated. We have just a few short decades in which to super-charge our grid and deliver the infrastructure needed to meet the coming explosion in electricity demand.
“To succeed we need all hands-on deck. Working in partnership with network operators, Relode will invest at critical junctures of electricity demand to help some of our most energy-intensive industries secure the power they need to transition to a clean, electric future.”
