Saturday Special Interview: Graeme Cooper from National Grid | 19 June 2021

Episode 1118,   Jun 19, 2021, 11:01 AM

Today’s big EV stories:
• Saturday Special Interview
• Graeme Cooper from National Grid
• His role as Head of Future Markets
• Leading the drive to Net-Zero 2050
• How to bring Electric Vehicles into the mainstream
• Which forms of transport will electrify
• The role of Hydrogen in transport
• How to upgrade our homes for better efficiency

Show #1118.
 
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Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Saturday 19th June. It’s Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to.
 
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On the podcast today we welcome Graeme Cooper from National Grid. This was recorded earlier in the week as part of our livestream series of interviews, collaborating between this channel and Nicolas Raimo from the ‘EV Nick’ channel.
 
Timestamps below:
 
00:22 Intro To Show
01:34 Who is the National Grid
05:49 Electric Vehicles Will Take Grid Down?
17:50 Is The US Ahead Of The UK National Grid?
19:42 Road Rail Aviation and Maritime Power
21:06 Grid Resilience Importing Power & Exporting
25:39 Net-Zero 2050
28:45 What's the balance with regulations
33:24 How Do You Heat Your Home?
37:41 Do we need Hydrogen to be Green?
 
You can connect with Graeme via LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/graemecooper/
 
 
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