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\nNorway\u2019s power grid is likely to need an 11 billion crown ($1.27 billion) upgrade over the next 20 years to meet demand from the country\u2019s growing fleet of electric cars, with consumers likely to have to foot the bill, a study has shown.
\nElectric car (EV) sales in Norway reached a record-high in March, with almost 60% of new cars sold fully electric, a result of state policy to exclude such vehicles from certain taxes and offer free or cheaper road tolls, parking and charging points. Aiming to end fossil-fuelled car sales by 2025, electric vehicles now account for 220,000 of Norway\u2019s total fleet of 2.7 million cars. It aims to have a mostly carbon-neutral fleet on its roads by 2040.
\nIn a study conducted for Norway\u2019s power regulator with DNV GL, state-appointed consultancy Poyry said a power grid investment of up to 11 billion crowns would be needed by 2040 if most passenger cars were by then powered by electricity and drivers maintained their current charging habits \u201cIf nothing is done, charging every afternoon to evening seems most likely. In that case, the 11 billion \u2026 grid cost is paid by all customers,\u201d Poyry\u2019s Norway director Kjetil Ingeberg told Reuters.
\nHe said that all electricity consumers would face rising costs as a separate EV charging tariff was unlikely. Poyry\u2019s data showed that 60% of the investment would be for low-voltage grids, 10% for substations, 28% for high-voltage grids and 2% for high-voltage transformers. However, Norway\u2019s drivers could keep costs down by changing their charging habits.<\/p>\n
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\nCharging car batteries at night would drop new grid costs to almost zero, while charging in the afternoon and only when batteries are relatively empty would require just above four billion crowns of investment. If drivers continue to plug vehicles in every afternoon, the average peak demand time will shift to 1700-2000 CET from 0800-0900 CET, the study also showed. Poyry estimates that there will be about 1.9 million electric cars by 2040 with a combined annual power need not exceeding five terawatt hours (TWh).
\nErik Figenbaum, a chief researcher in Norway\u2019s institute of transport economics (TOI) sees the power need rising to about 8.8 TWh by 2040 \u2013 almost one fourth of today\u2019s total household power consumption in Norway \u2013 from 0.8 TWh currently, presuming all cars are electric by then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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