Gridserve has established its Gridserve Partner Network which is designed to provide technology, expertise and support to its partners worldwide and accelerate the global roll-out of net zero EV charging infrastructure.
The network will open up the company’s ‘Sun-To-Wheel Ecosystem’ – comprising hybrid solar & battery farms, EV charging infrastructure, and EV solutions – to like-minded partners across the world interested in supporting net zero transport initiatives.
The plans, announced to international sustainable energy leaders today [08 November] at COP26, aim to speed up the global rollout of world-class EV charging infrastructure powered by net zero carbon sustainable energy, in the shortest possible timeframes.
Toddington Harper, founder and CEO of Gridserve, said: “Gridserve’s mission is to help deliver sustainable energy on the scale needed to move the needle on climate change. In the UK we are delivering this vision at an extraordinary pace, building a Sun-to-Wheel Ecosystem of hybrid solar & battery farms, high-power EV chargers, and electric vehicle leasing solutions supported by customer experience technology that is decarbonising the UK’s transport system and giving drivers everywhere the confidence to go electric sooner than anyone could have imagined only a few years ago.
“However, to be serious about addressing the climate crisis, we need to think and act on a global scale. That’s why today, at COP26, we are launching the Gridserve Partner Network to share our knowledge, expertise and experience from delivering and operating the leading charging network in the UK, to help like-minded partners to also rapidly deliver the best possible EV charging networks at scale across the world.”
The company is already in discussions with international petrol forecourt operators, landowners and investors to deploy its infrastructure, and is using the platform created by COP26 to reach out to others to raise awareness about the Gridserve Partner Network and to commence discussions.
In addition to Gridserve leasing land and investing its own capital in building and operating its own EV charging infrastructure, the Partner Network provides the opportunity for partners to invest themselves, or co-invest alongside Gridserve, to establish EV charging networks in partnership with Gridserve. It added this provides the maximum flexibility without having to build an entire tech-enabled EV charging business.
Harper continued: “Everything we have achieved in the UK has required us to overcome massive complexities and challenges – experience we’ve spent years developing. It’s now time to share those learnings with partners across the world and accelerate the shift to net zero transport. Our Partner Network allows us to do just that, enabling others to capitalise on our market leading EV charging solutions within their own networks and geographies.”
