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SUMMARY:Can electricity networks cope with mass uptake of Electric Vehicle
 s (EVs)?  - Tim Jarratt\, Group Head of Strategy\, National Grid
DTSTART:20180119T120000Z
DTEND:20180119T130000Z
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CONTACT:rr460
DESCRIPTION:The seminar will introduce National Grid\, outlining what they
  do in the UK and US\, challenges transmission and distribution companies 
 face in the future\, views on how quickly EV uptake will occur and what th
 at means for network infrastructure requirements and how transmission and 
 distribution companies will have to adapt to manage EV uptake.\n\nThe even
 t will be followed by a sandwich lunch.\n\nAll are welcome to attend.\n\n 
 \n\nDr Timothy Jarratt \n\nTim studied material science as an undergraduat
 e at Oxford before moving to Cambridge\, first for the ACDMM course at the
  Institute for Manufacturing and then his PhD at the Engineering Design Ce
 ntre (EDC). After Cambridge\, Tim was a strategy consultant at Bain & Comp
 any where he focussed on the industrial\, mining and private equity sector
 s in Europe and South Africa. He then became an equity research analyst co
 vering the metals and mining space in the City before moving to Anglo Amer
 ican\, where he was a senior manager in the Group Strategy team. Tim joine
 d National Grid in February 2016 and is responsible for creating and conti
 nuously reviewing National Grid’s corporate strategy. In particular this
  includes developing long-term views on the major trends impacting the uti
 lity sector and how power markets will evolve.\n
LOCATION:Rayleigh Seminar Room\, Maxwell Centre
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