How Intelligent Charging Can Help Northern Ireland's Distribution Network

Senior Consultant, Net Zero Transition

Esther is a Senior Consultant in the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure team.  She is a Chartered Engineer with over a decade of experience in the power engineering sector, focusing on low carbon technologies such as electric vehicles and energy storage.  She has a particular interest in the integration of electric vehicles with the energy system.  Recent project experience includes acting as technical lead for Electric Nation : Electric Nation, a large trial of domestic smart charging which demonstrated how this technology can be used with high customer acceptability to manage increased demand on electricity networks relating to EV charging.  She is currently overseeing the integration of transport model data within the ConnectMore tool on the Charge project.  ConnectMore will allow stakeholders to understand demand for EV charging, and the available network capacity within a single tool, facilitating the roll-out of EV charging infrastructure.

 Esther is also actively involved in promoting STEM and engineering to a diverse audience, including recently completing a project with the Queen’s School in Chester, and presenting her work on Electric Nation to the LGBT STEMinar.

Team Leader, Network Strategy & Transformation

Tim is a Chartered Engineer, with more than 15-years’ experience working in highways, aerospace and energy sectors. His background provides a strong capability of both technically leading projects and managing multi-million-pound programmes in multiple industrial sectors, including highly regulated environments. Since joining EA Technology, he has project managed several of our ground-breaking innovation projects, including My Electric Avenue, the first in the UK to directly control domestic customer EV Charging, and OpenLV, which directly led to the deployment of our Low Voltage Monitoring, VisNet Hub. More recently, he has managed delivery of the ConnectMore tool as part of the Charge Project, designed to enable customers to immediately generate quotations for a new network connection.

His focus is on achieving a sustainable, zero carbon energy network to support global decarbonisation targets, whilst improving the effectiveness of the systems and tools used to undertake work within the team.