Rural partnerships to explore sharing land and pooling community resources
In less population-dense areas, where chargepoint usage is typically lower, it may be more challenging to access a sufficient breadth of partnership and investment opportunities. This will apply particularly in island and rural communities.
Through our engagement activity we have found that small organisations often can’t afford to install chargepoints. As outlined in powering your chargepoints, the new electrical connection can be the most cost prohibitive aspect of a charging infrastructure project. Forming partnerships can help remove these cost barriers.
There are opportunities for groups with a common interest in charging infrastructure to join resources to realise ambitious large-scale project that would not be possible working in isolation.
The following projects provide examples of encouraging the development of partnerships aimed to delivering charging infrastructure in rural areas.