Transport + Energy launches editorial board

“Bridging the gap between the transport and energy sectors is critical to ensuring a smooth transition to mass adoption of electric vehicles, and is a challenge I’ve personally been working on since 2012. This is why I am delighted to be joining the Transport + Energy editorial board, to help shape the future of communications in this area.”

“The electrification of transport drives massive change and disruption in both the auto and energy sectors. For cars it is self-evident while in energy the potential consequences for our networks, our markets, the need to embrace digitalisation and the involvement of consumers presages the complete transformation of the energy industry necessary over the 30 years. Daunting yet massively exciting as individual challenges, they are also deeply co-dependent and will need to become intertwined to an extent never seen before, as the car battery becomes an intrinsic part of the energy system. Transport + Energy addresses this critical convergence.”

“Throughout my career, I have witnessed and supported organisations making significant achievements to reduce emissions from transport. As a member of the Transport + Energy editorial board, I am proud to have the opportunity to promote some of these achievements and raise awareness of the UK’s incredible capacity for net-zero innovation and action across the transport and energy sectors.”

“I’m very pleased to be joining the Transport + Energy editorial board. From my perspective as coordinator of the EV Energy Taskforce I’m fully aware of the potential benefits that the electrification revolution in UK transport can bring to the UK’s energy system and to drivers and energy consumers if we do this right. T+E has an important role in helping to bring many diverse and previously unfamiliar actors together who can help us harness the potential this transition has to offer.”

“I am excited to join the editorial board of Transport + Energy, which in its first few months has already had a discernible, positive impact on the level of informed debate about the energy and mobility transition under way in the UK. This is such an exciting time for the energy and transport sectors, but there remain a great many challenges to overcome – some related to the laws of physics, and others of our own making. I am proud to be part of a team working to address the challenges and to make the road transport of the near future more sustainable, more efficient, and less polluting. As a member of the EV Energy Taskforce Steering Group and manager of BEAMA’s Smart Buildings and EV Infrastructure groups, I am especially looking forward to helping these sectors coordinate the electrification of road transport with the decarbonisation of the energy system and the built environment.”

“Transport is needing to travel a new road, one powered by clean, emission free, energy! For the first time these segments have to engage, collaborate and rethink the journey. Ensuring the route is without potholes and pitfalls! Vans play a huge part in the transport sector and, as such, need dedicated consideration to ensure viability and effectiveness. Transport + Energy brings these essential communities together and the opportunity to champion and support my beloved vans and the transition to zero emission through this medium is an immense privilege.”

“The decarbonisation of transport will be a vital step in reaching net zero by 2050, and 2045 in Scotland. Our energy networks are key to enabling this transition. Networks sit at the heart of the energy system transformation and will unlock broader net zero possibilities. There’s no getting away from the fact that stakeholders from both the transport and energy sectors must work closer together than ever before. I’m looking forward to playing an active role in the editorial board, by both listening to the challenges facing other groups involved in reaching net zero and representing the views of networks who will play a key role in the journey.”

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“I am pleased to be joining the editorial board of Transport + Energy to influence and accelerate the decarbonisation of transport. Joining the board will help me to remain on top of the innovations in the sectors. The transport and the energy sectors need each other. Energy needs transport (from moving materials for energy infrastructure to energy sources themselves) and transport needs energy. Both are sides of the same coin.”

“Elmtronics are an award-winning electric vehicle charging Infrastructure provider working with fleets and residents across the UK. We know how incredibly important it is that the transport and energy sectors work closely together to ensure the energy powering the electric vehicle transition comes from renewable resources. We want to support Transport + Energy to bring of-the-moment news, up to date and accurate accounts of policy and national change. We are a passionate and committed electric vehicles charging community, focussed on clean energy and collaboration and are looking forward to working with the board.”

“I have spent a large chunk of my career looking at how we can decarbonise transport in the energy sector. I consider it an accolade and a responsibility to be on the editorial board for Transport + Energy. Bringing these two sectors together has never been more important if we are going to tackle the greatest challenge of our time. We know that transport emissions have an enormous impact on air quality and, consequently, our health. Moving to electric, hydrogen and other forms of clean propulsion are on the horizon. New vehicles, the energy consumed and the necessary supporting infrastructure will need to be ubiquitous if we are really going to make a difference. I also believe that decarbonising transportation is a great opportunity for our economy. As a member of the editorial board I believe that the Transport + Energy title is a great way for the two sectors to work together by sharing ideas, stories and  having conversations to make a real difference.”

“I’m pleased to be joining the Transport + Energy board to work with others in partnership and collaboration to unlock the action needed to tackle the climate emergency.”