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May 2021
More than 100,000 electric cars in Harrogate by 2050
New data from Northern Powergrid predicts a major uptake in electric vehicles in the Harrogate district over the next 30 years.
There are currently only 861 electric vehicles (EVs) in the district currently, according to their Distribution Futures Energy Scenarios project (DFES). Their projections suggest that this number will rise to 123,000 by 2050.
DEFS data suggests that Harrogate currently has more electric cars than Craven, Richmondshire and Calderdale, but less than Leeds and York.
For context, latest Department for Transport figures show that at the end of 2020 there are were 90,500 cars licensed in the Harrogate district.
Northern Powergrid use the DFES data to identify potential paths towards achieving carbon neutrality. It works by collecting local data on adoption of green technologies, such as EVs, solar power and heat pumps.
A website has been developed to visualise the local uptake of green technologies in the North East. Northern Powergrid worked with Element Energy, the Open Data Institute Leeds and Data Mill North to produce it.
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Jim Cardwell, Northern Powergrid’s Head of Policy Development, has said:
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