A new tie-up that will accelerate the rollout of public charging in the UK is now live between Siemens and Osprey Charging.

The collaboration will help speed up the delivery of new Osprey Charging sites

Osprey has plans to install more than 1,500 charging stations over the next four years but, as with all charge point operators (CPOs), the the rollout process requires solutions for metering that support commissioning of the charge points.

The new tie-up will address this. Siemens will become a preferred supplier of end-end meter operator (MOP) services and will commission and install meters at each EV charge point at Osprey Charging’s sites up and down the country.

It’s part of work by Siemens’ commercial and industrial metering division to streamline the meter commissioning process for CPOs to help keep pace with the exponential demand for public EV chargers up and down the country.

The agreement will help speed up the delivery of new Osprey Charging sites. In the past six months, the compnay has added 100 charging stations across the country, from Perthshire to Cornwall. Its focus on equitable distribution has seen it add sites in rural locations where charge points are less common. Installation sites include the New Forest, Devon and the North Wales coastline, helping to ensure no community is left behind in the transition to EVs.

Ian Johnston, CEO of Osprey Charging, said: “We have an aggressive rollout plan to more than double the size of our network to over 1,000 charge points in 2023, so it is imperative that we are able to act quickly to deliver the EV charging infrastructure required to meet public demand. It’s no small feat from an infrastructure perspective and we are focused on how to support this delivery at pace.”

He continued: “The team at Siemens has an in-depth understanding of the way meter installations are queued as well as the operational processes at our side too. As a result, we have been able to get power into our units, irrespective of their location, in a matter of days while others have had to wait potentially weeks or months.”

Oliver Brown, CPO metering lead at Siemens GB&I, added: “After more than 20 years of solving these sorts of problems in the industrial and commercial metering space, we recognise the market’s need and have been installing metering across Osprey sites in a way that can help provide confidence in the future of EV infrastructure.”