Izivia, a French market leader, is one of the leading operators of charging stations network.
In 2022, Izivia won major calls for tender for the rollout of charging stations on sites open to the public:
Izivia has also launched the Izivia Express project, a new national network of over 300 50kW-150kW fast charging stations covering the whole of France and targeting high-traffic areas in particular.
With the support of the European Innovation Fund, which seeks to promote innovative low-carbon technologies, the EDF group will be deploying 800 two-way Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) charging stations across Europe and more particularly in France. Dubbed EVVE for Environmental Valorization of Virtual Electricity storage, the project will highlight the contribution of V2G to the decarbonation of transport and the promotion of low-carbon energy.
EDF, ENR and Izivia offer an integrated solution to companies and local authorities to install solar canopies fitted with charging stations.
EDF’s local services platform IZI by EDF installs charging solutions for small business premises, private homes and blocks.
Pod Point, a leading charging solutions provider for domestic customers in the UK, has continued to expand in 2022 with growth in sales of 65% between H1 2021 and H1 2022. Pod Point is thus helping the EDF group achieve its targets.
The September 2019 acquisition of PowerFlex Systems (PowerFlex), a pioneering company in the field of electric vehicle charging technologies, based in Los Altos in California, enables the creation of a unique decentralised energy ecosystem combining smart charging solutions for electric vehicles or building energy charging solutions, as well as solar energy production and storage systems.
Since 2018, a number of partnerships have been developed with stakeholders in the sector (manufacturers, equipment manufacturers, leasers, leasing companies, charging station manufacturers) to propose custom electric mobility solutions. The new partnerships entered into in 2022 were:
Preferred partners of IVECO Pod Point and Izivia have entered into an agreement for the supply of charging solutions on the manufacturer’s sites and for its customers.
Nissan has chosen IZI by EDF for the supply and installation of electric vehicle charging solutions for its domestic customers.
Renault Mobilize & Sowee have joined forces to provide owners of Renault electric vehicles with an innovative supply offering that brings down charging costs using smart home charging.
The EDF group is the first French group to sign the “EV100”, which aims at having a fleet of 100% electric light vehicles by 2030. This project covers almost 45,000 vehicles and charging infrastructures on almost 2,000 sites worldwide, around 56.3% of which had already been equipped by the end of 2022.
| EV100 commitment | 2030 target | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proportion of electric vehicles in the EDF group’s light vehicle fleet (in %)* | Proportion of electric vehicles in the EDF group’s light vehicle fleet (in %)* 2030 target 100 |
Proportion of electric vehicles in the EDF group’s light vehicle fleet (in %)* 2020 12.2 |
Proportion of electric vehicles in the EDF group’s light vehicle fleet (in %)* 2021 17.3 |
Proportion of electric vehicles in the EDF group’s light vehicle fleet (in %)* 2022 22.6 |
* For the methodology used for this indicator, see section 3.6 “Methodology”.
Electrification is clearly visible across the whole of the EDF group with significant levels of electrification by the end of 2022 at Luminus (35%) and EDF (36.6%), as well as 22.5% in the UK and 11.9% in Italy.
The use of renewable hydrogen and low-carbon electrolytic hydrogen is an essential tool to decarbonise sectors for which direct electrification is not possible. Such sectors include refining, chemicals, and heavy-duty transport. In 2019, EDF created Hynamics, a new fully-owned subsidiary, with the aim of becoming a leading producer of low-carbon hydrogen through electrolysis of water. Hynamics markets decarbonation solutions based on hydrogen for industry and transport, both sectors that emit large quantities of CO2 for which decarbonation via electricity is more difficult or impossible (refining, the chemicals industry, buses, trains, river and sea ferries, aerospace). Based on its investor and operator/maintainer model, it offers turnkey solutions to its customers in France and more generally in Europe. For details of action undertaken in this respect, see section 1.4.6.3 “EDF's Hydrogen Plan”.
(1) Currently, 95% of hydrogen is manufactured using fossil fuels; since this process generates CO2, it is referred to as “grey” hydrogen. Hydrogen (H2) can either be created from methane by means of steam reforming, or by splitting a water molecule (H2O) by electrolysis, i.e. by means of an electric current. Hydrogen is considered to be “green” if the electrolysis in question is produced by renewable energy, or low-carbon energy if it is produced using nuclear electricity. “Green” or “low-carbon” H2 is thus an attractive way of decarbonising sectors in which direct electrification is not possible. Such sectors include refining, chemicals, and heavy-duty transport.
