Norfolk Electric Vehicle News
Norfolk County Council are supporting the drive to reduce the impact of climate change within Norfolk. Our Electric Vehicle Strategy plays an important role in this. We have introduced several projects across the county to help people move to electric vehicles and help reduce carbon emissions. These projects are ongoing and aim to make Electric Vehicle (EV) charging accessible to everyone. Learn more about our projects below.
Norfolk to see a welcome boost to number of public charge points across the county
Norfolk County Council have bid for and been awarded £6.468m from the government's Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) fund. We will be using this funding to increase Norfolk's public EV charging facilities. The aim of this project is to provide new on-street Electric Vehicle Chargepoints (EVCPs) especially in rural areas where there are few or no chargepoints. We are hoping to go out to tender later this year. Before then, we will be offering Norfolk residents a chance to comment on our proposed locations - a link to the survey will be included here once it is live.
Norwich City on-street Electric Vehicle Chargepoint project
Norwich will be expanding its electric vehicle charging facilities as the final phase of our on-street project will begin soon. This will add six new charging sites across the city, to be installed in partnership between Blink Charging and Norfolk County Council. These new installations will build upon the network of Blink chargers which are already in use, further improving access to EV charging for residents.
More information on the project can be found on our on-street EV project.
This map shows chargers installed by Blink at the following locations:
- Grove Road - NR1 3RQ
- Telegraph Lane East - NR1 4AL
- Onley Street - NR2 2EB
- Hobart Square - NR1 3JB
- Hall Road - NR1 3HQ
- Dereham Road - NR2 4HT
- Bury Street - NR2 2DL
- Portersfield Road - NR2 3JU
- Durham Street - NR2 2ED
- Gloucester St - NR2 2DY
- Earlham Road - NR2 3AD
- Walpole Street - NR2 1RU
- Starling Road - NR3 3ED
- Stafford Street - NR2 3BA
- Branford Road - NR3 4QD
- Patteson Road - NR3 3EW
- Fishergate - NR3
- Heigham Street - NR2 AUN
- Whitehall Road - NR2 3EN
- St Mary's Plain - NR3 3AE
- Wingfield Road - NR3 3HG
- Calvert Street - NR3 1BT
- Dolphin Grove - NR2 4DS
- Charles Square - NR2 4BE
Harford Solar Car Port
Harford Park & Ride site is due to be our first site to host a solar car port. Norfolk County Council will be using Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Pilot funding for this project, and the work has been awarded to Volker Highways. The installation will include a solar car port covering 6 parking bays which will power 3 dual socket Electric Vehicle chargers. We are hoping for the installation to start later this year.
Parish Electric Vehicle Charge Point installations
The EV team have been progressing the installation of parish-based chargers after successfully applying for grant funding through the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) and Norfolk Investment Framework (NIF) funds. These chargers are welcome additions to our community-focused EVCP network, known as 'Plug in Norfolk', and bring the total number of charging stations on the network up to 40.
As part of this, the EV team have been working in collaboration with South Norfolk Council, funded by the UK Government's Rural Prosperity Fund, to fund chargers with solar PV systems at community buildings across South Norfolk. This project increases the provision of charging infrastructure across rural areas, and helps to reduce the energy costs and carbon emissions of community buildings through the installation of solar PV generation.
We have a parish and local member EV charging information page for parishes and Local Members looking for more information about EV charging installations.
This map shows chargers on the Plug in Norfolk network at the following locations:
- Bawburgh - Bawburgh Village Hall, Stocks Hill, Norwich, Norfolk, NR9 3LL
- Brooke - Brooke Village Hall, Norwich Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR15 1AB
- Carbrooke - Carbrooke Community Hub, Buckingham Lodge, Thetford, Norfolk, IP25 6WL
- Carleton Rode - Carleton Rode Social Club, Mill Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR16 1NQ
- Cawston - Cawston Village Hall, Norwich, Norfolk, NR10 4BW
- Corpusty & Saxthorpe - Corpusty and Saxthorpe Village Hall, Heydon Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR11 6QQ
- Costessey - Queen's Hill - Queens Hills Community Centre, Poethlyn Drive, Norwich, Norfolk, NR8 5BP
- Cringleford - The Willow Centre, 1 Willowcroft Way, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7JJ
- Dickleburgh - Dickleburgh Village Hall, Harvey Lane, Dickleburgh, Diss, Norfolk, IP21 4NL
- East Harling - East Harling Youth Centre, Church Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR16 2NA
- Forncett - Forncett Village Hall, Low Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR16 1
- Freethorpe - Freethorpe Village Hall, Freethorpe Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR13 3LZ
- Gt Massingham - Great Massingham Village Hall, Great Massingham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE32 2HU
- Happisburgh - Happisburgh Village Hall, Blacksmiths Lane, Norwich, Norfolk, NR12 0QY
- Hethersett - Hethersett Library, 40 Queens Road, Hethersett, Norfolk, NR9 3DB
- Lingwood - Lingwood Village Hall, Station Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR13 4AZ
- Martham - Martham Community Centre, 10 Playing Field Lane, Martham, Norfolk, NR29 4SN
- New Buckenham - New Buckenham Village Hall, Moat Lane, Norwich, Norfolk, NR16 2AU
- Norton, Thurlton and Thorpe - Norton, Thurlton & Thorpe Village Hall, Beccles Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR14 6RJ
- Norwich Airport P&R - Norwich Airport Park & Ride, Norwich Airport, Norwich, Norfolk, NR6 6JT
- Norwich Harford P&R - Harford Park & Ride, Ipswich Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 6US
- Poringland - Poringland Community Centre, Overtons Way, Poringland, Norfolk, NR14 7WB
- Pulham St Mary - Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Diss, Norfolk, IP21 4QT
- Roydon - Roydon Village Hall, 3 High Road, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 5RB
- Scratby - All Saints Parish Hall, Beach Rd, Great Yarmouth NR29 3AJ
- Scratby (Rottenstone) - Rottenstone Lane car park, Rottenstone Lane, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR29 3QT
- Sheringham - Sheringham Community Centre, Holway Road, Sheringham, Norfolk, NR26 8NP
- Stoke Holy Cross - Stoke Holy Cross Village Hall, 14 Long Lane, Norwich, Norfolk, NR14 8LY
- Tacolneston - Tacolneston Village Hall, West Way, Forncett End, Tacolneston, Norfolk, NR16 1BZ
- Worstead - Queen Elizabeth Hall, Ruin Road, North Walsham, Norfolk, NR28 9WH
- Wortwell - Wortwell Community Centre, Tunbeck Close, Wortwell, Norfolk, IP20 0HJ
Upcoming Parish Electric Vehicle Charge Point installations
The EV team are constantly working hard on developing more parish electric vehicle charge points across the county. The newest locations that are due to be installed soon, or have been installed already (but not operational yet) are as follows:
- Carbrooke - Carbrooke Village Hall, Church Street, Thetford, IP25 6SW
- Caister-on-Sea - Caister Beach car park, Beach Road, Great Yarmouth, NR30 5HD
- Reepham - Reepham Station Road car park, Station Road, Norwich, NR10 4LF
- North Walsham - North Walsham Victory Centre, Station Road, North Walsham, NR28 0DZ
- Great Yarmouth - Blackfriars Car Park, Blackfriars' Rd, Great Yarmouth, NR30 3BX
Usage figures for Plug in Norfolk installations
Total Electricity supplied in August | Difference from last month | Total electricity supplied by Plug in Norfolk |
|---|---|---|
6346.19 kWh | Increase of 1751.7 kWh | 32971.04 kWh |
Graph showing the total kWh used per month from September 2022 to July 2025:
The graph above shows a steady increase in the electricity used between the months of September 2022 and December 2024, starting at 97.44 kWh and growing to 1310.94kWh over the next 27 months. After a small drop in usage in February 2025, there was a sharp increase in kWh used between March 2025 and July 2025, as total energy used jumped from 1419.33 kWh to 4594.49 kWh in the space of 5 months and continues to climb.
CO2 savings for August | Total CO2 saving |
|---|---|
3508.6Kg | 18988.78kg |
Graph showing the total CO2 savings (kg) per month from September 2022 to July 2025:
The above graph shows the amount of CO2 saved each month as a result of the electricity used over the same time period. As in the previous graph, the CO2 saving per month has increased considerably between September 2022 and July 2025. First recorded as 52.93kg in September 2022, the CO2 saving per month grew to 2471.74kg in July 2025.
August saw 6346.19kWh electricity used - that's enough energy for electric cars to drive about 22,000 miles (based on 3.5 miles per kWh). And by having more electric vehicles on our roads, it's led to a total of 18988.78kg of harmful CO2 not going into the atmosphere since September 2022.
Travel Norfolk: Travel Electric
In partnership with Let's Experience Electric, Norfolk County Council recently held a free event showcasing the benefits of electric vehicles, including cars, buses and bikes. The day offered businesses and individuals insights into the industry and projects happening across Norfolk, along with the chance to test drive vehicles and talk to specialists in the EV industry.
