Scotland’s most powerful EV charging hub has officially opened at Myrekirk Roundabout in Dundee.
This new facility boasts 24 ultra-rapid charging bays, providing nearly two and a half megawatts of capacity. Among these, eight bays offer up to 360 kW units that can charge an EV with up to 60 miles of range in just three minutes, the first publicly accessible chargers of their kind in Scotland. The remaining 16 bays are equipped with 150 kW units, capable of delivering roughly 8 miles of range per minute to a standard family car.
In addition to its charging capabilities, the site features a green roof with sedum plants, aimed at increasing local biodiversity and filtering airborne pollutants.
Regular readers of Electrical Review may be wondering how this new EV charging hub compares to the one recently announced by Osprey Charging, which claims to be Scotland’s largest. Well, that hub is expected to have a total of 16 chargers outputting 300 kW, that means it won’t have quite the speeds to compete with the 360 kW units at Myrekirk Roundabout. It is important to note that few cars can charge at speeds above 300 kW, however, with just the Lotus Eletre and 2024 Porsche Taycan capable of reaching such speeds.
SSE, the company behind the new EV charging hub, has also set up another ultra-rapid charging hub in Dundee at Kingsway West, which includes eight charging bays. This hub, along with the Myrekirk site, is part of SSE’s broader plan to develop 300 ultra-rapid EV charging hubs across the UK and Ireland over the next five years, all powered by renewable energy. Additionally, the company is working on its first electric heavy goods vehicle (e-HGV) charging hub in Birmingham’s Tyseley Energy Park.
Fiona Hyslop, the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Transport, commented, “I’m pleased to join SSE to officially open the Myrekirk Charging Hub. This site features some of the most powerful electric vehicle charging available – offering customers brilliantly fast charging while providing range confidence for people living in and visiting Dundee.
“To reduce transport emissions and protect the climate, the Scottish Government is committed to phasing out the need for new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030. We can only do this if people have confidence in the availability of charging infrastructure – and that can only be achieved through private investment like what we can see here from SSE at Myrekirk.
“With private investment we can grow the network with the pace and scale required to meet our commitment to see approximately 24,000 additional public charge points added by 2030. The Scottish Government’s £30 million Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund is an example of how we’re working to continue to attract private investment in public EV charging and continue to grow the network as we transition to a net zero transport system. Our latest funding will ensure more places in Scotland benefit from the kind of high quality infrastructure we can see here in Dundee.”
Neil Kirkby, Managing Director for Enterprise at SSE, added, “SSE is playing a key role in decarbonising the UK and Ireland’s transport system, with a commitment to roll-out 300 ultra rapid charging hubs over the next 5 years. The opening of Scotland’s most powerful charging hub at Myrekirk represents a key milestone on that journey, supporting progress on the commitment made by the City of Dundee to installing fast and reliable ultra rapid EV charging infrastructure for drivers and fleet owners.”