About Gridcap
Gridcap was founded with a single, clear objective: to speed up the installation of EV chargers, heat pumps and battery storage across Great Britain by removing the friction from DNO grid connections.
The Connection Bottleneck
As more commercial sites add EV chargers, heat pumps and battery storage, the capacity of the existing connection is often the deciding factor. Electrical contractors and property managers need to show the DNO how the site's demand will stay within its limits, and an application without clear demand figures or a documented Active Load Management (ALM) approach can lead to questions and delay.
Historically, showing a DNO how a site will manage its peak demand meant commissioning a bespoke engineering calculation or sending a standard ENA application with limited supporting figures.
Our Solution
Gridcap automates the feasibility calculation behind a load-management (EREC G100) application. It compares the existing demand and the new equipment, phase by phase, with the agreed import capacity (or, if that is not known, the cut-out fuse rating, to be confirmed with the DNO), shows whether load management is needed, and sets out the G100 requirements the chosen scheme must meet. Your PDF feasibility report is emailed to you straight after payment, usually within a few minutes.
The report is supporting information for your DNO application, with the figures the DNO asks for. The DNO still carries out its own assessment and makes the decision.
Built for the UK Grid
Our method follows the Energy Networks Association (ENA) guidance, including EREC G100 and the ENA EV charge point and heat pump connection process, which apply to the distribution network operators in Great Britain: UK Power Networks, SSEN, National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED), SP Energy Networks, Northern Powergrid and SP Electricity North West, as well as independent network operators (IDNOs). Gridcap is an independent tool: it is not affiliated with or endorsed by the ENA or any network operator.
Gridcap is a trading name of Alan P. Contact: support@gridcap.co.uk