English: I'm pleased to support this motion, but recognise that the need for electric car charging points in residential buildings only represents part of the wider infrastructure required. I chaired the first session at December's Policy Forum for Wales keynote seminar, 'Energy policy in Wales and enabling the transition to a low-carbon economy - priorities for cutting emissions, infrastructure and investment and supporting the economy.' As I stated there, the ability to store large amounts of energy is critical to renewable energy, because sunshine and wind don't simply appear at convenient times when humans need electricity, but if all conventional cars and public vehicles are replaced by electric cars and vehicles, the world would run out of lithium, which is used in batteries, in around five decades. I also commented that, in the United States, there's research now on alternative renewable energy batteries, but they're not yet ready to take to market. We also heard from the expert panel that we do see evidence that transition to electric and other forms of low-emission vehicles is under way, but it's under way much slower in Wales than the rest of the UK, and that's measured by the uptake of electric vehicles and by the provision of charging point infrastructure. We heard that there's a long list of things that public sector organisations could and should be doing, including facilitating a network of charging points and leading by example, by encouraging the adoption of electric vehicles within public sector fleets and their supply chains, using their leverage through procurement. We heard that it's absolutely crucial that there are charging points at the right rates and in the right locations to give fleets and individuals confidence to go out and invest in an electric vehicle, and that the public sector can lead by example, as I indicated. My own son-in-law is a qualified electric vehicle charger installer, and I recently met Flintshire-based businesses delivering both training and installation. All are waiting for the dam to burst, yet UK Department for Transport statistics published in December showed that only 60 publicly available rapid chargers exist across Wales, with none, they say, in Gwynedd, Conwy, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil, Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent or Torfaen, and only 1.8 per 100,000 population in Wales, compared to 3.6 in England and 7.5 in Scotland. In his recent statement on the north Wales metro, the Minister for Economy and Transport referred to the new park-and-ride site and active travel routes on the Deeside Industrial Park - good things; however, I'm advised that only two double chargers are being installed for 240 parking spaces at the park and ride, and that even this took sector intervention with the council. We've got to do better.
Welsh: Rwy'n falch o gefnogi'r cynnig hwn, ond rwy'n cydnabod nad yw'r angen am bwyntiau gwefru ceir trydan mewn adeiladau preswyl ond yn rhan o'r seilwaith ehangach sydd ei angen. Cadeiriais y sesiwn gyntaf ym mhrif seminar Fforwm Polisi Cymru ym mis Rhagfyr ar bolisi ynni yng Nghymru a hwyluso'r newid i economi carbon isel - blaenoriaethau ar gyfer torri allyriadau, seilwaith a buddsoddiad, a chefnogi'r economi. Fel y dywedais yno, mae'r gallu i storio llawer iawn o ynni yn hanfodol i ynni adnewyddadwy, oherwydd nid yw heulwen a gwynt yn ymddangos ar adegau cyfleus pan fydd angen trydan ar bobl, ond os daw ceir a cherbydau trydan i gymryd lle'r holl geir a cherbydau cyhoeddus confensiynol, byddai cyflenwad y byd o lithiwm, sy'n cael ei ddefnyddio mewn batris, yn dod i ben o fewn oddeutu pum degawd. Nodais hefyd fod yna waith ymchwil yn mynd rhagddo yn yr Unol Daleithiau ar hyn o bryd ar fatris ynni adnewyddadwy amgen, ond nid ydynt yn barod ar gyfer y farchnad eto. Clywsom hefyd gan y panel arbenigol ein bod yn gweld tystiolaeth fod y newid i gerbydau trydan a mathau eraill o gerbydau allyriadau isel wedi dechrau, ond mae'n digwydd yn llawer arafach yng Nghymru na gweddill y DU, a chaiff ei fesur yn ôl y nifer sy'n defnyddio cerbydau trydan a'r ddarpariaeth o seilwaith pwyntiau gwefru. Clywsom fod rhestr hir o bethau y gallai ac y dylai sefydliadau sector cyhoeddus eu gwneud, gan gynnwys hwyluso rhwydwaith o bwyntiau gwefru ac arwain trwy esiampl, trwy annog mabwysiadu cerbydau trydan yn fflydoedd y sector cyhoeddus a'u cadwyni cyflenwi, gan ddefnyddio'u dylanwad trwy gaffael. Clywsom ei bod yn gwbl hanfodol fod digon o bwyntiau gwefru ar gael yn y lleoliadau cywir i roi hyder i fflydoedd ac unigolion fynd allan a buddsoddi mewn cerbyd trydan, ac y gall y sector cyhoeddus arwain trwy esiampl, fel y nodais. Mae fy mab-yng-nghyfraith wedi cymhwyso fel gosodwr mannau gwefru cerbydau trydan, ac yn ddiweddar cyfarfûm â busnesau yn Sir y Fflint sy'n darparu hyfforddiant ac yn eu gosod. Mae pob un yn aros i'r argae chwalu, ond eto dangosodd ystadegau Adran Drafnidiaeth y DU a gyhoeddwyd ym mis Rhagfyr mai dim ond 60 o fannau gwefru cyflym sydd ar gael yn gyhoeddus ledled Cymru, heb un o gwbl, yn ôl yr hyn a ddywedant, yng Ngwynedd, Conwy, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tudful, Caerffili, Blaenau Gwent neu Dorfaen, a dim ond 1.8 am bob 100,000 o'r boblogaeth yng Nghymru, o'i gymharu â 3.6 yn Lloegr a 7.5 yn yr Alban. Yn ei ddatganiad diweddar ar fetro gogledd Cymru, cyfeiriodd Gweinidog yr Economi a Thrafnidiaeth at y safle parcio a theithio newydd a llwybrau teithio llesol ym Mharc Diwydiannol Glannau Dyfrdwy - pethau da; fodd bynnag, deallaf mai dim ond dau fan gwefru dwbl sy'n cael eu gosod ar gyfer 240 o leoedd parcio yn y maes parcio a theithio, a bod hyn hyd yn oed wedi galw am ymyrraeth ar ran y cyngor. Mae'n rhaid inni wneud yn well.