Electric Vehicles, Power Grid and Resource

Sandia, national lab partners studying vulnerabilities of electric vehicle charging infrastructure

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

With electric vehicles becoming more common, the risks and hazards of a cyberattack on electric vehicle charging equipment and systems also increases. Johnson and his team recently published an open-access summary of known electric vehicle charger vulnerabilities in the journal Energies. Johnson et al.

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles Charging Idaho Vehicles

NSF awards UCSD team $39M to improve integration of distributed energy resources into grid; EV batteries also

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2020

To provide 50%—or more—of power from clean energy sources, power grids will have to be able to leverage distributed energy sources, and reliably manage dynamic changes, while minimizing impact on customer quality of service. We will be replicating the entire California power grid on one campus.

Grid

Grid San Diego Energy Power Grid

Japan V2G demonstrator project using EVs as virtual power plant resource; METI funding

Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2018

Seven companies—Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. TEPCO Power Grid, Inc.; Hitachi Systems Power Service, Ltd.; Stabilizing the power grid requires the use of thermal power but this incurs costs in owning and maintaining such power generating plants.

Japan

Japan Power Grid Power Powered

Elli and MITNETZ STROM publish concept for smart grid integration of EVs

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2022

Elli, a brand of the Volkswagen Group, and MITNETZ STROM have launched a nationwide pilot project for smart grid integration of electric vehicles. The resulting flexible grid usage is intended to reduce the frequency of bottlenecks in the power grid and create financial benefits for participants.

Grid

Grid Concept Power Grid Renewable

EV Mandates Jump Ahead of Energy and Charging Resources

Green Fleet Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The Off-Peak Video Summary: The goals and visions of mass adoption of electric vehicles do not yet match the realities of power sources. How should fleet managers factor energy, power grid, and utility access options into planning for EV fleet growth in the years ahead?

Energy

Energy Power Grid Grid Fleet

Cornell team develops framework for incorporating wireless charging road system into real-time electricity market

Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2022

Wireless charging roads equipped with energy storage systems are promising electric vehicle charging solutions by virtue of their strong advantages in time saving and reduced pressure on the existing power infrastructure. Their paper is published in the journal Applied Energy. —Jie Shi, lead author. Jie Shi, H.

Market

Market Energy Storage Charging Power Grid

Report says lithium from California’s Salton Sea can anchor US battery supply chain

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Developing lithium from the Salton Sea in California can help anchor a multi-billion dollar domestic electric vehicle battery supply chain and inject thousands of jobs and billions of dollars into California’s economically disadvantaged Imperial Valley, according to a new report from New Energy Nexus. Earlier post.).

Supplies

Supplies Batteries Battery California

Stockton school district partners with Mobility House for electric school bus charging; savings of $500K over 5 years

Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2021

The transportation yard has been constructed for 24 chargers to accommodate future additions to the electric bus fleet and relies on The Mobility House to minimize electricity charging costs while also ensuring vehicles are readily available for assigned routes. Funding of $4.94

Charging

Charging Maintenance Fleet Grid

Baker Institute report: China has positioned itself as a gatekeeper to the energy transition; nickel case study

Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

The global push to convert the world to electric vehicles will cause supply chain complexities that could undermine the alternative energy transition in the United States, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. The detailed report— Need Nickel?

China

China Energy Indonesia Power Grid

NREL researchers evaluating blockchain for transactive energy applications

Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2020

The Congressional Research Service last year noted increasing interest among producers of distributed energy resources (DERs)—such as rooftop solar—to sell electricity to neighbors. Feeders—which carry voltage from a substation to transformers—were not designed for the bidirectional flow of electricity.

Energy

Energy Grid Solar Power Grid

MIT team studies grid impacts of concentrated highway EV fast charging

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2021

Researchers at the MIT Energy Initiative have investigated the grid impacts of scaled up highway fast-charging (HFC) infrastructure by using an operations model of the 2033 Texas power grid with uniquely high spatial and temporal resolution. —Mowry and Mallapragada. Mowry, Dharik S. Mallapragada (2021). 2021.112508.

MIT

MIT Grid Charging Energy Storage

Polestar, Rivian report concludes automotive industry tracking to overshoot IPCC emissions target by 75%

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

So far, the primary focus for the industry has rightly been on electrification of the fleet, targeting the significant portion (60 to 65 percent for internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles) of emissions that come from the tailpipe. The report suggests that the car industry still has a chance to get on track.

Industrial

Industrial Industry Emissions Supplies

FuelCell Energy and Toyota complete first “Tri-gen” production system

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The FuelCell Energy Tri-gen system can produce up to 1,200 kg/day of hydrogen which will provide for TLS Long Beach’s fueling needs for its incoming light-duty fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) Mirai, while also supplying hydrogen to the nearby heavy-duty hydrogen refueling station to support TLS logistics and drayage operations at the port.

Long Beach

Long Beach Toyota Energy Production

SwRI to demonstrate use of electric vehicles as part of emergency power microgrid under US Army SPIDERS program

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is a member of a team that was recently awarded a $7-million contract from the US Army Corps of Engineers to demonstrate integration of electric vehicles, generators and solar arrays to supply emergency power for Fort Carson, Colo. Demonstration (JCTD) called the Smart Power Infrastructure.

Parts

Parts Electric Vehicles Power Powered

CoBank report finds that troubled US grid may need to use EVs for grid balancing

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

However, as older centralized thermal resources are being replaced with more variable renewables and long-distance delivery systems are showing their age, that synchronicity appears to be declining. US power outages are up 64% this decade compared to the previous decade.

Grid

Grid Re-Charge Power Grid Water

Fraunhofer analysis finds battery-electric trucks have energy cost advantage over hydrogen trucks

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In a recent analysis, Fraunhofer ISI concludes that battery-electric drives will become established in heavy-duty applications in the commercial vehicle sector and that fuel cells will remain a niche application. The different applications of trucks are arranged according to annual mileage and vehicle weight and load.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Energy Batteries Battery

Study finds all-electric rideshare fleet could reduce carbon emissions, but increase traffic issues

Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2023

They used the model and the data to estimate the life cycle air pollution, greenhouse gas, and traffic externality benefits and costs of serving rides based on Chicago TNC trip data from 2019 to 2022 with fully electric vehicles. The authors acknowledge funding from Carnegie Mellon University’s Wilton E. 2c07030

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Fleet All-Electric Carbon Emissions

Electric vs. Gasoline Cars: Uncovering the Real Climate Savior

The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Photo credit: Nick Starichenko / Shutterstock.com Contrary to common misconceptions , electric vehicles (EVs) generally have a smaller carbon footprint compared to traditional gasoline cars. This advantage remains true even when considering the electricity utilized for charging EVs.

Gasoline-Electric

Gasoline-Electric Gasoline Climate EPA

PNNL study finds that PHEVs and BEVs could serve as feasible resource to offset grid imbalances caused by integration of large amounts of intermittent wind generation

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

V2GFull varies not only the charging of the vehicle battery, but also can vary the discharging of the battery back into the power grid. trafficThis scenario is currently less desirable to automotive manufacturers, but provides an additional resource benefit to PHEV/BEVs by theoretically doubling their capacity value to the grid.

Wind

Wind Grid PHEV Power Grid

Volkswagen Group Components and DU-POWER establish JV for flexible quick-charging stations in China

Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2020

As an ambitious high-tech company with a competent technical development core, we will work with Volkswagen to create a solid foundation to support the success of electric vehicles. This then eases the strain on the power grid, particularly at peak times.

China

China Charging Power Powered

Honda, American Electric Power developing 2nd life applications for used EV batteries

Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2019

Honda is conducting research with Ohio-based electric utility American Electric Power to develop a network of used electric vehicle (EV) batteries that could be integrated into AEP’s electricity system.

Honda

Honda Power Powered Batteries

Danish Parker project developing universal definition for EV integration with electric grid for V2G services

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2017

Nissan, Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, PSA Groupe, NUVVE, Frederiksberg Forsyning, Enel, Insero and DTU (Technical University of Denmark) Electrical Engineering (PowerLabDK) are partnering in the Danish project Parker to develop a universal definition for grid integration for electric vehicles.

Grid

Grid Universal Power Grid Mitsubishi

Hawaii study finds vehicle-to-grid discharge detrimental to EV batteries

Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2017

Results of a study by a team at the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, SOEST, University of Hawaii at Manoa, suggest that the additional cycling to discharge vehicle batteries to the power grid in a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) scenario, even at constant power, is detrimental to EV battery cell performance.

Hawaii

Hawaii Grid Batteries Battery

California ISO releases five-year strategic plan; grid integration of renewable power, support for electric vehicle charging

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2012

The California Independent System Operator Corporation (ISO), California’s non-profit grid operator, released its new five-year (2012-2016) strategic plan. Between now and 2020, wind and solar generation will quadruple within the ISO transmission grid at the same time electric vehicle charging increases significantly.

Grid

Grid Renewable California Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicle Industry Associations – Joining Forces to Drive Adoption

Driivz

MAY 3, 2021

They also focus on educating the public about the benefits of electric vehicle adoption, promoting the eMobility industry as a whole as well as their individual organizations’ agendas. REA recently merged with the UK Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Association (UKEVSE).

Industrial

Industrial Industry Electric Vehicles Vehicles

GE and PowerStream launch Ontario microgrid demonstration project; Durathon batteries

Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2014

Using the MCS, PowerStream can determine when it is most economical to use the resources powering its microgrid or when they need to revert to using power from the provincial power grid.

Sodium

Sodium Batteries Battery Grid

U. Delaware and NRG Energy vehicle-to-grid project selling power to PJM

Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2013

A vehicle-to-grid (V2G) project between the University of Delaware and NRG Energy has begun selling power to PJM Interconnection for the power grid. Since then, the project has been selling power services from a fleet of EVs to PJM, whose territory has 60 million people in the 13 mid-Atlantic states.

Delaware

Delaware Grid Power Powered

OpenADR: A Bridge Between EV Fleets and the Grid

EV Connect

JANUARY 24, 2022

Electric vehicles (EVs) are looking to be a huge part of our future. As the costs of climate change and the price of oil both become too high to bear, auto manufacturers will shift more of their vehicle fleets to electric. EV fleets could play a part in overloading the grid, or could wind up unable to charge.

Grid

Grid Fleet Power Grid Power

Tesla Megapacks power NineDot Energy’s battery storage site in the Bronx, NYC

Teslarati

AUGUST 9, 2022

Together with the grid-scale battery packs, the site also features a solar canopy and infrastructure that’s ready for bi-directional electric vehicle chargers. Similar to other battery storage systems that Tesla has built in the past, the Megapack site in the Bronx is designed to make the local grid more robust.

New York City

New York City Energy Storage Power Powered

Berkeley study finds self-driving electric taxi fleets in Manhattan would deliver significant cost and environmental benefits

Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2018

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley have analyzed the cost, energy, and environmental implications of a fleet of self-driving electric vehicles operating in Manhattan. It is dependent on having a fairly dense charging network. Click to enlarge. Bauer, Jeffery B.

Taxi

Taxi Fleet New York City Miles

How to Prevent Blackouts by Packetizing the Power Grid

Cars That Think

JANUARY 29, 2022

That need for balance is true of electric power grids, too. Spiking demand for electric heat collided with supply problems created by frozen natural-gas equipment and below-average wind-power production. Today, chip shortages continue to disrupt the consumer electronics, automobile, and other sectors.

Power Grid

Power Grid Grid Power Powered

How is New Zealand disposing of EV batteries?

Drive Electric

APRIL 4, 2023

Electric Vehicles (EVs) are becoming increasingly popular worldwide, and New Zealand is no exception. If you want to learn more about whether EV’s are good for the environment, check out our previous resource here. A battery in its second life can serve a variety of purposes, such as: Providing stability to the power grid.

New Zealand

New Zealand Batteries Battery Waste

AC Propulsion sends eBox EV to Denmark for V2G research focused on buffering intermittent renewable energy

Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2011

AC Propulsion has delivered an AC Propulsion-powered eBox to the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), where it will be used to evaluate Vehicle to Grid (V2G) operation as part of a research program. We are happy to be working with DTU and look forward to furthering V2G implementation in Europe.

Denmark

Denmark Delaware Renewable Power Grid

BMW launches BMW i ChargeForward pilot in SF Bay Area

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2015

Working with a group of nearly 100 BMW i3 drivers, selected from approximately 400 applicants, BMW i ChargeForward will demonstrate how intelligent management of electric vehicle charging can contribute to optimizing electric power grid efficiency while reducing total cost of electric vehicle ownership.

BMW

BMW Grid Power Grid Mini E

North American Grid Operators Study Concludes 1M Plug-in Electric Vehicles May Be On the Road by 2020; Staggered Charging Can Reduce Potential Negative Impact on Grid

Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2010

A group of US and Canadian power grid operators, who manage most of the North American bulk electric grid collectively, studied the effect that plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) would have on the electric power grid. ISO RTO operating regions. Click to enlarge.

Grid

Grid Plug-in Plug Electric Vehicles

Navigant: sales of PEVs in India to reach 17,000 by 2018

Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2013

In a new report , Navigant Research forecasts that sales of plug-in vehicles (PEVs) in India will reach 17,000 by 2018. Combined with sales of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), that number will reach more than 22,000 in the same year. Two-wheeled electric vehicles will grow to more than 1.1

India

India 2018 Sale Power Grid

False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The company’s president, Tom Gage , dubbed the system “vehicle to grid” or V2G. Electricity is a commodity that is bought and sold, and yet unlike most other commodities, it cannot easily be stored.

Grid

Grid Power Powered Vehicles

Accedian, New Context, and Savari partner on next-generation smart infrastructure

Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2020

Smart infrastructure ESG and SDG initiatives will provide tangible health benefits with cleaner air and healthier climates as a result of the mass electrification of power grids derived from renewable energy resources like solar, thermal, water, and wind to fuel limitless fleets of electric vehicles producing zero or low carbon emissions.

Connect

Connect Connected Power Grid Climate

Unraveling the Complexities of EV Charging Pricing Policies

Setec Powerr

MAY 19, 2023

Unraveling the Complexities of EV Charging Pricing Policies As electric vehicles (EVs) become increasingly prevalent, the need for a comprehensive understanding of EV charging pricing policies is more important than ever. As the power grid expands to meet the demands of the EV industry, the pricing model will have to evolve in tandem.

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Price Charging Gasoline-Electric Grid

CA Energy Commission awards CSE $1.5M for development of standards-based smart EV charging platform; first employment of ISO/IEC 15118

Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2015

million grant to the Center for Sustainable Energy (CSE) to lead development of an advanced management platform for integrating electric vehicle (EV) charging with utility-scale energy systems. Group 2: Grid communication interfaces for plug-in electric vehicle charging to support vehicle-to-grid services.

Standards

Standards San Diego Grid Charging

BMW i ChargeForward Program to demo contribution of intelligent EV charging to grid efficiency

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2015

Working with a select group of BMW i3 drivers, BMW i ChargeForward will demonstrate how intelligent management of electric vehicle charging can contribute to improved electric power grid efficiency while reducing total cost of electric vehicle ownership.

Grid

Grid BMW Las Vegas Charging

NREL and partners to investigate secondary uses for electric drive vehicle batteries

Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2011

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will partner with an industry-academia team led by the California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE) to investigate secondary applications for aged battery packs from electric drive vehicles. Assess the economic benefit of second uses.

San Diego

San Diego Li-ion Batteries Battery

Navy and Marine Corps to lease 205 new EVs for use at California installations; largest integration of EVs in federal government

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2016

The California Energy Commission and the Department of the Navy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) formalizing a partnership that supports Navy and Marine Corps installation efforts to develop alternative energy resources and increase energy security and reliability.

Mariner

Mariner Installation California Solar

Tesla nickel supplier BHP building off-grid solar & battery storage systems for mining

Teslarati

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Tesla nickel supplier BHP announced that construction on one of the world’s largest off-grid mining solar and battery energy storage systems has started. BHP, a world-leading resources company in Australia, is working with TransAlta to shift its mines from fossil fuels to renewable energy. MW solar farm at Mt. Keith, plus a 10.7

Grid

Grid Solar Building Batteries

Sandia, national lab partners studying vulnerabilities of electric vehicle charging infrastructure

NSF awards UCSD team $39M to improve integration of distributed energy resources into grid; EV batteries also

Japan V2G demonstrator project using EVs as virtual power plant resource; METI funding

Elli and MITNETZ STROM publish concept for smart grid integration of EVs

EV Mandates Jump Ahead of Energy and Charging Resources

Cornell team develops framework for incorporating wireless charging road system into real-time electricity market

Report says lithium from California’s Salton Sea can anchor US battery supply chain

Stockton school district partners with Mobility House for electric school bus charging; savings of $500K over 5 years

Baker Institute report: China has positioned itself as a gatekeeper to the energy transition; nickel case study

NREL researchers evaluating blockchain for transactive energy applications

MIT team studies grid impacts of concentrated highway EV fast charging

Polestar, Rivian report concludes automotive industry tracking to overshoot IPCC emissions target by 75%

FuelCell Energy and Toyota complete first “Tri-gen” production system

SwRI to demonstrate use of electric vehicles as part of emergency power microgrid under US Army SPIDERS program

CoBank report finds that troubled US grid may need to use EVs for grid balancing

Fraunhofer analysis finds battery-electric trucks have energy cost advantage over hydrogen trucks

Study finds all-electric rideshare fleet could reduce carbon emissions, but increase traffic issues

Electric vs. Gasoline Cars: Uncovering the Real Climate Savior

PNNL study finds that PHEVs and BEVs could serve as feasible resource to offset grid imbalances caused by integration of large amounts of intermittent wind generation

Volkswagen Group Components and DU-POWER establish JV for flexible quick-charging stations in China

Honda, American Electric Power developing 2nd life applications for used EV batteries

Danish Parker project developing universal definition for EV integration with electric grid for V2G services

Hawaii study finds vehicle-to-grid discharge detrimental to EV batteries

California ISO releases five-year strategic plan; grid integration of renewable power, support for electric vehicle charging

Electric Vehicle Industry Associations – Joining Forces to Drive Adoption

GE and PowerStream launch Ontario microgrid demonstration project; Durathon batteries

U. Delaware and NRG Energy vehicle-to-grid project selling power to PJM

OpenADR: A Bridge Between EV Fleets and the Grid

Tesla Megapacks power NineDot Energy’s battery storage site in the Bronx, NYC

Berkeley study finds self-driving electric taxi fleets in Manhattan would deliver significant cost and environmental benefits

How to Prevent Blackouts by Packetizing the Power Grid

How is New Zealand disposing of EV batteries?

AC Propulsion sends eBox EV to Denmark for V2G research focused on buffering intermittent renewable energy

BMW launches BMW i ChargeForward pilot in SF Bay Area

North American Grid Operators Study Concludes 1M Plug-in Electric Vehicles May Be On the Road by 2020; Staggered Charging Can Reduce Potential Negative Impact on Grid

Navigant: sales of PEVs in India to reach 17,000 by 2018

False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Accedian, New Context, and Savari partner on next-generation smart infrastructure

Unraveling the Complexities of EV Charging Pricing Policies

CA Energy Commission awards CSE $1.5M for development of standards-based smart EV charging platform; first employment of ISO/IEC 15118

BMW i ChargeForward Program to demo contribution of intelligent EV charging to grid efficiency

NREL and partners to investigate secondary uses for electric drive vehicle batteries

Navy and Marine Corps to lease 205 new EVs for use at California installations; largest integration of EVs in federal government

Tesla nickel supplier BHP building off-grid solar & battery storage systems for mining

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