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UK power crisis – entirely the fault of regulators and ministers

EV Info

In the light of competition OfGem gave permit to far too many outfits to join the Power company bandwagon and make a business on buying and selling gas and electricity. Gordon Hughes is professor of economics at the University of Edinburgh and a former senior adviser on energy and environmental policy at the World Bank.

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Smart Charging Electric Vehicles and the Flexibility Market

Driivz

If the power supply and demand infrastructure continues “business as usual,” it will reach maximum capacity – unless extremely expensive upgrades are done. DSR, though, may become an issue if the system cannot reduce power demands. The utility must buy power from the general capacity market at higher rates and passes along the expense.

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The Essential Guide to EV Smart Charging and Smart Energy Management

Driivz

The Universal Smart Energy Framework (USEF) extrapolates from the concept of consumer energy flexibility and applies it to the entire energy market, creating new players who can operate under a variety of business models. What is the Flexibility Market for Energy?

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

And, you have to recognize that they pull a hell of a lot of power through the local grid: there will come a time when we will see utility transformers popping from all the current being drawn (imagine just a few dozen EVs fast-charging simultaneously, on 480V at 500A: wow). Analyse their business models thoroughly!