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Smart grid
Mission * Why Vehicles Need to use Electricity > Peak oil > Climate change > Renewable energy > Smart grid > Vehicle-to-grid > Vehicle-to-home
A smart electrical grid enables instantaneous communication between electrical producers and electrical consumers to enhance the efficiency and stability of the system. Smart home appliances (e.g. refrigerator, dishwasher, clothes washing machine) could be designed to turn off at critical moments when needed to help avert a potential power brownout or blackout. Electric vehicles that are plugged in for recharging can help to stabilize a smart electrical grid by occasionally feeding power back into the grid when needed to help prevent a brownout or blackout.
News
- 2013.05.31 - Combining Electric Cars With Smart Grid Technology Can Cut Charging Costs In Half | ThinkProgress
- 2013.04.26 - Smart Grid: Why a sluggish all-electric car market shouldn't be a surprise
- 2013.03.07 - Global Pollution and Prevention News: The Smart Grid and Electric Car Charging
- 2013.01.00 - Electric Vehicles and the Smart Grid - smartgridsherpa.com
- 2012.12.14 - Smart electrical grid of 2030: all renewable, 90 percent of the time - Ars Technica
- 2012.12.03 - Mitsubishi, USC partner on smart grid study with 12 i electric vehicles - autoblog green
- 2012.10.18 - Electric Cars: The Tipping Point for the Smart Grid : Greentech Media
- 2012.09.05 - A Million Electric Vehicles Hit The Grid: Opportunity For Smart Charging Solutions | IMT Green & Clean Journal
- 2012.05.02 - Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles: Made for Each Other? - internationaltransportforum.org
- 2012.03.28 - Electric Vehicle Integration with SmartGrid Forum
- 2011.09.12 - Electric Vehicles, Smart Grid, Residential Solar Power: A Virtuous Circle Emerges | CleanTechnica
- 2011.03.00 - Convergence of Electric Vehicles and the Smart Grid - IEEE Smart Grid
- 2010.12.06 - Why Electric Cars Will Drive the Smart Grid - The Network: Cisco's Technology News Site
- 2009.06.20 - Electric cars seen as killer app for smart grid | Green Tech - CNET News
- 2009.03.17 - Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - NYTimes.com
Resources
- Smart Grid - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Which comes first: the smart grid or the electric car? - IBM - United States
- Infrastructure: Smart grids and electric vehicles: a perfect match? | Allianz Knowledge
- Smart Grid News : End Use : Electric Transportation
- HowStuffWorks "Charging Plug-in Hybrids on a Smart Grid"
- Electric Vehicle-Smart Grid Interoperability Center - Argonne National Laboratory