The existing electricity grid in Europe is prepared to accommodate the growth in consumption as a result of electric vehicle charging until 2020. This is due to the fact that the integration of electric vehicles has been modest, principally because of the high cost of electric cars and their low battery life. It has been estimated that by 2020 in Portugal, the number of cars running on electricity will be few and will not exceed 2% of all vehicles on the road.
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Therefore, for the next 10 years, electric vehicle batteries will preferably be charged at the homes of consumers or nearby or at privately owned sites (such as shopping centres and private car parks). Battery charging in residential areas should preferably take place at night when there is less demand on the electricity grid and this will make it possible to offer consumers more affordable prices. Charging outside of residential areas should preferably take place during the day.
It will not be until between 2020 and 2030 that it will be necessary to begin to adopt advanced control and management strategies for the electricity grid. These strategies and solutions have already begun to be identified through research projects in order for them to be operational in time.
These are the first conclusions of project MERGE (Mobile Energy Resources for Grids of Electricity), a project that began in September 2009 and is the largest EU funded research project. INESC TEC – coordinated by INESC Porto (Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering of Porto) is scientifically coordinating this project that aims to prepare the European electricity system for the massification of electric vehicles.
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INESC PORTO
Therefore, for the next 10 years, electric vehicle batteries will preferably be charged at the homes of consumers or nearby or at privately owned sites (such as shopping centres and private car parks). Battery charging in residential areas should preferably take place at night when there is less demand on the electricity grid and this will make it possible to offer consumers more affordable prices. Charging outside of residential areas should preferably take place during the day.
It will not be until between 2020 and 2030 that it will be necessary to begin to adopt advanced control and management strategies for the electricity grid. These strategies and solutions have already begun to be identified through research projects in order for them to be operational in time.
These are the first conclusions of project MERGE (Mobile Energy Resources for Grids of Electricity), a project that began in September 2009 and is the largest EU funded research project. INESC TEC – coordinated by INESC Porto (Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering of Porto) is scientifically coordinating this project that aims to prepare the European electricity system for the massification of electric vehicles.
Contacts and sources:
INESC PORTO
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