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myenergis Insight Into the CMA Report and the EV Charging Market

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Charging at home is even more affordable if a homeowner has solar panels, a smart energy tariff and a genuinely intelligent EV charger ; allowing them them to harness energy when it is at its cheapest and greenest. Smart charger installation. Currently, 62% of EV owners charge their vehicles at home.

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BMW, Ford and Honda to create new company focused on optimizing EV grid services: ChargeScape

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Building on years of Open Vehicle-Grid Integration Platform (OVGIP) cross-industry collaboration, ChargeScape’s single platform will eliminate the need for individual integrations between each automotive brand and each electric utility.

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Emporia’s energy management system prepares for the bidirectional EV charging future

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Total control of power usage: from solar to EV and back to the house. Once an EV can double as a stationary storage device, it will take its place as part of an energy ecosystem that includes rooftop solar and energy management—and could even become a source of revenue for owners and a valuable grid-balancing resource for utilities.

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AMPLY Power offers EV fleets guaranteed uptime and zero charging challenges

Charged EVs

During previous tech revolutions, third-party contractors emerged to provide turnkey services to companies for things like data centers and solar installations. You would have a solar developer figure out all that for you and install it, and for large enough deployments, you would do a 20-year solar PPA.

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What is Demand Response?

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However, with the growth in renewable energy sources , utilities are exploring demand flexibility aimed at increasing consumption at times when solar or wind energy is abundant. EV owners can install smart chargers at home and capture savings through participating in a utility’s Demand Response program for EV charging.

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The Role of Power Utilities in Turning EVs into a Grid Asset – Part 2

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Part 1 of this two-part blog discusses the challenges facing electric utilities – both electricity generators and grid operators – with electric vehicle (EV) adoption coinciding with the electrification of buildings, heating, and industry. Certainly, proactive investments on the part of utilities and governments at all levels are called for.

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Testing and refining EV charging standards: Q&A with CharIN’s Executive Director

Charged EVs

This is where it gets challenging from a utility perspective—you have to align those charging times with peak solar or peak wind, and maybe get the consumer to modify charging behavior accordingly. ” Charged : That sounds like an argument for having a smart charger instead of just a plain old non-networked charger.