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AeroVironment licenses PNNL EV smart charger controller technology

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Under normal conditions, this stabilizing technology will be particularly important as the power grid is expected to rely more and more on variable renewable resources such as wind and solar technologies.

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HOMER Grid software now models EV charging stations

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The smart or deferrable charging station mode models the intelligent charging of a car or a fleet of cars to minimize the cost. The smart charger allows project developers to leverage HOMER Grid's capability to model demand charge reduction in any distributed renewable energy system and apply this to an EV charging station.

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

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The company's efforts will reduce EV customers’ personal carbon footprints by utilizing electricity that comes from more readily available renewable energy sources, such as wind or solar. This will support the many EV customers who do not use “smart" chargers at home, as their EVs would otherwise be unreachable for grid services.

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How does the Zappi EV charger minimise your electricity bill but still keep you Fully Charged?

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Today, we’ll be talking about the price of going solar and charging with the myenergi Zappi. But if you've left that life of fossil fuels behind, we're going to share customer experiences about how much it costs to charge your EV and can you do it with your onsite solar? That seems expensive for an EV charger.

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

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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.

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

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Another is to use pricing to affect when customers charge their EVs, which can be self-managed by the customer or integrated with managed smart EV charging. Smart EV charging and energy management solutions direct the flow of energy within the charging facility to respond to grid conditions or pricing incentives. .

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