Transport - Grid for vehicles - G4V

Investigating the impacts of a large-scale rollout of electric vehicles on the grid infrastructure in Europe

Summary

The roll-out of electric vehicles and especially plug-in hybrid vehicles will be reality very soon. Although electricity is available everywhere in Europe, the impact of a large scale introduction needs to be investigated in detail in order to optimise the infrastructure and make use of the inherent opportunities this represents for the operation of smart grids and energy efficiency.

The Grid for vehicles project aims to accomplish the transition from isolated projects in the different member states to a joint European approach on this topic. The project will take all stakeholders into account and focus on generating fast and openly available results: An analytical method to evaluate the impact of a large scale introduction on the grid infrastructure and a visionary “road map” for the year 2020.

Role for ECN Policy Studies

Work package 3: Evaluation of economic, environmental, regulatory and social aspects.

• Evaluation of social aspects and possible constraints for a large-scale rollout of electric vehicles including infrastructure recharging infrastructure (Task leader).
• Identification of barriers and exploration of potential solutions.

Partners

• RWE
• Endesa
• Vattenfall
• Enel
• EDP
• EDF
• Imperial College London
• Polytechnic University of Valencia
• Chalmers University
• Technical University of Dortmund
• Technical University of Aachen

Status

Ongoing, 1 January 2010 - 30 June 2010.

More information

For more information please contact Ingo Bunzeck or go to the website.