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University of Michigan Explores Vehicle to Grid (V2G)




Can your car - or your hybrid - help power the grid?electric grid

" ... exploring plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) that not only use grid electricity to meet their power needs, but also the car's potential to store electricity from the wind or sun, or even feed electricity back into the grid, earning money for the owner."

" ... vehicle-to-grid (V2G) integration ... improve the sustainability and resilience of the transportation and electric power infrastructures ... new era in which vehicles and electric "fuel" infrastructure become a system."

" electric cars become "distributed" storage, doubling as mobile holding tanks for electricity, ready to serve in their down time."

 

Via:  University of Michigan LINK
 

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Posted by Green Dude on February 23, 2010 05:55 AM | |





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