Strategic Charger Placement Could Reduce Power Plant Need

Combating the climate change is not always about breakthrough discoveries, it is often associated with removing (eradicating) inefficiencies.

For instance, MIT researchers encourage the strategic placement of EV charging stations near solar generation systems and suggest implementing delayed EV charging in order to maximise the output.

MIT study vindicates the importance of using flexibility in electricity generation and consumption as an optimisation strategy. MIT key findings are:

• Overnight BEV charging can mitigate evening peak electricity demand
• Workplace charging can reduce peak impacts and maximise PV output
• BEV adoption needs to accelerate relative to PV installation to maximise benefits

The research shows that optimisation strategy is key to reduce stress on the grid, localise renewable electricity generation (thus increasing energy security), reduce the need for new power plants, and help businesses reduce operational costs and associated carbon emissions.