Tagged: Power grid

10:35am

Tue September 13, 2011
Environment

Electric vehicles could help store NW wind power

Credit U.S. Army / Flickr

RICHLAND, Wash. – As the Pacific Northwest begins to integrate more renewable energy, grid operators sometimes have trouble predicting the variability that comes with it. Researchers have found a way to use electric vehicles to help balance wind power’s inconsistency.

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