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09-30-2009, 07:50 AM
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/Canadian_Flag.jpg Can handle electric vehicles. Would cost driver about $200 per year. (http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Grid+ready+hybrids+Hydro/2048604/story.html)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Hymotion_12kWh_Li-Ion_equipped_FEH.jpgLynn Moore - MONTREALGAZETTE (http://www.montrealgazette.com) - September 30, 2009
Doesn't America also have enough capacity for this? --Ed.
Quebec's electric grid already has the capacity and strength to handle hybrid electric vehicles, even two per household in dense urban settings, an international conference on the emerging transportation sector was told yesterday.
That's the conclusion of Hydro-Québec and the Electric Power Research Institute, which ran two simulations, one in the city and one in the suburbs, and calculated the impact of hybrid electric vehicles being plugged into the grid for recharging.
''What we learned is our distribution network is capable of accommodating a large quantity of plug-in electric vehicles without (special) investment,'' Hydro-Québec engineer Angelo Giumento said in an interview.
Stress tests done during high-demand periods, with ''even two cars per customer being plugged in (showed) we were fine,'' Giumento said.
Quebec's grid is more robust than those of U.S. states or of European utilities, because it has been built to respond to high demand during cold winter nights, he said.
''That is why we can accommodate many more vehicles than our American counterparts or perhaps other provinces,'' Giumento said.
The sort of hybrid electric vehicle used for the simulations can run on charged batteries for about 50 to 60 kilometres before turning to fuel. During recharging, it would draw the... http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Grid+ready+hybrids+Hydro/2048604/story.html
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Hymotion_12kWh_Li-Ion_equipped_FEH.jpgLynn Moore - MONTREALGAZETTE (http://www.montrealgazette.com) - September 30, 2009
Doesn't America also have enough capacity for this? --Ed.
Quebec's electric grid already has the capacity and strength to handle hybrid electric vehicles, even two per household in dense urban settings, an international conference on the emerging transportation sector was told yesterday.
That's the conclusion of Hydro-Québec and the Electric Power Research Institute, which ran two simulations, one in the city and one in the suburbs, and calculated the impact of hybrid electric vehicles being plugged into the grid for recharging.
''What we learned is our distribution network is capable of accommodating a large quantity of plug-in electric vehicles without (special) investment,'' Hydro-Québec engineer Angelo Giumento said in an interview.
Stress tests done during high-demand periods, with ''even two cars per customer being plugged in (showed) we were fine,'' Giumento said.
Quebec's grid is more robust than those of U.S. states or of European utilities, because it has been built to respond to high demand during cold winter nights, he said.
''That is why we can accommodate many more vehicles than our American counterparts or perhaps other provinces,'' Giumento said.
The sort of hybrid electric vehicle used for the simulations can run on charged batteries for about 50 to 60 kilometres before turning to fuel. During recharging, it would draw the... http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Grid+ready+hybrids+Hydro/2048604/story.html