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Thursday 29 September 2011



9 million EV's in Berlin

According to Katie Melua there are 9 million bicycles in Beijing. If it is up to the European Commission, there will be many millions of electric vehicles in Berlin and other European cities in 2050.Indeed, the ambition announced in the Commission's "Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area", published in March of this year, is to have no more "conventionally-fueled" cars at all anymore in urban transport (i.e. in cities) by 2050. This would mean that of the 51 million cars on the road in Germany, many millions would have to become electric vehicles. The German government itself announced two years ago that it wants to have one million electric cars on the road in 2020. Whether this is realistic, remains to be seen. Right now, the country boasts a mere 2,300 fully-electric cars. A long way to go.

But if we assume that the development of electric cars will really take off in Germany and the rest of Europe in the coming decades, the question is, what would this mean for the electricity sector? European Energy Review put this question to Peter Birkner, a German specalist who is also chairman of the Networks Committee of industry association Eurelectric. His answer may come as a surprise: for power generation, it would not have too much of an impact. One million electric vehicles, he says, can run on just 0.3% of German electricity supply!

However, for the electricity grid it would mean a great deal. If a million German car drivers came home from work and plugged in their vehicles all at once, says Birkner, the grid would collapse.

According to Birkner, the only way to make possible the integration of electric mobility into the electricity system, is the introduction of automated "smart charging" systems that can flatten the too-high peak loads that would otherwise occur. In addition, he says, it would help a great deal if all these electric cars were used not only as power consumers, but also as storage devices for the power system.

These changes will require the generous cooperation of the people who will be driving the cars. They will not only have to pay the costs, they will have to become active participants in the electricity system as well. Our new correspondent in Berlin, Alexander Bakst, has the full story for you. You can read it by clicking here:
http://www.europeanenergyreview.eu/index.php?id_mailing=208&toegang=091d584fced301b442654dd8c23b3fc9&id=3

http://www.europeanenergyreview.eu/site/pagina.php?id=3245