The economics of using plug-in hybrid electric vehicle battery packs for grid storage

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 195, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2377-2384

  Peterson, Scott B ^a   Whitacre, J F ^a   Apt, Jay ^a,b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric vehicle; Energy arbitrage; PHEV; Smart grid; Vehicle to grid power

Indexed keywords

ANCILLARY SERVICE; BATTERY DEGRADATION; BATTERY PACK; ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS; ECONOMIC LOSS; ELECTRICITY PRICES; FREQUENCY REGULATIONS; GRID ELECTRICITY; GRID STORAGE; LIFEPO; MARKET INFORMATION; NUMBER OF VEHICLES; PHEV; PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE; REPLACEMENT COSTS; SMART GRID; SOCIAL WELFARE BENEFITS; VEHICLE BATTERY; VEHICLE-TO-GRID POWER;

AUTOMOBILES; DEGRADATION; EARNINGS; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; PROFITABILITY; SECONDARY BATTERIES;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 74249099269     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2009.09.070     Document Type: Article

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