Electric cars will light up the homes of the world in the near future

A study conducted by Bloomberg revealed that the size of the global market for electric cars is steadily growing, as there are now more than 5.6 million electric cars on the roads in the world. The study showed that electric cars currently constitute only 3% of car sales worldwide, but will reach 10% in 2025, and will grow to 28% in 2030 and then to 58% in 2040.

To demonstrate the extent of the growth that the electric car market will witness in the world, it is sufficient to know that there were only one million electric cars in America in 2018, but by 2030 there will be more than 4 million electric vehicles in California alone, as reported by the “policy” platform . Advice (policyadvice) recently.

Can the energy of these car batteries be used in other uses?

Yes, absolutely, this is confirmed by researcher Professor Tom Stacey and researcher Dr. Ying Shela, both professors at British Anglia Ruskin University, where the two researchers confirmed in a recent study that electric cars will illuminate millions of homes in the world during the next few years, by using stored energy. In its batteries to deliver electricity to the home grid, a new and pioneering technology, it has already been used in Japan.

The researchers noted that many electric vehicles (EVs) are being produced in the world now, with a new feature being the ability to use their onboard batteries to send energy back to the source of electricity to which it was connected in order to charge it.

Whether it is the car owner's home, or the public electricity network, these technologies have been invented in order to balance charging and consumption, so that they are reciprocal and not just one way.

The ability and ability to use batteries is consistent with the future vision to provide clean energy sources instead of fossil fuels to generate electricity, and the work is currently accelerating to use renewable and clean sources such as wind and solar energy, and to store the electricity generated by it in batteries for reuse again, which will enable of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The plan looks great, but it is difficult, the researchers stress, because electricity is difficult to store. But we already store huge amounts of electricity in our cars, with the use of electric cars steadily increasing in the world, and there are now in the United Kingdom, for example, about 300,000 electric cars on the roads, and the batteries of these cars combined can store 18 gigawatts per hour of electricity, which can be Usefully useful in lighting and operating homes.

In fact, this huge amount of electricity stored in the batteries exceeds the storage capacity of the largest electricity storage plant in the UK, the Dinorwig pumped storage plant, which has a storage capacity of only 9 gigawatts per hour.

By 2030, the UK will have nearly 11 million electric cars on the road. Assuming that 50% of these vehicles use batteries capable of feeding unused energy back to the grid, this would provide electricity for 5.5 million British households.

How can we achieve this?

To answer this question, the researchers explain that we need 3 things, namely:

First, you must use batteries capable of transmitting energy in two directions, i.e. from the vehicle to the charging point and back as well. This system is known as “vehicle-to-grid” or (V2G), and was first used in Japan after The Fukushima disaster in 2011, to compensate for the shortage of energy sources at the time.

Secondly, more areas of development are needed to spread this technology. This includes the installation of "vehicle-to-grid" chargers in homes, vehicle compatibility (using modern car batteries capable of recharging), and changes in the energy market.

The third part of the technical puzzle is the use of modern networks for energy distribution, as the current distribution networks in many countries - including Britain - are old networks and need maintenance and modernization, so it is necessary to ensure the ability of local networks in each country to deal with this technology new.

Involve drivers and homeowners

The researchers point out that once the technologies necessary for the process are developed and put in place, it must be ensured that the people involved in the process interact positively, and these are the home owners who must know and learn the systems of the “vehicle-to-network” system, and drivers must be involved. By training them on how the system works and the gains they will achieve through it.

Currently, most trials are conducted by energy companies that want to see how this technology works commercially, but the focus should also be on explaining the benefits of the system, the amount of savings and profit that can be achieved through it for drivers and consumers, in addition to the significant benefits that will reap the environment and the general health of people Generally.

Many gains

The researchers argue that charging electric cars at the cheapest cost and reselling the energy back to the grid at peak times enables customers to earn up to £725 per year. Add this to the significant savings in fuel cost (an average electric car charge is about £500 a year, compared to £1,435 a year for a petrol or diesel car), the profit will be huge by all accounts.

Reducing environmental pollution, saving fuel costs, and running homes with clean and cheap energy are all great benefits that humanity will reap from this technology.

As for the obstacles that will face the implementation of this ambitious project, the researchers explain that there are obstacles, the most important of which are: the potential costs of installing chargers from the vehicle to the network in homes, the expected impacts on lifestyle, and the hassles of delaying charging the electric car connected to electricity (if the car is running the house). ), fear of deterioration and lack of battery life.

More energy than the combined production of 10 nuclear plants

The UK intends to invest millions of pounds in creating a more resilient energy system to support vehicle electrification and renewable energy generation, and the transition to a more equitable and inclusive low carbon economy. In fact, if this technology is used, a country like Britain will gain an energy generation capacity of 10 large nuclear power plants, and we can imagine the huge profit that will be achieved from this technology, as the researchers explain.

The process will not be easy and you will need the support of energy companies, car manufacturers and financing companies, and there are many problems that must be addressed, but we must remember that our cars remain most of the time in parking spaces without work, and unused up to 95% of the time, and here The chances of using these cars to be clean, greener and cheaper sources of energy are certainly huge.