EV batteries could help meet short-term electricity grid storage demand by as early as 2030 in most parts of the world, scientists are claiming.
Their study – which depends on new data and modeling – also found that end-of-life EV batteries could find a new purpose in helping smooth out domestic demand on an electricity grid increasingly dependent on renewable energy supply.
Chengjian Xu, PhD candidate at the Netherlands’ Leiden University, and collaborators showed both in-use and end-of-vehicle-life phases with a technical capacity of 32-62 terawatt-hours by 2050. Even low participation of between 12 percent and 43 percent among the public could provide useful for short-term grid storage demand globally.
“Short-term grid storage demand could be met as early as 2030 across most regions. Our estimates are generally conservative and offer a lower bound of…