Smart Grid Technology

With its in-depth knowledge of electric vehicle technologies and automotive market consumer tastes and preferences, Ricardo is ideally placed to assist the power generation, transmission and distribution sector as it strives to maximize the opportunities and avoid potential obstacles to the future widespread take-up of plug-in vehicles of all types.

Ricardo smart grid technology services:

• Using electric vehicles to provide services to transmission and distribution grid operators, for example in load buffering and balancing
• Development of community power demonstrator projects involving fuel cells, wind and solar energy
• Development of community energy storage strategies and demonstrator projects using advanced battery and flywheel systems
• Community charging stations for plug-in vehicles including intelligent operation and fleet management
• Residential energy efficiency optimization
• Support to smart meter and energy storage companies
• Solar generator design
• Compressed air energy storage systems
• Emergency back-up power for nuclear facilities