http://www.globalrailnews.com/2016/04/20/could-electric-cars-power-britains-railway/ Could electric cars power Britain’s railway? 20 Apr, 2016
[image / ATGImages/ Shutterstock.com. http://i2.wp.com/www.globalrailnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Newcastle-2-shutterstock.jpg ] Engineers at the University of Sheffield have been given £1.5 million to explore the possibility of drawing energy from electric cars parked at stations to power the railway at peak times. Named the TransEnergy project, the scheme will see if it is feasible to use electric car batteries to store surplus energy which could then be used by the railway during busy periods – what it describes as a “Road to Rail energy exchange”. In theory, drivers could be given free parking at the station in return for the railway using their car as a back-up energy source.Electric car charge shutterstock The funding is being provided by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). The University of Sheffield will work in partnership with the the University of Leeds, the University of Southampton and Network Rail. Dr Martin Foster, from the University of Sheffield’s Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, said: “Electric-powered rail travel has helped to reduce pollution and improve the comfort of travellers. “Our project will look at how we can meet the demand for more electricity on our railways by investigating innovative ways to store surplus energy. “Similar energy storage systems are already being used on the electricity grid during peak times and by translating these to our railways, we could deliver real benefits to both rail companies and consumers, bringing down the costs of travel and improving services.” James Ambrose, principal engineer for Network Rail, said: “Network Rail is committed to electrifying more lines in the UK. Our project will be working with rail providers to recommend new approaches that will mean increased efficiency for the industry.” [© Rail Media] ... https://www.theengineer.co.uk/electric-cars-could-provide-back-up-power-for-railways-claim-uk-engineers/ Electric cars could provide 'back-up' power for railways ... [April-21 2016] - Engineers at Sheffield University are working with the rail industry to investigate whether batteries from parked electric vehicles could be used ... ... http://phys.org/news/2016-04-batteries-electric-vehicles-commuters.html Batteries from parked electric vehicles could reduce costs for train commuters April 19, 2016 For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-UK-railway-V2G-powered-from-destination-charged-EVs-tp4681705.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
