Research Highlights
- 1: Future electric grid demands
- 2: Grid-to-vehicle (G2V)
- 3: Vehicle-to-grid (V2G)
- 4: Transportation sector electrification
Grid Evolution Laboratory (GEL)
Grid Evolution Laboratory enables the study and evaluation of future electric grid demands due to the incremental increase of electric plug-in vehicles that are powered by battery stacks. Proper optimization of future power management is critical to assess in both modes of grid-to-vehicle (G2V) and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) during which the electric vehicle recharges from the grid or discharges power back into the electric grid. These efforts are complemented with approximately 200 charging stations for electric vehicles and a hydrogen fueling station that is open to the public and the electric microgrid at UC Irvine, which makes HIMaC2 fully equipped to address, evaluate, and optimize the electric grid in conjunction with the electrification of transportation sector.