EV-Grid Integration
This project was initiated in 2018, focused on detailed development of the electric sector in the Message Model to accommodate analysis of EV grid integration and the possibilities for balancing generation via G2V and V2G strategies. The geographic focus in 2018 was Southern California, assessing the impact on reducing the “duck curve” via utilizing EV storage capacity in flattening the load.
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Social Cost of Transportation
STEPS has evaluated a range of transition pathways in terms of CO2 reduction potential and cost. But cost typically includes direct monetary costs (capex, opex). Potential transition pathways should, to the extent possible and reasonable, be evaluated as well by the value/cost impacts related to climate, air quality, water use, energy security, land use, biodiversity, human health, job creation, and possibly other factors. No LCA model does this, or does this in a thorough way.
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