Power storage for a renewable-based electric grid could be parked next door

Electric vehicle batteries could be harnessed to provide all the battery storage capacity necessary to stabilize renewable-based electricity grids worldwide in the coming decades, according to a new study.

EVs are often thought of as a potential source of stress on the electric grid—for example, if everyone charges their vehicle at the same time. The new findings flip that script and cast EVs as a solution rather than a further complication to decarbonization challenges.