Beyond Batteries: An Examination of the Benefits and Barriers to Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) and a Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Transition
Beyond Batteries: An Examination of the Benefits and Barriers to Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) and a Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Transition
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DOI：
10.1016/j.enpol.2008.10.005
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发表时间：
2009-03
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影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Benjamin Sovacool;R. Hirsh
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作者：
Benjamin Sovacool;R. Hirsh
本文探讨了插电式混合动力电动汽车 (PHEV) 和车辆到电网 (V2G) 概念的前景和可能的陷阱，首先关注其定义，然后关注其最新技术。更具原创性的是，该论文评估了更广泛使用 PHEV（V2G 的可能先驱）和实施 V2G 转型的重大但经常被忽视的社会障碍。该文章对更多使用 PHEV 和 V2G 系统面临的唯一重要障碍是技术这一观点提出了质疑。相反，它提供了更广泛的评估，将此类“技术”障碍与与社会和文化价值观、商业实践和政治利益相关的更微妙的障碍放在一起。其他能源转型的历史，更具体地说是可再生能源技术的历史，意味着这些“社会技术”障碍对于任何 V2G 转型可能同样重要，而且可能更难以克服。类似地，本文阐述了此类障碍的政策影响，强调了政策制定者需要实现向 V2G 和 PHEV 世界过渡的条件。
This paper explores both the promise and the possible pitfalls of the plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) concept, focusing first on its definition and then on its technical state-of-the-art. More originally, the paper assesses significant, though often overlooked, social barriers to the wider use of PHEVs (a likely precursor to V2G) and implementation of a V2G transition. The article disputes the idea that the only important barriers facing the greater use of PHEVs and V2G systems are technical. Instead, it provides a broader assessment situating such “technical” barriers alongside more subtle impediments relating to social and cultural values, business practices, and political interests. The history of other energy transitions, and more specifically the history of renewable energy technologies, implies that these “socio-technical” obstacles may be just as important to any V2G transition—and perhaps even more difficult to overcome. Analogously, the article illuminates the policy implications of such barriers, emphasizing what policymakers need to achieve a transition to a V2G and PHEV world.