Fitness check: Energy Transition, Electricity Grids and Electromobility

Can our power grids withstand the change in mobility? Source: Lunghammer - TU Graz - By Birgit Baustädter Herwig Renner and Daniel Herbst are conducting research into the Austrian electrical energy system at TU Graz and explain in an interview whether our electricity grids are ready for electromobility. News+Stories: You both deal with electricity grids, their safety and expansion. Are our electricity grids ready for the increasing demand for electricity, in particular due to electromobility?. Herwig Renner: If, in the future, we want to charge our vehicles very quickly, we will need very high power. With our current low-voltage and medium-voltage grids, this will probably not be feasible. If only because, in addition to electromobility, there is also a great demand for heat pumps and the desire to have one's own photovoltaic systems. Of course, it could be said that what photovoltaics additionally feed into the grid is taken back by heat pumps and electric vehicles, so there is a balance.