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A Green Urban Mobility System Solution from the EU Ingrid project

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With a mandate to reach 20/20/20 targets, new strategies are now focusing on the increased use of electricity to power transportation. Particularly in major urban areas of the EU, capillary use of electric vehicles are being encouraged, however, as these vehicles will be powered by the grid, there is always the risk that load peaks will occur. This work is just one of several being developed as part of the 23.9 MLN Euros INGRID European project started in July 2012, which combines solid-state high-density hydrogen storage systems with advanced ICT technologies for distribution grids. One possible solution which has been designed, is an off-grid utility to store renewable electricity captured from wind/solar sources and a re-charging point for full battery electric cars. This work shows the preliminary financial assessment of two business models for the Park-for-Recharging concept to promote green e-mobility as a more convenient and economical means of by-car transport.

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  1. Politecnico di Milano, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Via La Masa 34, 20156, Milan, Italy

    Fabrizio D’Errico

  2. Mc Phy Energy SA, 40 Rue Des Berges, 38000, Grenoble, France

    Adamo Screnci

  3. CiaoTech-PNO Group B.V., Via A. Pestalozza 31, 20131, Milan, Italy

    Marco Romeo

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. SINTEF, Trondheim, Norway

    Anne Kvithyld (a senior research scientist) (a senior research scientist)

  2. Umicore Precious Metals Refining, Hoboken, Belgium

    Christina Meskers (leads the business development and marketing team) (leads the business development and marketing team)

  3. Energy Systems Division, Argonne National Laboratory, USA

    Gregory Krumdick (principal systems engineer) (principal systems engineer)

  4. Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy in Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, USA

    Brajendra Mishra (professor and the Assoc. Director) (professor and the Assoc. Director)

  5. Outotec Finland, Finland

    Markus Reuter (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor) (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor)

  6. Aalto University, Finland

    Markus Reuter (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor) (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor)

  7. University of Melbourne, Australia

    Markus Reuter (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor) (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor)

  8. Central South University Changsha, China

    Markus Reuter (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor) (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor)

  9. TU Delft, Netherlands

    Markus Reuter (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor) (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor)

  10. University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

    Markus Reuter (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor) (Director of Technology Management, Adjunct Professor, Professorial Fellow, Guest Professor, a professor)

  11. Saint-Gobain Innovative Materials R&D, Belgium

    Cong Wang (Senior Research Engineer) (Senior Research Engineer)

  12. Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA

    Mark Schlesinger (Professor of Metallurgical Engineering) (Professor of Metallurgical Engineering)

  13. Golisano Institute for Sustainability, USA

    Gabrielle Gaustad Ph.D. (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

  14. Rochester Institute of Technology, USA

    Gabrielle Gaustad Ph.D. (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

  15. Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), USA

    Diana Lados (Associate Professor, Founding Director) (Associate Professor, Founding Director)

  16. Integrative Materials Design Center (iMdc), USA

    Diana Lados (Associate Professor, Founding Director) (Associate Professor, Founding Director)

  17. Argonne National Laboratory, USA

    Jeffrey Spangenberger (Engineering Specialist, Senior) (Engineering Specialist, Senior)

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D’Errico, F., Screnci, A., Romeo, M. (2013). A Green Urban Mobility System Solution from the EU Ingrid project. In: Kvithyld, A., et al. REWAS 2013. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48763-2_20

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