Electrification of transportation modes must be implemented immediately throughout the world's metropolitan areas. I take an example from air pollution from public transportation in Indonesia which has reached 60%, this figure is very worrying about the prolonged environmental impact on people's lives. Coupled with the still large use of coal as an electricity producer will also further worsen the air quality of the gas discharge from fuel & coal.
To compensate for the amount of pollution resulting from these two activities, electrification in the general transportation mode must be implemented immediately and the community green energy business must active to demand clear regulatory from governments of each country around the world.
What is the impact on Utilities
The impact on utilities is the increasing demand for energy availability to support operations on public transportation from conventional fuel to green electrical energy. This change will certainly bring blessings to the energy business, especially renewable energy based on Solar PV and Wind to reduce conventional power plants. But even more, importantly the impact of clean air is the main blessing of the electrification of public transport modes.
Sample Case
Direct Impact Electrification Of Transportation in Jakarta Indonesia
The large consumption of fuel oil (BBM) energy in the transportation sector and contributing to the highest emissions requires automotive industry players to switch to environmentally friendly energy with the current trend of electric vehicles or cars. The government, especially Jakarta, is fully aware of Jakarta's improving air quality, which is also supported by better public transportation.
The reason is, the electrification of transportation and vehicles in general in Jakarta is one of the solutions that is feasible to be used as an effort to free Jakarta from harmful emissions due to pollution from fossil fuels.
Impact on the ESS business
By applying electrification to the public transportations, the potential business of providing Energy Storage Systems (ESS) will develop quickly, more efficiently and effectively than building a new
grid to support electrification transportations. The function of the ESS is supply for charging station, also stored exceeding energy supply from the grid.
Benefits Of ESS for Electrification of Transportation
- Save money
- Improve Reliability & Resilience
- Integrate diverse resources
- Reduce Environmental Impacts
By introducing more flexibility into the grid, energy storage can help integrate more solar, wind and distributed energy resources. It can also improve the efficiency of the grid – increasing the capacity factor of existing resources – and offset the need for building new pollution-emitting peak power plants.
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