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How EVs and electric water heaters are turning cities into giant batteries

Summary by The Fifth Estate
The Fifth Estate - The shift to electric vehicles (EVs) and electric water heating has a huge silver lining. As more Australians make the switch, they’re quietly expanding a vast network of distributed energy storage. How EVs and electric water heaters are turning cities into giant batteries is a story from The Fifth Estate, Australia's sustainability newspaper.
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Electric cars and heaters will provide 46 kWh of storage capacity per person • Smart consumption management can reduce the increase in peak grid load by half • Realizing the vision requires smart systems, dynamic tariffs and virtual power plants

Imagine a city that not only consumes energy but also stores it and feeds it back into the grid like a giant, pulsating battery. The article "Can Cities Act Like One Giant Battery?" comes from the website Wszystko co mojego.

Using e-cars intelligently, they could turn from the power eater to the power store.

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The Fifth Estate broke the news in on Thursday, July 24, 2025.
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