This paper analyzes the effects of providing feedback on electricity consumption in a field trial involving more than 1500 households in Linz, Austria. About half of these households received feedback together with information about electricity-saving measures (pilot group), while the remaining...

As countries move toward larger shares of renewable electricity, the slow diffusion of active electricity load management should concern energy policy makers and users alike. Active load management can increase capacity factors and thereby reduce the need for new capacity, improve reliability,...

Intelligent load management systems (ILMS) for electric vehicles (EVs) would make it possible to link EV use to renewable energy sources. ILMS require information about the departure time and length of EV drivers’ upcoming trips to optimize the charging process depending on the availability of...

The shift to electric mobility lags pursued goals. In this article we analyze the consumer's perspective and examine, which technology attributes and person-related factors influence electric vehicle (EV) adoption, and whether differences in person-related factors affect vehicle attribute...

As a result of the current international climate change strategy, the European Commission has agreed on ambitious targets to reduce CO2 emissions by more than 80% until 2050 as compared to 1990 levels and to increase the share of renewable energy and improve energy efficiency by 20% until 2020....

Germany's nuclear phase-out and the strong increase of fluctuating generation from renewable sources put its power system reliability under stress. Besides grid expansion and additional generation capacities load management seems to be an appropriate measure for reducing the risk of power...