Description

One full day workshop was conducted for members from the industry to get educated about Electric vehicles and their grid to vehicle and vehicle to grid operations. A distinguished lecturer from IEEE PES, Prof. George Gross was the main speaker of this event. In addition three other speakers talked about various topics at this event. The other speakers at the event were Prof. Kithsiri Liyanage of Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Mr. Bandula Thilakasena, AGM, corporate strategy, Ceylon Electricity Board, and Mr. Pabasara Karunanayake, Project Manager, Vega Technologies (Pvt.) Ltd. The event was organized for about 50 attendees, but endedup having over 85 attendees. This course covered.... r An overview of Electric Vehicles and Battery Vehicles r EVs within the smart grid framework r The Vehicle to Grid (V2G) and the Grid to Vehicle (G2V) concepts r Impact of EV connection on the distribution grid r Current EV initiatives in Sri Lanka r V2G initiatives under the California Energy Storage requirements