Lunchtime lecture to feature UD pioneer in vehicle-to-grid technology

2:22 p.m., March 2, 2016--The first installment of this semester’s University of Delaware Green Liaisons Sustainability Lecture Series, featuring UD professor and researcher Willett Kempton, will be held from noon-1 p.m., Friday, March 4, in the Perkins Student Center Alumni Lounge.

Kempton will share the latest news regarding the vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology that he helped to spearhead. 

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V2G technology is an innovation of renewable energy research that enables electric vehicles to communicate with the electric grid in order to recycle stored battery power. 

The owners of these electric vehicles would be paid for the power that they return, which is a benefit that could encourage demand for electric vehicles.

Kempton is credited with the creation of the V2G concept and has submitted four patents in relation to it. He fulfills this research as the research director for UD’s Center for Carbon-free Power Integration. 

A professor in the School of Marine Science and Policy, Kempton holds a joint appointment in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

In addition to electric vehicle research, Kempton also pursues the topic of offshore wind turbines as a source of renewable energy. He is currently a member of the Research and Development Subcommittee of the Offshore Wind Working Group of the American Wind Energy Association. 

More about Green Liaisons Sustainability Lecture Series

Once a month, Green Liaisons are invited to attend a lunchtime presentation on the small steps that can be implemented by every student, faculty and staff member in order to make UD a greener place to learn, work and live.

All lunches in the Green Liaisons Sustainability Lecture Series are open to Green Liaisons and are usually held from noon-1 p.m. Members are encouraged to bring their own lunches if they want to. Topics and locations change monthly. Drinks and dessert are provided.

Members of the campus community who are not currently Green Liaisons but want to represent their departments can contact Francis Karani at fkarani@udel.edu or Emily Behnke at ebehnke@udel.edu.

More information regarding the lunch schedule, past events and general information on the Green Liaisons Programs can be found on the website.

Article by Emily Behnke

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