{"690082":{"#nid":"690082","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The Potential of Electrified Supply Chains","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA new study by Georgia Institute of Technology researchers examines whether electrified supply chains can provide a new source of long\u2011duration demand flexibility for the electric grid, helping integrate variable renewable energy such as wind and solar.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe paper, authored by EPIcenter faculty affiliate \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/people\/constance-crozier\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EConstance Crozier\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology), EPIcenter student affiliate \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/rina-davila-severiano\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERina Davila Severiano\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology) and Mark O\u2019Malley explores how electrifying both industrial manufacturing and freight transportation could allow electricity demand to shift over days or even weeks \u2014 far longer than the hours\u2011long flexibility commonly associated with electric vehicle charging or battery storage.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsing a case study of the cement industry along the U.S. East Coast, the authors model a fully electrified supply chain spanning 20 cities, two manufacturing hubs, electric truck fleets and warehouse storage. Their analysis shows that, by adjusting manufacturing schedules and inventory levels, electrified supply chains could shift tens of gigawatt\u2011hours of electricity demand to better align with renewable availability, particularly wind power, whose output varies over longer timescales. They find that this flexibility can emerge under relatively modest carbon price signals \u2014 below $50 per ton of CO\u2082 \u2014 well before grid\u2011scale battery storage becomes economically viable.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/epicenter.energy.gatech.edu\/2026\/04\/26\/the-potential-of-electrified-supply-chains\/\u0022\u003ERead Full Story on the EPIcenter Research Page\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/epicenter.energy.gatech.edu\/2026\/04\/26\/the-potential-of-electrified-supply-chains\/\u0022\u003EListen to a podcast on the Research Here\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA new study by Georgia Institute of Technology researchers examines whether electrified supply chains can provide a new source of long\u2011duration demand flexibility for the electric grid, helping integrate variable renewable energy such as wind and solar.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A new study by Georgia Institute of Technology researchers examines whether electrified supply chains can provide a new source of long\u2011duration demand flexibility for the electric grid, helping integrate variable renewable energy such as wind and solar."}],"uid":"36413","created_gmt":"2026-04-30 18:15:09","changed_gmt":"2026-04-30 18:28:57","author":"pdevarajan3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-04-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-04-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"680137":{"id":"680137","type":"image","title":"PotentialofElextrifiedSupplyChainsAdobeStock_91772254.jpeg","body":null,"created":"1777572917","gmt_created":"2026-04-30 18:15:17","changed":"1777572917","gmt_changed":"2026-04-30 18:15:17","alt":"Cement Factory at night","file":{"fid":"264377","name":"PotentialofElextrifiedSupplyChainsAdobeStock_91772254.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/04\/30\/PotentialofElextrifiedSupplyChainsAdobeStock_91772254.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/04\/30\/PotentialofElextrifiedSupplyChainsAdobeStock_91772254.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":345509,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/04\/30\/PotentialofElextrifiedSupplyChainsAdobeStock_91772254.jpeg?itok=kb6t4SrX"}}},"media_ids":["680137"],"groups":[{"id":"367481","name":"SEI Energy"},{"id":"1280","name":"Strategic Energy Institute"}],"categories":[{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"186858","name":"go-sei"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:priya.devarajan@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EPriya Devarajan\u003C\/a\u003E | SEI Communications Program Manager\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["ggonzalez68@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}