A decade of in-market experience with V2G/VGI
While the electrification of transports is required to achieve carbon neutrality, the mass adoption of EVs may strain the grid, as many users start charging their vehicles at around the same time and renewable-based energy productions have the problem of intermittency which requires flexible energy sources to complement.
The bi-directional EV charging function, typically called vehicle-to-grid (V2G) or vehicle-grid-integration (VGI), can avoid such power congestions and ensure the efficient integration of renewable energy sources.
Today, CHAdeMO is the only charging protocol in the world with the bidirectional charging (V2G) functionality enabled, with mass-market production and the certification system in place to ensure interoperability across EVs and V2G devices. To date, there are more than 20 bi-directional charger models available and over 10,000 such units are installed in Japan and the world.
VGI applications
CHAdeMO-based V2G demo projects
Projects using V2G capacities of CHAdeMO protocol have been going on around the world since 2012. Recently, their scale and numbers have been growing, with more and more initiatives in Europe and the US. These demonstration projects provide valuable findings and data for large scale market deployment of V2H/ V2G technology.
Realising EV to Grid Services
V2G Zelzate
PowerStream / Peak Drive
SACES Project
Suvilahti Pilot
Nissan HQ Project / GridMotion
i-rEzEPT Project / Redispatch V2G
Genoa Pilot
Yokohama Smart City Project / Leaf to Home
Amsterdam Smart City Project / NewMotion V2G Project / Direct Solar DC V2G Hub / Share the Sun Project
MASERA Microgrid Project
Grow Smarter
Nissan-Enel Project / Domestic Energy Balancing EV Charging Trial / Electric Nation V2G Trial / V2X By Marubeni / EV-elocity / e4Future / Bus2Grid / V2Go! / Smart HUBs / e-flex / Powerloop
LA Air Force Base / UCSD Invent
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