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"Back in May I covered the launch the We Drive Solar V2G project, which was
planning to put 50 Renault 5s on the road as car share vehicles with local
operator MyWheels and use them to provide grid services when they were
otherwise idle.
These vehicles were put on the streets and connected on 4th June, and today We
Drive Solar Founder and CEO Robin Berg has released initial data from the
trial.
The news from Utrecht is interesting. Several times over the trial period, the
50 vehicles have contributed as much as 300kW to the grid during the evening
peak demand period.
The data, released by local grid operator Stedin, also shows that over the
five-month period, 65MWh of energy has been dispatched at an average of
1,300kWh per vehicle.
Charging from Utrecht’s abundant solar and injecting power into the grid at
peak times is relieving grid congestion, allowing the grid to support ever
higher penetration rates of solar, delaying investment in infrastructure,
displacing fossil fuel-generated electricity, and ultimately saving money for
consumers.
Robin was also pleased to announce that the fleet will be expanding with a
further 120 Renault 5 E-Tech vehicles in December. The goal is to be able to
deliver 1MW of grid congestion relief. In 2026 the fleet will expand to 500,
making We Drive Solar the largest V2G project in Europe.
This collaboration between We Drive Solar, Renault, MyWheels, charging
infrastructure provider LomboXnet, and research institute eLaadNL is
part-funded by the SCALE Project—an EU Horizon research funding programme
dedicated to developing smart charging strategies for public charging
infrastructure."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
