V2G Around the World

In weeks 1 and 2 we have explored V2G in terms of technical feasibility and the potential value propositions which could be used to form a business case. This week we will be considering the bigger picture by looking at the state of development of the industry across the world.

As we discussed in earlier weeks, V2G developed as a concept in the USA and so it is fitting that there have been a number of trials and demonstrators based there. Do you remember Professor Willett Kempton from back in Week 1? He was the co-author of the original studies into V2G. Professor Kempton went on to co-found the Nuvve Corp and currently chairs its Technical Advisory Board. Nuvve is known worldwide as one of the leading aggregators of flexibility from V2G and has run technology demonstrations across 5 continents. This includes projects in Hong Kong, Netherlands, Denmark and the UK. Nuvve has been providing commercial V2G services in Denmark since 2016 and in the US since 2020 through its electric school bus partnership. Nuvve has also formed a joint venture with energy supplier EDF to provide V2G services commercially across Europe.

You might be forgiven for thinking that Nuvve were the only V2G operator.

But there are many others entering the market, and as the saying goes “competition breeds innovation” so this can only be a good thing for the industry.

V2G Projects Across the World – Sorice: V2G-Hub.com

What do you think?

Take a look at some of the historic V2G projects on the V2G-Hub. Thinking about the value propositions described in Week 2, if you could design your own V2G trial to help take the industry further, what would it do? Share your ideas in the discussion below.