Vehicle-to-grid charging promises to save households money and get more value out of EV batteries. Here's how to take advantage of 'V2G'.
Vehicle-to-grid charging could save EV-owners on energy bills, but make sure you buy the right car.Vehicle-to-grid charging, where electric vehicles can be used to power households and export energy to the grid, has cleared an important regulatory hurdle.
Federal Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen says V2G will be "a reality by Christmas this year".Here's what you need to know to take advantage of V2G.Adelaide man Jai Nankivell installed a Wallbox Qasar 1 V2G charger in his garage last year and hooked it up to his 2019 Nissan Leaf's 50 kilowatt-hour battery.
The EV Council says consumers can also save around $2,000 a year on their energy bills through taking advantage of V2G. EV owners had to seek individual approval from electricity distributors and regulatory bodies for installation and use of V2G chargers in each state and territory.Standards Australia recently updated the national technical standard — known as AS4777 — relating to V2G chargers to remove this ambiguity, meaning the CEC can now certify chargers and add them to its database.
"Prices will come down and my bet is in the medium-term a should cost the same as a normal solar inverter plus cable and plug, which might be $1,000."And there's good reason for this. Electrical grids have been described as the largest and most complex machines ever made. They include power stations, power lines, transformers and substations, residential inverters, rooftop solar panels, home batteries, and now, EVs.
The opportunity lies in using EV batteries to smooth out fluctuations in supply and demand, through charging when supply is high, and discharging when its low.
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