Denbighshire County Council has become one of the first organisations to have a vehicle to grid (V2G) electric vehicle (EV) charger installed in its fleet depot using AC rather than DC current.
Vehicle to grid charging offers the potential for EV owners and fleets to reduce energy costs as well as to improve the resilience of the UK’s electricity system by allowing an EV to take power from the grid and also to send power back.
The V2VNY (Vehicle 2 Volume eNergy Yield) project is trialling lower cost V2G chargers using AC (alternating current) rather than DC (direct current) which are more suitable for charging at home and at many workplaces.
The V2VNY project is being led by Hangar19, in partnership with CrowdCharge and DriveElectric. Other project partners are Electric Corby, Oxfordshire County Council, Grid Beyond and JLR. JLR is providing prototype electric vehicles for use in the trial.
The vehicle to grid charging on the V2VNY trial is being simulated and optimised by AI technology from CrowdCharge, a company that has been running V2G in homes for over three years with effective results.