Mapping out the role of V2G in energy flexibility3 Dec 2021 11:19
Project headlines included an average customer reward of £420 per year from selling surplus energy back to the grid – with one earning almost £800 – 93% of trial participants claiming they were satisfied with their chargers, a plug-in frequency of 75%, and more than three million free miles for customers earned by exporting energy back to the grid at peak times.
What’s more, in excess of more than 900MWh of energy was exported to the grid over two years by consumers, with 50% of the fleet helping to support the grid when prompted during a supply squeeze in January 2021.
According to an Imperial College study, Four-point-seven million V2G enabled EVs – out of total UK car parc of 30 million cars – could provide 25GW of power, more than seven times that provided by Hinkley Point C.
These findings come despite September 2020 research by YouGov revealing that charging was a significant barrier to the EV rollout, with more than three-fifths (62%) of Europeans concerned about limited availability of charging points.
https://utilityweek.co.uk/mapping-out-the-role-of-v2g-in-energy-flexibility/