

The car is now a useful battery in the city of Utrecht.

Opened by our king



In the (Dutch)

Quick twitter summary here.

nos.nl/artikel/227708… World first: bidirectional charging (V2G) using ISO15118!The car is now a useful battery in the city of Utrecht.Opened by our king @WiIIemAlexander In the (Dutch) @NOS article I explain why this is a really important step.Quick twitter summary here.

The central problem V2G is solving is using solar and wind energy when the sun is not shining and the wind is not blowing. For that we need flexible demand that can use solar and wind when available. The solution when you want to do that during the day is battery storage.

Unfortunately batteries are expensive. Hence we (a lot of people in the Netherlands) introduced smart charging: you delay charging until energy is cheap and green. This also helps the grid operator to keep costs down so what's not to like? The Netherlands is a frontrunner here.