Birmingham is driving force behind European electric car project
BIRMINGHAM is part of a three-city European research project to build a business case for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology.
The project also involves Berlin and Valencia and will examine how to deliver the integration of electric vehicles with V2G technology and energy systems at a district and city scale.
It is being led by not-for-profit consultancy Cenex, which was the UK’s first Centre of Excellence for Low Carbon and Fuel Cell technologies
Robert Evans, chief executive at Loughborough-based Cenex, said: “Cenex is delighted to explore the practical and economic implications of using V2G at a city and district scale. This is a critical next step toward accelerating Europe’s move to clean energy.”
The Smart Mobile Energy project will investigate how cities can increase energy efficiency and decrease carbon emissions by integrating vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology into the existing energy infrastructure.
In particular it will look at how electric vehicle batteries can be used as short term storage to manage energy demand.
At Aston University V2G technology is already proven and operating successfully at a building level. In Birmingham Cenex will evaluate how the connection and control of multiple V2G installations could be implemented.
