The first vehicle-to-grid system on NYC’s electrical energy grid launched this week. The system comes from a collaboration between Revel rideshare, Fermata Energy, and NineDot Energy. Revel’s rideshare system consists of solely absolutely electrical automobiles. However, Tesla autos aren’t arrange for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) service, so it’s simply the rideshare community’s Nissan LEAFs that will probably be sending electrical energy from their batteries again into Con Edison’s grid as wanted. The income from this program will assist Revel to repay the price of its EVs sooner. It will even assist ConEdison steadiness the grid and keep away from grid blackouts or brownouts in, for instance, the rising heatwaves hitting town.
Fermata Energy is a startup that produces bidirectional charging {hardware} in addition to vehicle-to-everything (V2X) software program for simply such initiatives. NineDot Energy is creating battery storage initiatives within the New York metro space, together with V2G initiatives like these.
On a grand scale, the wonderful thing about V2G initiatives like this one is that they assist assist and speed up the adoption of EVs, battery storage, renewable vitality, and a extra resilient electrical energy grid — all of that are wanted and demanding to a greater future. “The revenue-generating capabilities of V2G technology will accelerate the adoption of EVs and battery storage efforts,” firm reps wrote in an e mail to CleanTechnica.
V2G mission at Revel’s warehouse in Red Hook, Brooklyn, NYC. Image courtesy of Revel.
The location the place this V2G system is beginning is Revel’s Red Hook, Brooklyn warehouse. “Unlike normal EV chargers, Fermata Energy’s V2X bidirectional charging system can both charge EVs and safely send some of that battery-stored power back to the grid, supporting grid resilience. The V2G system uses three Fermata Energy bidirectional chargers operating on a cloud-based platform. Based on the interconnection agreement with Con Edison, the chargers send energy stored in vehicle batteries back to the grid from 2:00–6:00 PM ET, during local energy demand peaks. The three bidirectional chargers can export approximately 45kW back to the grid.”
“As EV adoption continues to grow in New York City, V2G will be crucial to managing energy use and grid capacity,” mentioned Paul Suhey, COO & Co-Founder of Revel. “Revel is proud to partner with Fermata Energy and NineDot Energy to launch this first-of-its kind program in our home borough of Brooklyn.”
“With the right technology, EVs support grid resilience, rather than acting as just a grid drain. That’s an important change that New York and Con Edison are bringing to the industry,” mentioned David Slutzky, CEO & Founder of Fermata Energy. “Both Revel and NineDot are forward-thinking companies that understand the importance of V2G and V2X technologies in supporting the grid and decarbonization, and we are honored to be working with them.”
Funding from a NineDot Energy grant from the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN 2), together with assist from the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), is offering a number of the funding for the demonstration mission.
Read extra information or commentary about Revel, Fermata Energy, and/or New York City right here on CleanTechnica.
Also see this current information from NineDot Energy: “1st Tesla Megapack Deployed In NYC, NineDot Launches Community-Scale Bronx Battery Energy Storage Site.”
Featured picture courtesy of Revel.
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