Current± Briefings: The potential of V2G for frequency services

As the electric vehicle rollout continues apace in the UK, the potential for vehicle to grid (V2G) tech to help balance the grid is a key topic of conversation for many. V2G would allow the need for additional grid capacity to meet the demand of EVs to be flipped on its head, with the vehicles themselves actually contributing to grid security.

But there are a number of significant challenges that remain to the widespread use of V2G technology. In the newest in our Current± Briefings series we discuss:

• Whether the vehicle technology is advanced enough
• The economic opportunity V2G provides to customer
• The barriers including hardware costs and regulatory challenge
• How big an opportunity does V2G really present to frequency services