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E-MOBILITY
Photo: Nissan Motors This means that providing such services be made to participate in grid system
would not only benefit the power services. Initially ten vehicles are used –
The Nikola project analyzed the system - it could also substantially more will be added during the pilot.
potential revenue of participating in decrease the costs of owning an
this service and found that the earnings electric vehicle. This activity is the world’s first
could be more than 100 Euro pr month commercial V2G application on an
pr vehicle. Another important point is that these operational fleet of vehicles and is a
services can also be delivered by non- cooperation between the companies
Compare this with the cost of energy V2G vehicles as well. However, the V2G NUVVE, Nissan, ENEL and the Danish
for driving the vehicle which for an capability considerably strengthens the utility company Frederiksberg Forsyning.
average Danish EV owner would be grid benefit and revenue in performing
around 40 Euro pr month. the services. This will be a big breakthrough for V2G
technology and the idea of the electric
In Nikola it was found that a V2G vehicle as a resource for the Danish and
enabled electric vehicle could earn European power system.
6-13 times more in the market than a
car without this capability. The main The pilot will also interface with, and
difference is that a car, that cannot support, the Danish parker project
discharge its battery, will eventually starting this year.
fill up and will no longer be able to
provide the service. The Parker project seeks to support and
validate that series-produced electrical
MOVING FORWARD vehicles can support the future power
The vision of Willett Kempton, and grid by participating in advanced smart
the learning from the Danish Nikola grid services.
validations, has during the summer of
2016 been carried into a commercial The parker project also seeks to
pilot in the City of Copenhagen – the increase the visibility and attention
Frederiksberg pilot. around the electric vehicles ability
to support the grid by working
Here, an operational fleet of Nissan with a number of electric vehicle
eNV200 vans used by a local utility will manufacturers. l
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