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What is Vehicle-to-Grid: Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G)

Chapter 3
Handbook of Research on Promoting Sustainable Public Transportation Strategies in Urban Environments
refers to the concept of electric vehicle charging where the vehicle draws electricity from the grid, stores it and returns electricity into the grid. Vehicle-to-Grid is an advanced form of electric vehicle smart (coordinated) charging with bidirectional energy flow capability. By discharging electricity from the battery back into the grid, electric vehicle contribution to the grid ancillary services.
Published in Chapter:
The Role of Electromobility in the Energy-Related Smart Grids
Bor Krizmanič (School of Economics and Business, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) and Aleš Groznik (School of Economics and Business, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 24
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5996-6.ch003
Abstract
The chapter describes the major components of the power grid. It then describes and explains the trends in the consumption and generation of electricity, with a particular focus on increasing the share of renewable energy sources. The concept of the smart grid is then described, including a discussion of the smart meter and the prosumer concept. The second part of the chapter is dedicated to electromobility. This section describes the main characteristics of electric vehicles and the trend of their diffusion, battery technologies, charging stations, smart charging, and the vehicle-to-grid concept.
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