A virtual power plant - on wheels
The EVVE project is installing nearly 800 bidirectional charging stations across Europe. Drawing energy from hundreds of compatible electric vehicles, this virtual battery will have an expected capacity of 8.36 megawatts. This energy can be fed into the grid during periods of peak consumption, helping ensure that gaps between production and demand are filled with renewable energy and not energy produced using fossil fuels. The project estimates that its virtual battery will result in a 25 000 tCO2eq. (tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent) net reduction in absolute greenhouse gas emissions during its first 10 years of operation.