In Europe, transport produces 23% of greenhouse gas emissions and relies on oil for 92% of its energy needs, 84% of which is imported at an annual cost of €187 billion. Road transport is shifting toward electrification, driven by regulations on fossil fuels and public demand for sustainable mobility. While EVs are central to the EU’s 2050 carbon neutrality goals, large-scale adoption is hindered by high costs, infrastructure gaps, market immaturity, and limited policy support.
The EV4EU project (June 2022 - May 2026) is developing and implementing bottom-up user-centric V2X management strategies,considering user needs, power systems, battery impact, energy markets integration and city transformation. The V2X management strategies are being tested in four pilots - Denmark, Greece, Portugal and Slovenia - allowing an evaluation of the advanced control methodologies and tools, the definition of the appropriate implementation conditions, and a consolidation of the most promising solutions and corresponding business models.
During P1 reporting period, EV4EU had successfully achieved significant milestones: i) Business Models and Use Cases for the demonstration sites, ii) development of algorithms/tools to be used by Charging Point Operators (CPOs), Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) and Distribution System Operators (DSOs) to manage flexibility services provided by V2X, iii) creation of a cost-effective V2X station prototype to be used in the PT demonstrator, iv) development of V2X management strategies to integrate V2X and Distributed Energy Resources (DER)/Renewable Energy (RES) aspects in Home Energy Management System for the PT demonstrator, and v) to integrate V2X in the optimal energy management of buildings with local generation capabilities, to be considered in both PT and DK demonstrators.
During P2 reporting period (M19-M36), 19 tasks have been completed, 20 deliverables approved and the following milestones have been achieved:
- Development of algorithms/tools to be used by VPPs enabling the participation of EVs in markets/services, currently being tested in the SL demonstrator;
- Development of V2X Management Strategies (algorithms & software tools), currently being tested in the demonstrators;
- Development of the Open V2X Management Platform, that allows information exchange between end-users, operators, and systems, guaranteing high levels of interoperability, scalability, security, and data privacy.
- Development of V2X co-simulation platform allowing an evaluation of the impact of V2X management strategies in cities, in the distribution system.
