Scaling the largest VPP made of EVs

Projektinformationen

VPPofEVs

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 101145536

DOI

10.3030/101145536

Projekt abgeschlossen

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 13 März 2024

Startdatum 1 April 2024

Enddatum 31 März 2026

Finanziert unter

• The European Innovation Council (EIC)

Gesamtkosten

€ 3 764 750,00

EU-Beitrag

€ 2 499 999,00

Koordiniert durch

DEFTPOWER BV
Netherlands

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - VPPofEVs (Scaling the largest VPP made of EVs)

Berichtszeitraum: 2024-04-01 bis 2025-03-31

Zusammenfassung vom Kontext und den Gesamtzielen des Projekts

As the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) accelerates, concerns about the strain on the electric grid mount. The influx of EVs charging simultaneously poses challenges for grid operators in managing demand spikes and maintaining stability. Without solutions, this could lead to increased grid instability, higher costs for grid management and hinder the transition to cleaner transportation. In this context, the EIC-funded VPPofEVs project develops a plug-and-play virtual power plant. It offers a platform for smart charging, connecting EVs to energy markets. This platform enables demand response and peak-shaving, optimising grid management for distribution system operators and transmission system operators. Using machine learning forecasting, project coordinator Deftpower extracts flexibility from EVs. EV owners benefit by monetising their vehicles for grid balancing.

Arbeit, die ab Beginn des Projekts bis zum Ende des durch den Bericht erfassten Berichtszeitraums geleistet wurde, und die wichtigsten bis dahin erzielten Ergebnisse

We have grown our user base further to over 750.000 users while maintaining a stable average rating of 4.7 (out of 5).

All the preparation work of the first 9 months have now resulted in the first smart charging sessions in both Netherlands and Norway. We are able, based on incentives send by the energy market, to optimize the charging session, to calculate the rewards for the EV drivers and to enable the EV-driver to use these rewards to lower there charging bill.

This is an important milestone because we can now show end-to-end that our VPP is real. It will also help to collect more data which then enables us to optimize the algorithms.

Fortschritte, die über den aktuellen Stand der Technik hinausgehen und voraussichtliche potenzielle Auswirkungen (einschließlich der bis dato erzielten sozioökonomischen Auswirkungen und weiter gefassten gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen des Projekts)

Project is at M12, results are in progress