Scaling the largest VPP made of EVs

Información del proyecto

VPPofEVs

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 101145536

DOI

10.3030/101145536

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 13 Marzo 2024

Fecha de inicio 1 Abril 2024

Fecha de finalización 31 Marzo 2026

Financiado con arreglo a

• The European Innovation Council (EIC)

Coste total

€ 3 764 750,00

Aportación de la UE

€ 2 499 999,00

Coordinado por

DEFTPOWER BV
Netherlands

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

Período documentado: 2024-04-01 hasta 2025-03-31

Resumen del contexto y de los objetivos generales del proyecto

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.

Trabajo realizado desde el comienzo del proyecto hasta el final del período abarcado por el informe y los principales resultados hasta la fecha

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.

Avances que van más allá del estado de la técnica e impacto potencial esperado (incluida la repercusión socioeconómica y las implicaciones sociales más amplias del proyecto hasta la fecha)

Project is at M12, results are in progress