Scaling the largest VPP made of EVs

Informazioni relative al progetto

VPPofEVs

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 101145536

DOI

10.3030/101145536

Progetto chiuso

Data della firma CE 13 Marzo 2024

Data di avvio 1 Aprile 2024

Data di completamento 31 Marzo 2026

Finanziato da

• The European Innovation Council (EIC)

Costo totale

€ 3 764 750,00

Contributo UE

€ 2 499 999,00

Coordinato da

DEFTPOWER BV
Netherlands

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

Periodo di rendicontazione: 2024-04-01 al 2025-03-31

Sintesi del contesto e degli obiettivi generali del progetto

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.

Lavoro eseguito dall’inizio del progetto fino alla fine del periodo coperto dalla relazione e principali risultati finora ottenuti

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.

Progressi oltre lo stato dell’arte e potenziale impatto previsto (incluso l’impatto socioeconomico e le implicazioni sociali più ampie del progetto fino ad ora)

Project is at M12, results are in progress