Electric Vehicles: Grid strain combating tool of the decade
Customer Profile
- EV fleet owner with a growing number of vehicles under operation (Airports, Shopping Malls, Government Buildings)
Challenge
- Strain on the power grid, capacity issues
- Operational challenges due to insufficient availability of power on-site (fleet manager have to drive off site to charge the vehicles instead of charging them locally)
Solution
- Installation of a mobile Battery ESS (BESS) on site with the EIP Virtual Power Plant Platform as an orchestration tool to:
- Schedule charge and discharge cycles of the BESS in order to ensure power availability to support the EV fleet
- Manage EV charging cycles as to avoid causing excess grid strain
- Run electricity price arbitrage and participate in the US Demand Response market with the BESS in order to collect incentives, enable BESS monetization and accelerate ROI
Results
- Energy conservation & reduced fleet management
- Optimized energy storage usage
- Overcoming infrastructure limitations through agility
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