Indeed this webinar covered V2G. Also potential value to EV owners of recovering some financial value from "selling" batteries to a presumed market for EV batteries for uses such as stationary battery storage applications.
On the matter of getting value for used batteries... that remains to be seen if such a market might materialize.
Ad for the V2G, the seminar was based on prospects that might materialize specific to the Ontario market. Due to provincial regulations and TOU tariff structure and program options that exist.... so not transferable to a jurisdiction like BC.
The seminar presentation was based on many presumptions. For example, that the likely main application would be for people plugging into V2G connection points at their places of work. Prospects for residential connections, and emergency backup applications were not considered or explored. Noted was the presumption that V2G connection point costs were in the order of costing close to $20,000. And the "value" focus was predicated on charging under TOU rate structures at home during low tariff overnight hours. Then when at work plugging in to supply power to the host location.... which would be paying higher tariff rates.
This seminar also missed a range of more likely scenarios. And one has to keep in mind that until V2G becomes supported by EV manufacturers as the norm.... V2G isn't going anywhere. Virtually no coverage to Tesla.... and developments that are indicative of potential future paths that might develop. Nor much attention paid to the subject of utility scale battery storage and distributed battery and solar PV grid connected systems.... again areas that Tesla is ramping up on.
This seminar was a bit of a disappointment. Simply based to much on presumptions about future directions that may well be well off the mark. And for V2G to take off, connection points will need to be much less costly... in the order of Level 2 EV chargers.... and include residential connections.
Regardless, the host website has now posted a summary version and full report version of the report just published for which the webinar was based on. Might be an interesting read!
