Bidirectional electric vehicles (EV) employed as mobile battery storage can add resilience benefits and demand-response capabilities to a site's building infrastructure.
In contrast to stationary storage and generation which must stay at a selected site, bidirectional EVs employed as mobile storage can be mobilized to a site prior to planned outages or arrive shortly after an unexpected power outage to supplement local generation or serve as an emergency reserve.
Depending on the specific situation, this use of EVs for mobile storage can conserve the amount of energy that a site uses from the grid or aid in reaching carbon emission targets by maximizing the consumption of local and sustainable power generation.
The size of a light-duty EV battery (approximately 15–100 kWh) makes individual bidirectional units ideal for smaller applications like individual buildings, where they can optimize the use of PV and replace or supplement emergency diesel generators. Larger bidirectional EV fleets can be employed for larger applications.
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