Innovation Segment : Energy Storage

Innovation Insights

EV batteries providing grid stabilization services - Italy

France

Italy

 Fiat Chrysler to build a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) pilot project at the Mirafiori manufacturing plant in Turin, in northern Italy's Piedmont region.

The infrastructure will recharge electric cars while using their batteries to provide grid-stabilization services. In the project’s initial phase, to be finalized in July, Engie EPS will install 32 V2G columns to connect 64 electric vehicles. Fiat Chrysler plans to expand the facility to interconnect up to 700 electric vehicles by the end of next year.

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Innovation theme: Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) pilot project, 32 V2G columns to connect 64 electric vehicles, The facility will work as a virtual power plant and offer a wide range of services to Italian grid operator Terna, including ultrafast frequency regulation.

Relevant for

  • Marketing & sales management professional
  • Mechanical engineer
  • Automobile engineer
  • Electrical engineer
  • Electronics engineer
  • Power electronics engineer
  • Microelectronics engineer
  • Telecommunications engineer
  • Semiconductors / optoelectronics engineer
  • Chemical engineer
  • Electrochemical engineer
  • Material sciences professional
  • Industrial engineer
  • Roads & road transportation engineer

Innovation sector

  • Chemistry & chemical engineering
  • Electrical engineering
  • Electronics & communications
  • Energy efficiency
  • Energy storage
  • Mechanical engineering

Domain

Renewable Energy

Energy Efficiency

Energy storage

Sustainable transport

Type of innovation

Core sciences & engineering

Stakeholders

University researcher

Corporate researcher

Startup or entrepreneur

Solution provider

Industry