Oakland School Buses Power 1,000 Homes and Boost Grid Revenue
A fleet of 74 electric school buses equipped with vehicle-to-grid chargers has returned 1.7 gigawatt-hours of energy over two years, demonstrating how fleet electrification can stabilize the grid and… A fleet of 74 electric school buses in Oakland, California, powered 1,000 homes and generated grid revenue through vehicle-to-grid (V2G) chargers installed on these buses. The chargers enable energy stored in their batteries to be discharged back to the grid during peak demand. The buses, with a total energy storage capacity of 11.5 megawatt-hours and the ability to discharge about 2 megawatts simultaneously, returned over 1.7 gigawatt hours of energy over two years with over 99.5% uptime. The project benefits from “energy arbitrage” purchasing electricity when prices are low and selling when prices spike. Similar projects are currently underway in Burlington, Burnaby, Illinois, and San Francisco. The next phase involves scaling V2G deployments across more vehicle types and regions.
Publicado : Hace 3 días por Russ Fletcher en Business Environment Auto
A fleet of 74 electric school buses in Oakland has powered 1,000 homes and generated grid revenue.
Tellus Power, in partnership with Oakland’s school district and project operator Zum, installed vehi... [1474 symbols]
