The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will provide A$3.2 million to Amber Electric (Amber) to trial battery electric vehicle (BEV) smart charging and provision of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) services with residential customers.
In what’s hailed as a “world first”, Adelaide man Jai (surname anonymous), 29, a residential power user, is able to sell power back at wholesale prices to the grid from his car battery.
Winemaker Joseph Evans found the full answer in his bid to curb a $6000 annual electricity bill for his Barossa Valley vineyard by becoming one of the first to use vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology in South Australia.
