Cars Powering Detroit's Electric Grid! The Vehicle-to-Grid Forum will Feature Real-Time V2G Demos

DETROIT - Oct. 3, 2024 - PRLog -- Could this be the end of grid outages? The reality of Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technologies holds tremendous potential for modernizing and hardening the nation's electrical grid. Analysis by experts at E3 and EPRI  indicate that V2G technology can provide $671 million in annual grid benefits, based on 3.3 million EVs in 2030 (medium EV forecast) with half of those EVs expected to be V2G-enabled. Indeed, V2G technology can provide 2–10 times the value of managed charging alone.*  Additionally, automakers are increasingly focused on enabling V2G technologies, which represents a win-win for automakers, consumers, and the environment.

DTE Energy's acceleration of this potential is spotlighted at the 4^th V2G Business, Policy & Technology Forum October 22-24, 2024 in Detroit.  Convening top industry technologists from the automotive, electric utility and grid services sectors, the event showcases ground-breaking successes in the development and implementation of V2G systems being demonstrated for scale up across the United States.  Hosted by the American Center for Mobility (ACM), this event concentrates V2G stakeholders working on mass deployment strategies for V2G, building on national and international standards, innovative regulatory frameworks and policies which call for near-term adoption into utility rates and programs.

This will be the first time in the U.S. that fully functional, live-grid V2G systems are being demonstrated utilizing nationally and internationally established standards-based operations to clearly convey industry readiness to support scalability.

Working together with the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation, electricity public utility commissions and industry, the sector has succeeded in reaching consensus in use cases and business models which simplify the complexity of V2G, enabling it to systematically support improvements in grid operations.

Please see www.v2gforum.com for more information.

Speakers include:

• Brian Calka, Vice President, Distribution Operations, DTE Energy
• Jacob Mathews, Senior Advisor, Standards & Reliability, Joint Office of Energy and Transportation
• Dave McCreadie, EV-Grid Integration Strategy and Business Development, Ford Motor Company
• Max Parness, EV Charging Solutions | Senior Manager - Grid Services, Toyota Motor North America
• John Holmes, Sr. Principal Energy Advisor, American Honda Motor Co. Inc.
• Jen Downing, Engagement Officer, Loan Programs Office, U.S. Department of Energy
• And many others

Sponsors of the Forum include: Keysight Technologies, QualityLogic, Heliox, Eaton, WeaveGrid, Fermata Energy and American Honda.

The event will be held at the American Center for Mobility global development center demonstration and conference center in Ypsilanti, MI. For full information and to register, visit www.v2gforum.com

^{* Open Standards-Based Vehicle-to-Grid: Value Assessment, June 2019 Technical Report, EPRI; and The Potential Electric Grid Benefits of Vehicle-to-Grid Technology in California, December 2018, LLNL-JRNL-764178}