EV batteries supplying grid stabilization services at Italian vehicle manufacturing facility

• Fiat Chrysler has actually started building of a vehicle-to-grid pilot at its Mirafiori manufacturing facility in Turin. The project, which likewise consists of 5 MW of PV, will ultimately become a virtual nuclear power plant.

Engie EPS, a system of Engie specializing in power storage space services and microgrids, has actually been chosen by Fiat Chrysler to construct a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) pilot project at the Mirafiori manufacturing plant in Turin, in northern Italy's Piedmont area.

The facilities will recharge electric vehicles while using their batteries to supply grid-stabilization solutions. In the project's preliminary phase, to be finalized in July, Engie EPS will mount 32 V2G columns to link 64 electric cars. Fiat Chrysler strategy to expand the center to interconnect up to 700 electrical automobiles by the end of next year.

The project will additionally consist of 5 MW of set up solar energy and also is expected to reach a governing capacity of 25 MW. According to the carmaker, the center will certainly work as a virtual power plant and also supply a large range of services to Italian grid driver Terna, including ultrafast frequency guideline.

"Typically, autos remain extra for 80% to 90% of the day. Throughout this long period, if linked to the grid by vehicle-to-grid innovation, clients can as a result get money or totally free energy in exchange for the stabilizing solution offered, without compromising their movement needs in any way," claimed Fiat Chrysler head of EMEA e-mobility, Roberto Di Stefano.

The Italian-American carmaker signed a partnership contract last September with Terna to develop the V2G project. The arrangement includes the creation of the E-mobility lab, an R&D center that will perform trials to evaluate the efficiency of electric cars and trucks as well as their ability to give grid services.

In February, the Fiat Chrysler group additionally announced a project to build a 15 MW roof solar plant at the Mirafiori manufacturing facility. The PV plant will be integrated in participation with Edison, the Italian power device of French state-run power producer EDF.

Both the solar plant and the V2G project become part of Fiat Chrysler's EUR5 billion, 2019-21 industrial plan for Italy.