Bus2Grid

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2020: Bus2Grid - electrobuss in London will give 1 MW of energy to the city power supply network

In the second half of August, 2020 in London the project allowing buses to transfer electricity to a power generating system of the city is started. The bus garage in northern London will become the "virtual power plant" receiving electricity from buses when they are not used. After re-equipment of a garage under an opportunity to accept nearly 100 electrobuss with zero level of emissions, Northumberland Park became one of the largest enterprises for operation of the electric transport in Europe (as of the middle of 2020). This project which received the name Bus2Grid is considered the world's largest proving ground for technology of connection of electric vehicles to the power supply network (V2G). The V2G technology allows to transfer the energy which is saved up in the electric vehicle battery, back in the electric network. Recharge of transport happens when demand for the electric power in the city low, and transmission of energy in network when it is high. V2G helps to manage peaks and recessions, to balance network and to do it to more effective. If all London bus fleet numbering about 9000 units of transport it is transformed using the technology used in the Bus2Grid project, theoretically will be able to provide enough energy for supply more than 150,000 houses.

The Bus2Grid project will be implemented by SSE Enterprise in partnership with the mayor of London, Transport for London (TfL) and Go-Ahead London. Initial tests will use batteries of 28 modern two-storeyed buses capable to return more than 1 MW of energy in network.

Batteries of buses can be charged when in network are available surplus of the electric power and to give electricity in the period of the raised load of network

Bus2Grid will investigate the commercial value and social benefits for the power and passenger transport systems, developing services for national network, regional operators of distribution networks, operators of buses and regulators of the transport industry. Development and testing of a basic technology is also an important problem of this testing.

the Central place in solution of the problem of decarbonization of our transport and achievement of goals on climate change is how we can optimize the existing flexibility in a power generating system. An important part of it is development of charging infrastructure which works in two directions that batteries could give and also receive electricity from network. SSE Enterprise is proud of the fact that it electrified the majority of bus garages in London where electric buses work. Project implementation of Bus2Grid - the next natural step in use of intellectual technology which will do bidirectional exercises reality for modern users of buses

The Go Ahead London company was selected by TfL company for start of the first electric buses from London in 2013. Now the park of the company increased to 240 that makes it the largest operator of electronic buses in Great Britain.

Electrification of transport will bring huge benefits for air quality in the cities and accomplishment of our obligations to climate change. Similar large electric vehicles can also support power supply system, but it means creation of the new modes of work between the power companies managing networks and suppliers of transport services. This project creates new business models that it occurred

Is a major step for BYD ADL Partnership, already being the market leader of electric buses on roads of Great Britain. Use of potential of electric buses as "mobile power plants" will be crucial for effective functioning of network when electric vehicles of all types become an everyday occurrence

According to forecasts of UK Power Networks, by 2030 more than 3.6 million electric vehicles will be connected to its network, is 3.5 million more, than in 2020 that will create considerable additional load of power supply system. Possible options: or to spend money of clients for creation of new infrastructure for satisfaction of this growing demand, or to levy a payment by more reasonable method to avoid it.

We consider that buses play a large role in release of cars with the low level of emissions. They offer huge opportunities to make the contribution to improvement of air quality in London. The park of bus accumulators consumes a large number of the electric power, they have regular and predictable routes, schemes of the movement and the schedule. It means that we can easily predict and plan as we can use any free electric power which they can offer. For example, we could use them as energy drives which could increase capacity and help us to increase the volume of the renewable energy exported to network when otherwise the offer could exceed demand

Three years' testing is financed by the Ministry of business, power and industrial strategy (BEIS) and Management of vehicles with the low level of emissions (OLEV) with assistance of Innovate UK. The Bus2Grid project is headed by SSE Enterprise and supported by partnership which includes producer of Build Your Dreams/Alexander Dennis Limited buses (BYDADL), TfL, bus operator Go Ahead Group, a power distribution network of UK Power Networks, the University of Leeds.^[1]

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