The cost and complexity to electrifying a fleet of medium- and heavy-duty (MHD) vehicles can be prohibitive for fleet owners. At the same time, the cyclical nature of some industries, such as tourism, means that most vehicles sit unused for long periods of time. Concurrently, utilities, need large amounts of battery storage and more resilient grids to power their systems to ensure continuity of mission critical systems.
Fuse Power is accelerating the vehicle-to-grid (V2G) ecosystem by delivering a fully functional and scalable V2G solution that will optimize efficiency to balance the electricity grid with electric buses, reducing carbon and particulate emissions.
Fuse is delivering a fully functional and scalable V2G solution that will optimize efficiency and data to balance the electricity grid and reduce carbon and particulate emissions. In BC, fleet owners can make idle vehicle battery capacity available to utilities for peak shaving on an agreed schedule and commercial terms. Utilities benefit from the battery storage they need and fleet owners get paid to help purchase electric MHD’s and charging infrastructure. And a bonus – everyone gets to breathe cleaner air.
With funding support from NorthX, Fuse with its partners will move forward to evaluate and validate V2G opportunities and create a V2G growth plan. From development of V2G control and operations software, procurement and connection of electric buses, site selection and preparation, installation of V2G charging infrastructure, utility interface with BC Hydro, to ultimately commissioning and testing of the V2G system.
