Bidirectional Charging in Practice - The Status Quo in Germany

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Recording of Tuesday, June 13, 2023 | The smarter E Europe | Conference Program | Language: English | Duration: 21:57 .

Lennart Hoffmann
Project Manager
Next Kraftwerke GmbH
Germany

Electric vehicles are a great solution when it comes to supporting the energy grid and including more sustainable energy. Electric vehicles could feed energy back into the grid at peak times, preventing grid congestion, balancing energy markets and preventing the use of polluting energy sources. This concept, which could support the energy transition, is called bidirectional charging. This session will be discussing some of the latest developments in bidirectional charging, presenting results from pilot projects and looking at barriers to scaling bidirectional charging.

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Roman Scholdan
Senior Consultant
umlaut energy GmbH
Germany

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Dr. Lioudmila Simon
Head of eMobility Innovation, Procurator
E.ON Group Innovation GmbH
Germany

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Felicity Jones
Solutions Lead - Flex
Kaluza
United Kingdom

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Benedikt Tepe
Research Associate
TUM - Technische Universität München
Deutschland

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