Recording of Thursday, May 08, 2025 | The smarter E Europe Exhibition Program 2025 | Exhibition Program | Language: English | Duration: 39:13 .

Global Insights on Bidirectional Charging and Home Storage Highlight Opportunities for EV Market Growth Amid Grid Challenges

The discussion focuses on the future of home storage and bidirectional charging, emphasizing that while bidirectional technology will not replace stationary home batteries, it can supplement them. Australia's unstable grid necessitates robust home storage solutions for extended support during outages. Partnerships with Virtual Power Plant (VPP) providers are seen as beneficial for generating additional revenue streams and stabilizing the grid. Challenges facing bidirectional charging include regulatory hurdles and business model complexities involving multiple stakeholders such as car manufacturers and leasing companies. In Germany, skepticism about legalities and tax implications exists despite technical feasibility demonstrated through unofficial trials in Australia. Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology offers potential in Australia by allowing electric vehicles to feed energy back into the grid amidst frequent blackouts; this transforms consumers into "prosumers" engaged in virtual power plant trading due to significant daily price fluctuations compared to Germany's stable prices. Kira from FEV Consulting discusses commercial storage systems' evolving landscape alongside automotive sector advancements like CE certification making these options viable but deterred by tax complexities deterring full adoption among users seeking dynamic pricing strategies within household power integration scenarios where EVs complement existing battery systems enhancing overall value via tariff structures combined heat pump usage beyond summer months when cooling needs minimal yet heating demands rise instead! Andreas highlights inefficiencies maintaining active states using current technologies suggesting direct buffering between cars & homes necessary effective management addressing aging concerns cheaper cycle costs acknowledging cautious approaches past issues diesel emissions discrepancies limited experience lifecycle management anticipated scalable next year revolutionize market dynamics optimizing efficiency integrating grids dynamically expected substantial growth soon excitement stackable firmware limitations preventing DC chargers partnerships widespread deployment positive sentiment progress shaping consumer understanding innovative offerings sectors involved today!

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Talk of session: Will Bidirectional Charging Make Home and Commercial Storage Systems Superfluous or are They a Perfect Match?

Bidirectional charging and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology in particular use the storage capacities of vehicle batteries to make our energy system more flexible, efficient and cost-effective. So do we still need home storage systems at all? In this session, the leading manufacturers of home storage systems will take a stand on the topic. Accompanying session to the Special Exhibit Bidirectional Charging.

Further Talks of this session:

Welcome and Introduction

Speaker

Dr. Jan Figgener
Guest Scientist
RWTH Aachen

To Talk

Impulse Presentation

Speaker

Will Hall
Head of Global Sales & Solution Managment<
Sigenergy

To Talk

Bidirectional solutions with the E3/DC-Platform: User-optimized business models via AI 360

Speaker

Andreas Perschke
Director Business Development
E3/DC

To Talk

Impulse Presentation

Speaker

Ralf Plieninger
CTO
sonnen GmbH

To Talk

Partners & Sponsors

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