The other very promising use of electric car batteries

Et if we allowed hundreds of thousands of electric vehicles to recharge with wind and photovoltaic power when there is wind and sun – or with surplus nuclear power at night – so that they can then deliver energy on the grid during peaks in consumption? Here is the promise of vehicle-to-grid (or V2G), an idea born in 2011, after the Fukushima disaster, when Japanese people in distress wanted to use the battery of their electric car to power their home.

The Dreev company, an EDF subsidiary, obtained certification on December 7, 2021, allowing it to deploy on a large scale. “If we do not create today such means of flexibility, we will no longer be able to install additional wind turbines or solar panels …