These new terminals installed in Toulouse are at the heart of a large-scale project in Europe
By Quentin Marais
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A project called V2G, to pay ” Grid Vehicle 2″is deployed by Enedis at Toulouse. It is materialized by four intelligent terminals, which will be multiplied in the Pink City as in Occitania. And even beyond the borders of France.
An experimental phase
On the site from Enedis to Seven Deniers figure Asgard (agency for the supervision and management of network access and troubleshooting). Real low-voltage network control tower in the metropolis of Toulouse as in Ariege and in the Gers, this secure area is one of the essential cogs of this operational base.
But slightly more discreet boxes have appeared on the right as you enter the site. Four in number, these “smart terminals” were deployed as part of an experiment called “Flexitany”.
A battery to drive… but not only
The device is brand new, and it is presented by Tony Marchand, delegate for regional affairs and ecological transitions in Occitanie for Enedis:
“On a new technology that is starting to develop. These are terminals that not only allow charging the car, but also to use the car as a battery which allows return the electrons on the network. »
“That’s why we talk about ‘Vehicle 2 Grid’. It’s brand new, in the sense that, until now, we weren’t used to using our car’s battery to another has chosen to drive with it. These are smart terminals because there is a system that allows you to plan when you recharge the car and when you use it as a battery for the network.”
initiated by the regional council of Occitania, the approach is in the total interest of Enedis. “We are very interested in setting up this technology with them since the electrons then pass through the electrical network“, a Tony Marchand added.
The question of renewable energies
The delegate for regional affairs and ecological transitions in Occitania for Enedis also mentioned another key point in the experiment: “to have better functioning between the renewable energies and electricity consumers. And these energies are at the center of the project.
As Tony Marchand explains, “to improve their operation, we are going to ensure that the car is recharged when where they produce best. But conversely, when they stop producing and we want to have a peak in consumption, we will be able to use the car’s batteries as a source of storage electrons to power the network.
A project with European reach
It is the Swedish-Swiss company ABB which manufactures these terminals. “By 2023, several vehicle brands maybe use them. The objective is to achieve a hundred terminals of this type in Occitania”, table Tony Marchand. “Other companies have joined this approach to test the interest of being able to load the car better and above all to be able to load it with surrounding renewable energies. »
That’s good: 800 meters from the Enedis site at Sept-Deniers, indicating solar panels. “We will use them as main resources to recharge cars”, announces the delegate for regional affairs and ecological transitions in Occitania. Who sees big for the next few months, even beyond France.
“We are involved in another European project called Scale. The objective will be to be able to qualify these technologies on a large scale, and use a hundred terminals in the same place. For the moment, it is in progress negotiation, we are working with a large site in Toulouse which needs to recharge its cars. This European project will be an international first in order to be able to carry out large-scale V2G.”
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