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Today, the vessels, docks, and ports operating on the Thames run mostly on fossil fuels, but this is changing as the river's economy decarbonises. There is limited understanding how this shift will affect the electricity network. Working together with stakeholders across marine and energy industry, we will map out the future of maritime transport in the central Thames area and explore the potential benefits of Boat to Grid (B2G) charging. The outcomes will shape a whole system planning framework for our waterways, offering insights for decarbonisation and electrification that can be replicated across Great Britain.

V2X Flex is a collaborative project aiming to unlock and expand the flexibility potential of electric vehicles (EVs) using interoperable, bi-directional charging solutions. Partnering with the Energy Systems Catapult (ESC) and collaborating with Wallbox, Indra, Siemens, VW and Nissian, ev.energy will develop prototype software and a new business model which will reduce entry barriers for domestic use of V2X bi-directional charges to provide energy flexibility services. Through the Innovate UK funded Max Grid project, ev.energy's smart charging software, mobile app and Virtual Power Plant (VPP) platform has scaled from ~1,000 to \>60,000 users worldwide in the last 24 months. We have also taken V1G from innovation to full commercialisation with the UK's first commercially traded VPP using only EVs to deliver grid service to UK Power Networks. Our central position in the charging ecosystem and ability to deploy our software at scale through our partnership enables us to aggregate sufficient asset volumes in each market to deliver domestic energy flexibility services at scale. This innovation will take a disruptive approach, developing new software to increase the interoperability of next generation CCS bi-directional chargers and design new commercial charging-as-a-service propositions for V2H, V2B and V2G use cases. Taking a broader approach to previous projects, ev.energy's platform of 60,000+ EV drivers and ESC's Living Lab and Consumer Insights Team will be leveraged to co-develop/test new propositions with existing and future EV drivers that emphasise increased convenience, resilience, self-reliance and carbon savings on top of direct financial benefits. Dissemination activities including the publication of an action-oriented industry whitepaper on the barriers to deployment and uptake of V2X technology have a dedicated work-package to ensure the impacts of the projects are maximised.

EVs are critical aspect of meeting the UK's carbon budget and will become a highly influential component of the future energy system. National Grid predicts that there will be 11 million EVs in the UK by 2030 and 36 million by 2040, but if EVs are left unmanaged they will cause significant disruption to distribution networks, and inefficient use of green energy sources. Peak demand increases caused by EVs and system stability are also concerns at a national level, however National Grid has stipulated that through 'smart charging technologies, consumers charging at off-peak times and V2G technology, the increase in electricity peak demand could be as little as 8GW in 2040'. ev.energy is partnering with Indra Renewable Technologies to build upon its existing smart charging software platform and smart chargers, and test the feasibility of delivering advanced grid and billing services, and provide services back to energy utilities and system operators.

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