AGL Electric Vehicle Orchestration Trial
- $2.33m Funded by ARENA
- $7.69m Total project cost
Summary
The AGL Electric Vehicle Orchestration Trial project is a large-scale electric vehicle (EV) charging orchestration trial comprising 300 EVs across Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.
Need
The AGL Electric Vehicle Orchestration Trial project acknowledges that the central scenario of the Australian Energy Market Operator’s 2020 Integrated System Plan assumes that there will be 2.2 million EVs in the National Electricity Market by 2034-35. This increased uptake of EVs has the potential to be a significant challenge for the electricity supply system if not managed carefully. This project aims to accelerate the development of EV charging management and orchestration to realise benefits for customers and the electricity supply system whilst ensuring impacts on the electricity grid are minimised.
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Report: AGL EV Orchestration Trial Lessons Learnt 4
This fourth Lessons Learnt provides early stage outcomes of the charging data trials and ongoing customer survey insights.
Report: AGL EV Orchestration Trial Lessons Learnt 3
This report covers the completion of Phase 1: Recruit and Build with the exception of the V2G trial stream. Phase 1 included the recruitment of all trial participants, installation of charging hardware in homes and the development of an aggregation platform to manage and control charging.
Media Release: Test Driving Electric Vehicle Home Charging Technologies
ARENA announced for AGL Energy Services to undertake a large scale electric vehicle charging trial across New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and South Australia.
Report: AGL EV Orchestration Trial Lessons Learnt 2
This report outlines the project progress during the recruit and build phase. It reflects on charger behaviour and preferences, and participant reasons for undertaking the trial.
Report: AGL EV Orchestration Trial Lessons Learnt 1
The first of four Knowledge Sharing Reports, this report provides details on the progress of Phase 1: Recruit and Build.
Action
The AGL Electric Vehicle Orchestration Trial project will investigate three technical solutions for managing EV battery charging, each with differing maturity and complexity, via an EV charging orchestration platform. 300 residential participants will deploy the following EV charging technologies:
- Smart Chargers: 200 EVs with charging managed by smart EV charger hardware
- Vehicle to Grid (V2G) Chargers: 50 EVs with managed charge and discharge capability using V2G charger hardware
- Vehicle Application Programming Interface (API): 50 EVs with charging controlled via an API link directly to the vehicle.
Outcome
The project will inform retailers, customers, distribution network service providers, regulators, the vehicle industry, charger manufacturers and other industry stakeholders of the potential of EV charging orchestration and how the benefits can be recognised and valued. The project will also provide detailed insights into customer behaviour to inform how best to maximise customer participation and customer value, and will materially advance the preparedness of the energy industry to be able to integrate large numbers of EVs in the future.
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ARENAWIRE Blogs
Can electric vehicles accelerate the transition to renewables?
After a cautious start, Australians are buying electric vehicles in growing numbers as manufacturers release more models to the Australian market.
Australian smart charging trial prepares for EV growth
Innovative ways of charging electric vehicles in residential settings will be trialed as part of a new ARENA-funded project.
