The project called VIGIL (Vehicle-to-Grid Intelligent Control) will develop and an off-vehicle system that controls how, when and the rate at which electric vehicle batteries are charged/discharged with respect to local substation constraints and EV/building energy requirements.

The capability of EVs to return un-used energy to the power grid when parked and plugged for charging, will increase grid resilience to power demands.

Partners in the protect also include Nortech Management and Grid Edge.

The project is funded by the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) and the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

In January 2018, OLEV and BEIS announced that 21 projects (8 feasibility studies, 5 collaborative research and development projects, and 8 real-world v2g trial projects) were to receive funding of £30m to develop the business proposition and core technology around V2Gm and demonstrate those with large-scale trials.

The projects involve over 50 industrial partners and research organisations from both the Energy and Automotive sectors, marking the largest and most diverse activities on V2G in the world, and trialling more than 2700 vehicles across the UK.

ByteSnap Design will be developing a communications adaptor which will ensure interoperability of the VIGIL platform with different manufacturer’s vehicle-to-grid charge-points.

This is part of the government’s commitment to transition to a low-carbon transportation and a smart energy system.