Vehicle to Grid (V2G & V2X) David Slutzky Fermata Energy Founder and Chairman of the Board

Sean White‘s Solar and Energy Storage Podcast

Learn about bidirectional EV charging/discharging with former White House and EPA policy advisor Clinton Administration, former County Supervisor in Virginia, Faculty at University of Virginia 23 years, Commerce, Architecture, Engineering who has a Philosophy degree and is an entrepreneur who started multiple companies. David Slutzky started Fermata Energy in 2010.
Here are some of the topics we covered:
V2G Vehicle to Grid
V1G smart charging
V2X Vehicle to Everything
V2B Vehicle to Building
V2L Vehicle to Load
Behind the meter
Load management<
Power quality
VARs
CAISO
Independent System Operator
Grid vs. Utility is different
ISO is grid made up of different utilities
VPP
Duke and Ford F-150 Lightning
TEPCO
Fukushima brought on V2X
CHAdeMO protocol
Nissan Leaf bidirectional in 2013
Offboard DC charger
Software platform
Vehicle battery comes free with leather seats and air conditioning
EV battery warranty with V2X
AI software
Data science<
Grid facing market opportunities
Vehicle to grid services provider
Defining 100% state of charge (SOC)
2000 Ford Ranger EV
Setting parameters of SOC to protect battery
LFP NCA NMC
4.2 volts per cell (VPC) at full charge
Child labor in the Congo and cobalt
Climate
Early adopters
Storage in EVs dwarfs stationary grid storage
Beacon power flywheels
University of Virginia vs. Virginia Tech
UL testing of bidirectional EV chargers
UL 1741 SB
UL 1741 SA
UL 1741
Siemens
CCS
North American Charging Standard = Tesla
<5A continuous = 10,000kWh/yr at 240V
Curtailing over $1B/yr of solar and wind in California
Discharge behind the meter to reduce demand charges
$200-$300 per month with 15kW EV to grid with Leaf
Utility demand response programs
National Grid summer demand response program<
Bidirectional Nissan Leaf makes in 57 hours in a summer for $4500 in the evenings (after work)
Onboard and offboard inverter/chargers
EV1
Rav 4 EV
Chevy S-10 EV
Avcon
GBT charging standard in China
Chao G charging is CHAdeMO in China
VW Dieselgate
Self certify
Electrify America
Chademo 3.0
Father of EVs in Japan
99.3% uptime of EV chargers in Japan
Much worse uptime in US
SGIP (Self Generation Incentive Program) subsidies in California should apply to EV to grid
Over 90% of EV charging happens at home
Interconnection agreement of inverter is probably going to be a stationary inverter and not a roaming onboard inverter
Weight of onboard inverter
Using big inverter that spins wheels to feed the grid
Raising capital and talking to oil companies
Panasonic
Chevron
Oil companies future is renewables and are important sources of capital
Yogaville
Buckingham County
Dominion Pipeline
David Slutzky
https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-slutzky-2a77875
Fermata Energy
https://fermataenergy.com/
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