Foreword by Willett Kempton
Introduction
- Introduction
- Argument
- Novelty and Contribution
- Chapters to Come
Chapter One: History, definition and current state of V2G
- V2G as a Concept
o Defining what is and isn't V2G
- History of V2G
- The technology of V2G
- Actors and Roles of V2G
- Current Global Status of V2G
Chapter Two: Potential of V2G implementation
- Summarizing the benefits of V2G
o Economic revenues
o Technical superiority to other forms storage
o Ancillary services, grid efficiency
o Renewable energy integration
o Microgrid, emergency backup, vehicle-to-home
o Vehicle-to-X
- From fleets to individuals
- Interactions with super and smart grids
- Conceptualizing future of V2G
Chapter Three: Technical Challenges to V2G
- Battery Degradation
- Charger efficiency
- Standards:
o Network standards
o Communication standard (ISO 15118)
- Scaling up aggregation
- V2G & the evolution of the energy system
o Digitalization and big data
o Privacy, security and safety concerns
o Democracy and transparency
Chapter Four: Economic and business challenges to V2G
- Costs and revenue
o Decreasing the additional cost of V2G
? Bidirectional chargers
? Increasing communication capacity
o Double Taxation
o Moving beyond the low-hanging markets: across markets and across regions
- Business models
o Pricing and revenue models
o Ownership structure: Aggregators and other actors
o Defining the evolving market: Integration with other technologies
Chapter Five: Political and Regulatory Challenges to V2G
- Regulation:
o Decision-makers and actors interaction
o Market regulations
? Developing and defining the storage market
? Net metering
? Taxation regulations
- Policy support
o Support for EVs
o Political support for storage markets
? Competing storage notions/visions
? Authorizing and galvanizing TSO/DSO projects
? Pilot Projects and Niche Development
Chapter Six: Society and V2G
- Consumer Perspectives of V2G
o Consumer knowledge and awareness
o Fear of Battery Degradation
o Consumer Acceptance - Reliability & Range Anxiety
- Conceptualizing the Consumer in V2G
o Diffusion Studies
o Sociotechnical Transitions
o Science & Technology Studies
- Strategies to increase consumer knowledge and acceptance
o Tinkering
o Economic value transfers
o Information and Education
o Experience
- Major social research gaps:
o User behavior
o Carbon & Health Impacts of V2G
o Vision and narratives
o Social justice
o Gender Norms
o Urban resilience & disaster/emergency capacity
Chapter Seven: Deployment Pathways and Policy Recommendations
- General flexible storage policies
- Policies specific to V2G - Pilot projects, ch...
