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Queenstown Electrification Accelerator project lead Josh Ellison explains the potential of V2G and the launch of the country's biggest trial in Queenstown. As he said: "A new EV can store three to four days’ worth of household electricity use in its battery, and EV owners with a V2G charger and rooftop solar could keep charging their vehicles indefinitely."
"In the future, when most vehicles are expected to be electric, just half of the nationwide fleet could hold more energy capacity than all the country’s power stations combined, he says.
A small number of chargers will be installed in selected homes and businesses early next year to allow some initial testing.
QEA will then release a more detailed application process for all the vehicle and charger types in the trial so the remainder of the installations can be done, probably by the middle of next year.
"We’ve already had a lot of people register their interest."
Anyone who upgrades their gas hot water system to a hot water heat pump is a Bright Spark in our eyes and that's what Kingston resident Jason Roberts has just done - with an assist from the Queenstown Electrification Accelerator's group discount scheme.
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