Nuvve Holding Corp. just announced a new collaborative pilot program with Resource Innovations and ComEd to explore the benefits of bidirectional charging using electric school buses. The project will power more than 4.3 million ComEd customers and three school districts across northern Illinois.
Running through the end of Q4 2025, the pilot aims to assess the environmental, societal, and grid impacts of integrating vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology into clean transportation. It will evaluate how to deploy energy stored in the batteries of electric school buses to enhance grid stability and reduce energy costs. Further, it aims to demonstrate Nuvve’s technology, offering the study harnessing energy stored in vehicle’s battery for use during peak times and bolstering energy efficiency for school districts and local communities.
“ComEd is excited to launch the Vehicle-to-Grid pilot program in 2025 as we continue with our mission … to advance the equitable adoption of EVs here in northern Illinois,” said Scott Vogt, VP of strategy and energy policy for ComEd. “V2G is the next frontier in our work to support local school districts on developing plans that will help lower emissions, upgrade their fleets, and implement the benefits of EVs and their related infrastructure affordably. We look forward to working with Nuvve, Resource Innovations, and various stakeholders in the region to deploy new technologies that will help bring the environmental and economic benefits of electric school buses into more communities.”
ComEd’s V2G pilot comes as part of the company’s Beneficial Electrification investments, setting forward a number of customer EV rebate and education programs and pilots to help inform future planning and support a growing customer demand for EVs and their related infrastructure. Since last year, these have helped add 3,500 EV charging ports across the region, and 200 added EV fleet vehicles, including numerous school buses.
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