Add EV Charger Installation to Your Services now
Excerpt from an article published by Solar Power World on February 28, 2023
Solar installers: Add EV charger installation to your services now
February 28, 2023- Kelly Pickerel, Solar Power World
Bidirectional EV charging will soon upend the solar + storage installation market.
The opportunity
V2X software developer Fermata Energy was the first bidirectional charger company to have UL 9741 certification, the standard that covers bidirectional charging equipment and includes functionality to export power to the grid. Fermata’s FE-15 charger was recently joined by Ford’s charger (made by Siemens) as the only two on the market to have UL 9741 certification. Fermata’s FE-15 charger is also the only one approved to work with the Nissan LEAF, the first mass-produced EV in the United States.
Nissan using a Fermata bidirectional charger
Fermata Energy CEO David Slutzky said the market opportunity for V2X is huge — not only for EV drivers wanting emergency backup or compensation for grid participation, but also for utilities and grid operators seeking to gain access to a large network of dispatchable energy assets.
“V2X is enabling the extraction of multiple value streams from parked electric vehicles and presenting them to different customers to enable those vehicles to suddenly become more cost-effective as assets to enable an accelerated deployment of renewable energy on the grid,” he said.
Brent Alderfer, CEO and Founder of Electric Frog Company; Michael Emond, Superintendent of the Burrillville Wastewater Treatment Facility; and Wallace Ridgeway, Director of Asset Deployment for Fermata Energy, at the delivery of the electric vehicle in Rhode Island.
The company’s V2X software is allowing an EV used by Burrillville, Rhode Island, city employees to send power back to Rhode Island Energy (formerly National Grid) and get compensation through the ConnectedSolutions program. Another Fermata setup in Boulder, Colorado, reduced peak power demand on a city building and saved the city an average of $270/month — approximately the monthly payment for the Nissan LEAF.
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About Fermata Energy
Park it. Plug it. Profit.TM Fermata Energy’s proprietary vehicle-to-everything (V2X) software platform and bidirectional chargers turn EVs into mobile energy storage assets, making it possible for EVs owners to combat climate change, increase energy resilience, and reduce energy costs. Learn more at www.fermataenergy.com, and follow us on Twitter (@FermataEnergy) and LinkedIn.
