V2G are a “smart grid” consultancy based near Holsworthy in Devon. Our current focus is on getting our “Static & mobile distributed energy storage” (SaMDES) project up and running here in sunny (and windy) South West England.

We are members of the following smart grid standards development committees:

British Standards Institution L/13 –
Smart grid policy

British Standards Institution PEL/57 –
Power systems management and associated information exchange

British Standards Institution PEL/69 –
Electric vehicles

British Standards Institution SDS/2 –
Smart and sustainable cities and communities

International Electrotechnical Commission SyC Smart Energy JWG 3 –
Architecture and use-cases for EVs to provide grid support functions

International Electrotechnical Commission TC 69/JWG 15 –
Distributed energy storage systems based on Electrically Chargeable Vehicles

International Electrotechnical Commission TC 57/JWG 11 –
Management of Electric Vehicles charging and discharging infrastructures

International Organization for Standardization TC 22/SC 31/JWG 1 –
Vehicle to grid communication interface

International Organization for Standardization TC 268/SC 1 –
Smart community infrastructures

International Organization for Standardization TC 268/SC 2 –
Sustainable cities and communities – Sustainable mobility and transportation

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization TC 205/WG 18 –
Home and Building Electronic Systems related work on Smart Grid.

Open Charge Alliance OCPP 2.x/V2x technical task group.

Historically:

International Electrotechnical Commission TC 57/WG 16 –
Deregulated energy market communications

Smart Grid Interoperability Panel PAP03 –
Common specification for price and product definition

FIX Protocol Ltd. standards working group on electrical energy pricing.

Here are a few of the areas in which we possess considerable experience:

SCADA, IEEE-1815 (DNP3), WISP+, IEC 60870, IEC 61850, IEC 62325, IEC 63110, ISO 15118, CIM, UML, eMIX, TeMix, FIX, Private radio, Packet switched radio, LPWAN, GPRS, Ethernet, VPNs, “Black boxes”, Multi-tier enterprise applications, SQL Server, MySQL servers, MongoDB, Redis, LAMP, WAMP, Real time UNIX, Embedded Linux, Custom desktop GIS, C, C++, C#, Java, Object Pascal, Python, Support vector machines, Genetic optimisation….

Oh, and I almost forgot. V2G, V2B, V2H and S2G, in their current nascent condition.

If any of those buzzwords rings a bell for you, because expertise in that area is lacking within your own organisation, then please do not hesitate to get in touch.