V2G are a “smart grid” consultancy based near Camelford in Cornwall. Our current focus is on getting our “Static & mobile distributed energy storage” (SaMDES) project up and running here in sunny South West England. With that end in mind we are currently collaborating with the “Cornwall New Energy” initiative.
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.