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FIGURE 12: POTENTIAL STAKEHOLDERS IN VGI IMPLEMENTATION IN INDIA
5.2 Stakeholder consultation The purpose of the stakeholder consultation was to get the different stakeholder perspectives on various aspects of VGI and recommendations regarding the promotion of VGI in India. To this end, a set of questions were posed to the interviewees, as listed in Appendix B - Questionnaire. During the stakeholder consultation, the research team reached out to a number of stakeholders actively involved in India’s EV ecosystem. The stakeholders consulted are listed in Appendix C - Stakeholders Consulted. The views expressed by different stakeholder categories on specific VGI aspects are detailed below: 1.
General view of VGI: All the stakeholders believe that VGI is important and has the potential to harness the usage characteristics of EVs to enable them to serve as a grid asset. The views of different stakeholder groups on VGI are presented in Table 2. An important takeaway from the consultation is that the majority of the players are currently interested in V1G, as no infrastructural upgradation is required for its implementation, and V2G implementation may have to wait for several years.
TABLE 2: STAKEHOLDER VIEWS ON VGI Stakeholder DISCOMs
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Futuristic concept
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Not enough EVs on road for aggregation
Charging service providers
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Can be effectively utilised to deal with the variability associated with RE sources, since EV batteries can be used for energy storage
R&D institutions
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Requires high-quality electronics and communication
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Requires a stable grid and framework for EV integration with the grid
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Sceptical regarding VGI
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Not very interested in feeding power back into the grid
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Priority is battery swapping and battery-to-grid, before considering V2G
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