EV Renewable Credit Tracking for V2G Energy Transfer
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Solution Overview
Problem
The rapid growth of the electric vehicle (EV) market creates challenges in managing renewable energy credits (RECs) effectively, as existing systems lack coordination between energy authorities and other stakeholders, leading to inefficiencies in incentivizing EV owners to use renewable energy and transfer clean energy back to the grid.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for automatic tracking and management of RECs, involving a server that receives and transmits electric discharging information from EVs to energy regulatory authorities, calculates and transfers corresponding credit information, and facilitates compensation for both the energy transferred and its renewable attributes, promoting the use of renewable energy sources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If EVs discharge renewable energy to the grid without a coordination system, then energy transfer occurs, but RECs are lost due to transaction gaps between energy authorities and other authorities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a centralized server as an intermediary that coordinates between EVs, energy transfer stations, and energy authorities. This server receives discharging information from EVs, transmits it to the energy authority for REC calculation, and distributes credit information back to recipients, thereby preventing REC loss due to communication gaps between different parties in the energy ecosystem.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a feedback loop where the server continuously monitors energy discharging events, tracks REC generation, and distributes credit information back to relevant parties. This feedback mechanism ensures that REC information flows continuously through the system, preventing information loss and ensuring proper attribution of renewable energy credits to the appropriate EVs and recipients.
2Reliability
If manual REC management is used, then coordination between parties is possible, but system complexity and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automated self-service functionality where EVs automatically transmit their discharging information to the server, which then automatically calculates, tracks, and distributes REC credit information without requiring manual intervention. This automation maintains reliable REC management while significantly reducing system operational complexity and eliminating manual coordination overhead.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical coordination processes with an automated electronic information system. The server-based digital platform substitutes human-to-human communication and manual record-keeping with automated electronic data transmission, calculation, and distribution, thereby maintaining accuracy while reducing complexity and time consumption.
3Object-generated harmful factors
If EVs are incentivized to use renewable energy, then carbon footprints are reduced, but coordination gaps prevent proper credit distribution
Solution Approach 1:
The centralized server acts as a mediator that simplifies the credit distribution process by automatically receiving discharging information from EVs, calculating the appropriate RECs, and distributing credit information to recipients. This intermediary function eliminates coordination gaps between different parties, making the credit distribution process easy to operate while ensuring that carbon reduction incentives are properly attributed and distributed.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods for tracking and managing the transfer of renewable energy and credits associated with the renewable energy are disclosed, particularly in the context of a V2G framework. A server may receive information about an electric vehicle's charging and discharging states. When the electric vehicle is known to have obtained a charge from a renewable source, the transfer of any energy associated with that charge to a recipient may also trigger the transfer of renewable energy credits (RECs) to the recipient. The server maintains an accounting of the movement of RECs, and may also facilitate compensation to electric vehicle owners for their return of clean energy to a third party.