Ukrenergo to implement Smart Grid worth USD 48.5mln of investments

The project is the Second Power Transmission Project in Ukraine of World Bank, voiced the company representative at 7th European-Ukrainian Energy Day. The project implementation will be a starting point to future technological innovations. It will serve to improve reliability of Ukrainian power transmission system. Ukrenergo also plans to launch a system of demand response and power interchange system of vehicle-to-grid, V2G. The V2G system suggests that electric cars may plug into power distribution grids and give excess power in reverse. Ukrenergo plans to launch a pilot project upon its private electric cars fleet. The company will buy electric cars to test the V2G system and offer solution for the public.