Egat partners Mitsubishi Motors for converting electric vehicle battery energy to electrical system
The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Mitsubishi Motors to develop a business model for converting electric vehicle battery energy to home electrical system, aiming to expand electric charging stations across the country.
Egat and Mitsubishi Motors (Thailand) signed an MoU on energy conversion between electric vehicles (plug-in hybrid electric vehicle ( PHEV) with electrical systems and power control from the National Power System Control Centre.
Jiraporn Sirikham, Egat's deputy governor for strategy, said that this cooperation was another important step for Egat, which was ready to continue promoting new energy innovations for sustainable development in both economic, social and environmental aspects. He said Egat was committed to supporting the use of various types of electric vehicles, such as electric cars, in Thailand
The cooperation will be for three years.
For the conversion of energy between electric vehicles and electrical systems, it will be a study and test of power supply from Mitsubishi PHEV batteries to electrical systems such as houses or office buildings, using an inverter as a connection device between the electric vehicle and the electrical system. In the future, if there are more electric cars, such energy conversion could potentially support a virtual power plant innovation to help stabilise and strengthen the domestic power grid, the official said.
