1、National Roadmap for Bidirectional EV Charging 12 February 2025 enX 2025Executive summaryPage 2About this RoadmapThis Roadmap was commissioned by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency(ARENA)and RACE for 2030(RACE)to identify the critical path to achieving commercial adoption of bidirectional EV(bid

2、i)charging in Australia.The Roadmap is also intended to provide guidance to industry and government who will have a key role in developing policy settings and strategy initiatives to realise the benefits of bidi for the Australian community.The opportunityBidirectional EV charging allows for EV batt

3、eries to be used for purposes including solar-self-consumption,back-up power and supporting the grid.With the right policy settings,hundreds of thousands of Australian households could be using this technology to reduce their power bills by 2030,and millions by 2040.Our V2G Electricity Market Modell

4、ing Reports indicated this could materially reduce electricity costs for consumers and accelerate national emissions reduction.The challengeThe immediate issue that needs to be addressed for Australia to access near term benefits from bidi,is to incentivise automakers to release this capability in o

5、ur market over the next 24 months.The technology is sufficiently mature to support this timeframe,and rapid progress can be achieved through national policy and actions that improve the value proposition for consumers while reducing associated costs and risks for automakers supplying our market.Reco

6、mmended actionsThis Roadmap outlines 18 actions(page 30)under five action areas(ES Figure 1),that are recommended for inclusion in a national strategy for bidirectional EV charging to be developed by Australian governments.The most urgent areas for actions are:B.Consumer value transferC.Smart grid m