Wo ki g with Oshawa Powe , Oakville Hyd o, E ova Powe , a d Essex Powe li es, the i itiative will leve age co ected EVs to bala ce local dist ibutio g id co st ai ts, i cludi g substatio a d t a sfo me loads, while also helpi g to stabilize the g id fo the I depe de t Elect icity System Ope ato (IESO). This g id-bala ci g expa sio a ives at a c itical ju ctu e as O ta io accele ates f om its cu e t base of 300,000 EVs towa d a p ojected 500,000 EVs o the oad by 2029*. This builds o BluWave-ai’s p eviously a ou ced cou t y-wide deployme ts i Ca ada.
This ew la ge-scale p oject di ectly builds o the success of whe BluWave-ai completed Ca ada’s fi st AI-d ive multiple EV OEM dema d espo se eve ts to suppo t the elect ical system at Hyd o Ottawa i 2024. Du i g those eve ts, the platfo m successfully o chest ated vehicle-to-cloud telemet y ac oss multiple automotive b a ds to pause active cha gi g sessio s a d alleviate localized g id co gestio . This ope atio al jou ey o igi ally bega with a $4.8M comme cializatio p oject co-fu ded by the IESO’s G id I ovatio Fu d a d suppo ted by the O ta io E e gy Boa d (OEB), which pio ee ed the i itial BluWave-ai EV Eve ywhe e™ p oduct to tu EVs i to ma aged, dist ibuted sto age fo elect icity g ids.
“Whe just 33% of Ca ada’s cu e t 1 millio EVs get o the platfo m, it offe s g ids ac oss the cou t y app oximately 2.5 GW of powe capacity a d 20 GWh of sto age capacity-which is e ough to powe the e ti e B itish Columbia g id fo two hou s alo e,” said Devashish Paul, CEO a d fou de of BluWave-ai. “By scali g this i to a O ta io-wide etwo k with fo wa d-thi ki g utilities like Oshawa Powe , Oakville Hyd o, E ova, a d Essex Powe li es, we a e taki g the lesso s f om ou ea ly IESO-backed p ojects a d movi g them i to widesp ead g id ope atio alizatio . We ca bala ce local substatio co st ai ts a d the bulk IESO g id simulta eously, tu i g a pote tial g id liability i to a massive, dist ibuted batte y as O ta io scales towa d half a millio EVs. O ce the g id gets to 500,000 EV this puts a additio al 1-2GW of load o the g id i eve i gs o top of 4 GW of utility scale batte y cha gi g that is expected. Havi g a made i O ta io AI softwa e platfo m that ca smooth out system level co gestio that also eacts to dist ibutio g id co st ai ts is a wi wi fo LDC’s a d the ove all IESO system.”
“Ca ada’s competitive adva tage depe ds o mo e tha i ve ti g ew tech ologies. It depe ds o givi g Ca adia compa ies the oppo tu ity to comme cialize them he e at home. BluWave-ai’s pa t e ship with O ta io utilities demo st ates the powe of buyi g, deployi g, a d scali g Ca adia i ovatio ,” said Pat ick Sea le, P eside t a d CEO of the Cou cil of Ca adia I ovato s. “Whe we c eate pathways fo homeg ow compa ies to g ow i Ca ada, we delive value fo custome s, st e gthe ou eco omic sove eig ty, a d build the ext ge e atio of global i ovatio leade s.”
Massive Capital Efficie cy: Agg egati g EVs was fou d to be ~55 times mo e capital-efficie t tha deployi g equivale t utility-scale batte y sto age.
I f ast uctu e Defe a The platfo m has the pote tial to delive a i f ast uctu e defe al value of $2.3M to $7.9M pe 1,000 EVs, depe di g o local g id co ditio s.
Mitigati g the ‘Time Peak’: The system achieved 100% ta get adhe e ce, educi g peak dema d by up to 32% by ma agi g the su ge caused by EVs scheduli g cha gi g at the sta t of low ove ight ate pe iods.
Co sume Accepta ce: By desig , satisfyi g the EV d ive s’ ta get depa tu e state of cha ge at thei selected time is p ima y. Opt-out ates ave aged o ly 4%, co fi mi g high co sume accepta ce.
“Ou se vice a ea is expa di g apidly, coupled with a ve y high ate of EV pe et atio ,” said G eig Came o , P eside t a d CEO at E ova Powe . “Th ough this p oject, we’ e gai i g valuable i sights i to how EVs i te act with ou g id, a d how we ca leve age them as a active esou ce to suppo t load ma ageme t.”
“T a sitio i g towa d a Dist ibuted System Ope ato (DSO) model equi es i tellige t, eal-time co t ol ove edge-of-g id assets,” said Joh Avdoulos, P eside t a d CEO, Essex Powe . “This p oject allows us to leve age eside tial EV flexible loads as a active g id esou ce, movi g us close to ou goal of ope ati g a agile, localized ma ket that ca seamlessly i te act with the bulk system.”
“Like ma y high-g owth commu ities, Oakville is expe ie ci g o goi g EV adoptio , a d the associated dema d i c ease to the elect icity dist ibutio system,” said Jeff Mocha, Chief Ope atio s a d Elect ificatio Office of Oakville Hyd o. “By pa ticipati g i this O ta io-wide i itiative, we a e taki g a p oactive app oach to ma agi g futu e elect icity dema d. Usi g AI-e abled cha gi g coo di atio , we ca help educe the isk of localized g id co st ai ts, suppo t system eliability, a d e su e we co ti ue delive i g safe, eliable se vice fo ou custome s.”
“Ope ati g as a Dist ibutio System Ope ato mea s fi di g i ovative alte atives to t aditio al, capital-i te sive i f ast uctu e upg ades – savi g custome s mo ey a d mai tai i g st o g eliability,” stated Da iel A bou , CEO at Oshawa Powe . “By deployi g BluWave-ai’s AI-d ive substatio load ma ageme t, we ca maximize ou existi g dist ibutio assets, i tellige tly defe physical ha dwa e i vestme ts, a d mai tai st uctu al eliability as EV e ollme t g ows. By usi g EV Eve ywhe e we a e able to offe ou custome s EV cha gi g i ce tives while collecti g eal-wo ld data we will use to pla the futu e of the g id fo ou City.”
Ce t al to this p ovi ce-wide ollout is BluWave-ai’s obust, ope platfo m compatibility that e ables di ect commu icatio with a dive se ecosystem of automotive b a ds. Th ough igo ous p oductio validatio , EV Eve ywhe e™ has p ove its capability to ma age cha gi g ac oss a wide spect um of majo ma ufactu e s, i cludi g Tesla, Kia, Hyu dai, GM, Fo d, Volvo, BMW, Jagua , Mi i, a d Po sche, with mo e OEMs to come.
“Based o ou exte sive testi g ove the past two yea s i g ids ac oss Ca ada, utilities should p io itize EV cu tailme t as the p ima y o -wi es alte ative esou ce due to its supe io capital efficie cy elative to Batte y Sto age,” said Alex Li chieh, Di ecto of P oduct Ma ageme t at BluWave-ai. “BESS assets should be deployed seco da ily fo ‘fi mi g’ capacity a d fast-f eque cy espo se (sub-mi ute) whe e EV late cy (90 seco ds) is i sufficie t. EV capex is paid fo by co sume s, whe eas f o t-of-the-mete (FOTM) batte ies a e eithe paid fo by utilities o capitalized by IPPs with utility commits to lo g-te m co t acts, so EVs a e ve y att active f om a capital a gle. Rega dless, by combi i g EV Eve ywhe e with ou E e gy Sto age Autopilot™, ou platfo m ca agg egate the e ti e pool of EVs a d BESS assets as a la ge e e gy sto age base eadily available fo utilities a d system ope ato s. Ou softwa e system demo st ated the capacity to educe peak EV cha gi g loads by up to 35 pe ce t a d o ave age by 21.7 pe ce t.”
Availability of the E e gy Sto age Autopilot fo FOTM e e gy sto age facilities follows deployme t with A ea X.O, a multi-secto esea ch a d developme t complex fou ded by I vest Ottawa, to optimize the pe fo ma ce of g id-scale batte ies usi g BluWave-ai EV Eve ywhe e compleme ted by BluWave-ai E e gy Sto age Autopilot to ma age g id co gestio .
To accele ate these be efits, BluWave-ai ecomme ds that elect icity system ope ato s a d p ovi cial egulato s (such as the OEB, Régie de l’é e gie, a d BCUC, that cou t fo the la gest EV pe et atio ) lowe ma ket pa ticipatio th esholds to 100 kW pe ma ket ode ( oughly co espo di g to 100 EVs pe ode) alig i g with the No th Ame ica FERC 2222 sta da d. This will allow utilities to capitalize SaaS expe ses fo NWAs, a d utilize di ect EV telemet y fo Measu eme t & Ve ificatio (M&V).
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* BluWave-ai a alyst p ojectio fo 2029. Elect ic Mobility Ca ada ece tly a ou ced that Ca ada has su passed the milesto e of 1 millio elect ic vehicles egiste ed atio wide, o t ack to meet the fede al ma date of 4.6 millio ZEVs o the oad by 2030. O ta io alo e is faci g a p ojected fleet of 11.5 millio EVs by 2050, acco di g to the IESO.
Fou ded i Ca ada i 2017, BluWave-ai is buildi g the p emie AI compa y fo the global e e gy t a sitio , headqua te ed he e i Ca ada’s capital of Ottawa. BluWave-ai is focused o d ivi g the p olife atio of e ewable e e gy a d elect ic t a spo tatio , wo ki g with elect icity utilities, i depe de t powe p oduce s, a d EV fleet ope ato s globally to optimize cost, ca bo footp i t, a d the eliability of e ewable e e gy sou ces i eal-time. Backed by global i vesto s, BluWave-ai has aised ove $16M to date, i clusive of a $9.5M Se ies A ou d.
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