Who will be the first "microgrid" with Charge Station Pro/Sunrun

[MarkC]

The Charge Station Pro system looks very interesting with the CCS connection allowing DC bidirectional energy flow. Who will enable this first? Will Sunrun actually have a functional system of hardware/software (it takes both to be robust). Hopefully, Ford will follow through with functional V2X capabilities of grid, home backup, load, building, etc.

I'd be very interested in any updates - and If anyone knows about the first install, be it a "pilot" or an actual individual purchase, please respond to this post - I'm ready to make the trip! Since I'm way down the list - will not happen for me for likely a couple of years. I went the Nissan Leaf route and continue to be disappointed with no realistic results.

https://www.motortrend.com/news/fords-charge-station-pro-first-vehicle-to-grid-charger/

 

[paulhrab]

Received an email from Sunrun that appeared to be the invitation to start moving in that direction...filled in the required information and got a reply...sorry, we're not in your area yet. Guess I'll have to use my Mach-e charge station.

 

[MarkC]

Received an email from Sunrun that appeared to be the invitation to start moving in that direction...filled in the required information and got a reply...sorry, we're not in your area yet. Guess I'll have to use my Mach-e charge station.

Did Sunrun give you a date when they will support your area? I wonder what "area" they are able to support? I'd guess Ford/Sunrun have an exclusive as essentially every major solar inverter manufacturer has a battery backup option - most at the high voltage DC level.

 

[paulhrab]

No date, but said I could use local electricians.

 

[MacMike]

Did Sunrun give you a date when they will support your area? I wonder what "area" they are able to support? I'd guess Ford/Sunrun have an exclusive as essentially every major solar inverter manufacturer has a battery backup option - most at the high voltage DC level.

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[MarkC]

To all interested in "microgrid" development based on EV's batteries - this is a great video/post on this forum:
https://www.ford-lightning.com/thre...hing-you-need-to-know-directly-from-ford.412/