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Campus Renewable Microgrid with Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G)

Faculty of Science at Sriracha , Sriracha Campus

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The renewable microgrid enhances campus energy security and decarbonization by integrating rooftop PV across academic blocks and carports, MWh-scale battery storage, and an AI-driven load orchestration platform. In the pilot year, bidirectional inverters and V2G-capable chargers enabled university and staff EVs to discharge during peak hours, shaving demand from the main grid and providing resilience during brownouts.

Architecturally, the project established energy transaction rules between buildings and vehicles with dynamic compensation indexed to solar surplus signals and time-of-use pricing. Researchers and students co-developed 24–48 hour forecasts for load and PV output to schedule charge–discharge without disrupting mobility needs, while a real-time dashboard exposed avoided carbon, vehicle SOC, and energy revenues to users.

Year-one outcomes included six hours of critical-load ride-through during outages, 23% peak demand reduction, 2.9 GWh of net renewable generation, and 2,150 tCO2e avoided. Net revenues were allocated to student services. The initiative advances SDG 7, SDG 11, and SDG 13, and satisfies 2025 indicators 96, 210, and 111.