Vehicle to grid in Nova Scotia

Abstract

Although Nova Scotia produces only 2.8% of Canada's total greenhouse gases (GHG), it has the fourth highest per capita emissions. These emissions come largely from electricity generation and transportation sectors. This is because fossil fuels are the main sources of electricity generation and even in the cleanest GHG reduction scenario fossil fuels will still contribute 60% of the electricity generation in 2020. In addition, Nova Scotia is the sixth highest province in terms of number of cars per capita, at 0.59 cars per person. However, using vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, these cars can have the potential to help the power utility and transportation sectors decrease their GHG emissions and at the same time allow an increase in the renewable sources serving the province. This paper analyzes how the province can benefit from V2G technology in the future.