Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G)Parked EVs give power back at the evening peak
EVs spend most of the day parked. On two-way chargers they can charge when power is plentiful and give some back at the evening peak, within limits the driver sets. Ingro is building the V2G operating system for India under an MOU with the India Smart Grid Forum.
Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) lets an electric vehicle send power from its battery back to the grid through a bidirectional charger. Charged when power is cheap and plentiful, the car gives a share back at the evening peak, and the driver's limits, such as a minimum charge and a time to be full, always come first.
Vehicle-to-grid (V2G), step by step
- 1
The driver sets limits
For example: never below 60% charge, and full again by 8 AM.
- 2
Charge when power is plentiful
The car charges in the midday solar hours or overnight, when power is cheap.
- 3
Give back at the peak
At the evening peak the charger exports what the driver's limits allow.
- 4
Refill and get paid
The car is full again by departure, and the owner or fleet is paid for the energy provided.
What the Ingro OS does
The same hardware-agnostic layer that runs Ingro EMS sits between the grid and every battery.
See every battery
Charge level, health and availability across every connected car.
Predict and decide
When to charge, when to give back, and how much.
Mobility first
Driver limits are honoured on every session; the grid gets only what is spare.
Aggregate into MW
Thousands of small batteries act as one dispatchable resource for the DISCOM.
In India so far
- 2026
South Asia's first AC V2G demonstration
ISGF led the demonstration with BSES Yamuna Power, Tata Power-DDL and ANERT. Parked cars plugged into two-way chargers gave power back to the grid.
- Sep 2026
Ingro and ISGF sign an MOU for one V2G operating system
Ingro will build a unified V2G operating system for DISCOMs and OEMs, bringing together what the charging and swapping pilots learned.
What each side gets
DISCOMs
Peak support from cars already parked on their network.
EV OEMs and fleets
Faster V2G rollout on one operating system, and income for idle vehicles.
Charge-point operators
A grid-services revenue line on top of charging.
What we have posted on this
Announcements and analysis from Ingro's LinkedIn.
Sep 2026Ingro Energy and ISGF Sign MOU for a Unified V2G Operating System
India has proven both V2G modalities in the field: battery swapping (Sheru and BSES Rajdhani, 2023) and AC charging (ISGF-led demo, 2026). Under an MOU with ISGF, Ingro Energy will unify them in one V2G operating system for discoms and OEMs.
Jul 2026BESS Breaks the 30 kW Ceiling at EV Charging Sites
Most EV charging sites in India hit the same wall: a 30 kW connection, two cars charging, everyone else waiting. A behind-the-meter BESS lets a station dispense far more than its sanctioned load without a transformer upgrade, HT works, or a months-long DISCOM augmentation.
Jul 2026India's Grid Hit 50% Non-Fossil Generation. Briefly.
On 6 July 2026, non-fossil sources supplied 50% of India's electricity for a brief midday window as demand hit 221 GW. Installed non-fossil capacity already exceeds half the fleet, but average annual generation share sits closer to a quarter — and that gap is the real story of this decade.
Vehicle-to-grid (V2G): common questions
4 questions
Every cycle adds some wear, which is why the operating system tracks battery health and limits how deep and how often a car gives back. Drivers set the floor; the system works above it.
Yes. ISGF led South Asia's first AC V2G demonstration in 2026 with BSES Yamuna Power, Tata Power-DDL and ANERT, and Sheru and BSES Rajdhani ran India's first V2G battery-swapping station in 2023.
Yes. The time you need the car and the charge you need by then are hard limits. V2G only uses what is spare before that.
Under an MOU with the India Smart Grid Forum, Ingro develops the V2G operating system for the charging modality: one system that sits between the DISCOM and the chargers.
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Other ways the network uses storage
- Cloud energy storageMany customers' batteries, dispatched as one store
- Vehicle-to-home (V2H)The car in the driveway doubles as the home battery
- Battery swapping to gridSpare packs in swap stations support the grid at peak
- Virtual power plant (VPP)Batteries, EVs, solar and loads acting as one plant
- Open accessStored green power delivered when the factory needs it
Exploring Vehicle-to-grid?
DISCOMs, OEMs, fleets, charge-point and swap operators, and battery owners: tell us what you are planning and we will show you how it runs on the Ingro OS.