The Value of “Vehicle to Grid” Integration into Warehouse Logistics Management – Case of Slovenian Retailer

Abstract

Wide-scale application photovoltaic energy sources for electricity production purposes is quite a challenge in Slovenia. The nature of sun is unpredictable, and the Slovenian National Grid has no significant storage opportunities today – if the V2G (vehicle-to-grid) solutions could be competitive in the near future we could prepare for the special circumstances: the batteries of electrically driven forklifts could provide attractive storage functions for renewable electricity storage. The following paper presents an overview of some “environmental background approaches” to show the complexity of this innovative system and to show the value of V2G technology and its application in warehouse logistics.