Italy is set to be home to a landmark vehicle-to-grid (V2G) project, courtesy of French utility Engie and domestic automotive company Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles (FCA). By capitalizing on the growing battery capacity in the country, through its residents electric vehicles (EVs), this will be an early test of how efficiently distributed resources can be used to balance a regional grid. Early work has started on the 25 MW V2G project in Turin, Italy, with the first 50 kW phase underway at Fiat-Chrysler’s logistics center in Mirafiori. This initial phase aims to house 64 two-way fast charging points for EVs from July this year, with an ambition to scale the regions V2G infrastructure to support 700 vehicles by the end of 2021,…