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Shanxi's market-led design
Shanxi's Energy Bureau issued its plan to scale vehicle-to-grid interaction (Jin Energy Electric [2026] No.73), leveraging the province's power-market and VPP base and guided by spot-price signals. By end-2026 it aims to build a trading and settlement mechanism fit for Shanxi's market and start pilots with over 300 MW aggregated capacity.
A clear two-step roadmap
The plan charts a market path: charging/swapping facilities join as independent entities or aggregated VPPs in medium/long-term, spot and frequency-regulation markets; existing VPPs adding a V2G identity keep prior test results, no repeat assessment. By end-2028, V2G deeply integrates into spot and ancillary markets at over 600 MW, covering passenger, freight, municipal and private travel.
A lesson for Yantai and Shandong
Shanxi leads on power spot markets; its V2G design is instructive for Shandong (Yantai). Yantai can use regional power markets to trial ordered and bidirectional charging in community shelters, letting residents both help the grid shave peaks and share green-dispatch dividends.