In an Australian-first trial, researchers at Australian National University are testing whether electric vehicles could be used to prop up the power grid during an outage - and owners could be paid up to a $1000 for it.

Bjorn Sturmberg is the Research Leader in the Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program at ANU and thinks it could be a great solution to our changing power grid.

<p>In an Australian-first trial, researchers at Australian National University are testing whether electric vehicles could be used to prop up the power grid during an outage - and owners could be paid up to a $1000 for it.</p>
<p>Bjorn Sturmberg is the Research Leader in the Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program at ANU and thinks it could be a great solution to our changing power grid.</p>

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