With this clever use of his EV, the winemaker managed to gain a weekly profit of around $50, which amounts to over $2,500 per year.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
With annual electricity bills adding up to around $6,000 (Australian), one man sought to cut costs drastically for his home and winemaking business.<\/p>\n
Joseph Evans, who owns a vineyard in the Australian Barossa Valley, took his first steps in lowering electricity costs when he installed a rooftop solar system that could power his property during daylight hours. This removed $4,000 from his annual power bill basically overnight.<\/p>\n
But this wasn\u2019t enough, as the end goal was to bring electricity invoices to zero \u2013 or even better, get some money out of it.<\/p>\n
So, with South Australia approving the first batch of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charger installations, Evans became one of the first people in the land Down Under to inject power back into the national grid using his Nissan Leaf<\/a> and its 40 kWh battery pack.<\/p>\n With this clever use of his EV, the winemaker managed to gain a weekly profit of around $50, which amounts to over $2,500 per year.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n