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Strategies for Plug-in Electric Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) and Photovoltaics (PV) for Peak Demand Reduction in Urban Regions in a Smart Grid Environment

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Plug In Electric Vehicles in Smart Grids

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Abstract

The strategy of using Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs) for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) energy transfer in a smart grid environment can offer grid support to distribution utilities, and opens a new revenue opportunity for PEV owners. V2G has the potential of reducing grid operation costs in demand-constrained urban feeders where peak-electricity prices are high. Photovoltaic (PV) solar energy conversion can also assist urban distribution grids in shaving energy demand peaks when and where there is a good match between the solar irradiation resource availability and electricity demands. This is particularly relevant in urban areas, where air-conditioning is the predominant load, and on-site generation a welcome resource. Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) plus short-term storage can offer additional grid support in the early evening, when solar irradiation is no longer available, but loads peak. When PEVs become a widespread technology, they will represent new electrical energy demands for generation, transmission and distribution (GT&D) utilities. PEVs that are parked in the early evening can play the role of short-term energy storage devices for PV electricity generated earlier in the day. In a smart-grid environment, the combination of PEVs and PV can offer a good solution to assist the public grid. In this chapter, results on analyses of these strategies applied to selected urban feeders in the metropolitan area of a capital city in Brazil are presented. It is shown that, in a smart-grid environment, it should be possible to accommodate PEVs, BIPVs, V2G and the recharging of PEVs (grid-to-vehicle—G2V), and at the same time assist the urban grids and supply the new energy demands represented by the introduction of a PEV fleet, without compromising the existing grid infrastructure.

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Notes

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    http://www.nissanusa.com/electric-cars/leaf/charging-range/battery/.

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    http://www.epri.com/search/Pages/results.aspx?k=Plug-In%20Hybrid%20Electric%20Sprinter%20Van%20Test%20Program.

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    http://www.toyota.com/toyota-owners-online-theme/pdf/Batteries2011-LowRes.pdf.

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  1. Grupo de Pesquisa Estratégica em Energia Solar, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Caixa Postal 476, Florianópolis, SC, 88040-900, Brazil

    Ricardo Rüther, Luiz Carlos Pereira Junior & Alice Helena Bittencourt

  2. Universität Paderborn, Warburger Straße 100, 33098, Paderborn, Germany

    Lukas Drude

  3. Colégio Politécnico, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Campus UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, 97105-900, Brazil

    Isis Portolan dos Santos

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Rüther, R., Junior, L.C.P., Bittencourt, A.H., Drude, L., dos Santos, I.P. (2015). Strategies for Plug-in Electric Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) and Photovoltaics (PV) for Peak Demand Reduction in Urban Regions in a Smart Grid Environment. In: Rajakaruna, S., Shahnia, F., Ghosh, A. (eds) Plug In Electric Vehicles in Smart Grids. Power Systems. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-299-9_7

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