Technology balancing for reliable EV uptake in distribution grids: An Australian case study

A. Moradi Amani, S.S. Sajjadi, N. Al Khafaf, H. Song, M. Jalili, X. Yu, L. Meegahapola and P. McTaggart

Renewable Energy, 2023, vol. 206, issue C, 939-948

Abstract: The emergence of new technologies, such as photovoltaic (PV) solar systems, household Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and electric vehicles (EVs), has introduced challenges for the Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) in the operation of power distribution networks. Uncontrolled renewable energy generation and storage, and EV charging can cause over/under voltage problems. Recently, there has been much effort, from control and scheduling of BESSs and EVs to PV curtailment, to address these issues. However, the knowledge about how much penetration of these technologies can be well-tolerated by the grid when all charging/discharging are uncontrolled, would still be of interest to DNOs. There are many depending factors such as customer consumption profiles, grid conditions and network constraints. In this paper, we propose a framework to determine the critical balance between PV, BESS and EV in a distribution grid. Using real data from 4000 customers in Victoria, Australia, we find that in the absence of advanced control and scheduling algorithms, the best approach to prevent voltage violation in the grid is to keep the installation of PV and BESS balanced with the EV penetration. We also show that power export to the grid by EVs using the vehicle-to-home (V2H) technology may contribute to keeping the grid voltage in the standard range if 40%–80% of EVs are in the discharge mode in critical peak times. While complete coordination of PV, EV and BESS has not yet been fully realized in many networks, our methodology provides a framework for DNOs to perform optimised planning.

Keywords: Power distribution networks; Overvoltage; Electric vehicles; Photovoltaics; Household battery energy storage system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2023.02.056

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