Towards the Integration of Sustainable Transportation and Smart Grids: A Review on Electric Vehicles’ Management

Virginia Casella, Daniel Fernandez Valderrama, Giulio Ferro, Riccardo Minciardi, Massimo Paolucci, Luca Parodi and Michela Robba
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Virginia Casella: DIBRIS—Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and Systems Engineering, University of Genova, 16145 Genova, Italy
Daniel Fernandez Valderrama: DIBRIS—Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and Systems Engineering, University of Genova, 16145 Genova, Italy
Giulio Ferro: DIBRIS—Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and Systems Engineering, University of Genova, 16145 Genova, Italy
Riccardo Minciardi: DIBRIS—Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and Systems Engineering, University of Genova, 16145 Genova, Italy
Massimo Paolucci: DIBRIS—Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and Systems Engineering, University of Genova, 16145 Genova, Italy
Luca Parodi: DIBRIS—Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and Systems Engineering, University of Genova, 16145 Genova, Italy
Michela Robba: DIBRIS—Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and Systems Engineering, University of Genova, 16145 Genova, Italy

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 11, 1-23

Abstract: In this paper, a survey is presented on the use of optimization models for the integration of electric vehicles (EVs) and charging stations (CSs) in the energy system, paying particular attention both to planning problems (i.e., those problems related to long term decisions such as the siting and sizing of CSs), and operational management problems (i.e., the optimal scheduling of EVs in smart grids, microgrids and buildings taking into account vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capabilities). Moreover, specific attention was dedicated to decision problems that couple transportation and electrical networks, such as the energy demand assessment for a vehicle over a path and routing and charging decision problems for goods and people transportation. Finally, an effort was dedicated to highlighting the integration and the use of EVs in very recent regulation frameworks, with specific reference to the participation in the balancing market through the figure of an aggregator and the inclusion in the management of Energy Communities (ECs) and sustainable districts.

Keywords: electric vehicles; optimization; microgrid; optimal control; smart grid; planning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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