The impact of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles on distribution networks: A review and outlook

Robert C. Green , Lingfeng Wang and Mansoor Alam

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2011, vol. 15, issue 1, 544-553

Abstract: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are the next big thing in the electric transportation market. While much work has been done to detail what economic costs and benefits PHEVs will have on consumers and producers alike, it seems that it is also important to understand what impact PHEVs will have on distribution networks nationwide. This paper finds that the impact of PHEVs on the distribution network can be determined using the following aspects of PHEVs: driving patterns, charging characteristics, charge timing, and vehicle penetration. The impacts that these aspects of PHEVs will have on distribution networks have been measured and calculated by multiple authors in different locations using many different tools that range from analytical techniques to simulations and beyond. While much work has already been completed in this area, there is still much to do. Areas left for improvement and future work will include adding more stochasticity into models as well as computing and analyzing reliability indices with respect to distribution networks.

Keywords: Plug-in; hybrid; electric; vehicle; (PHEV); Distribution; grid; Vehicle-to-grid; (V2G); Grid; reliability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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