Quantification of the Flexibility Potential through Smart Charging of Battery Electric Vehicles and the Effects on the Future Electricity Supply System in Germany

Felix Guthoff, Nikolai Klempp and Kai Hufendiek
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Felix Guthoff: Institute of Energy Economics and Rational Energy Use (IER), University of Stuttgart, DE-70565 Stuttgart, Germany
Nikolai Klempp: Institute of Energy Economics and Rational Energy Use (IER), University of Stuttgart, DE-70565 Stuttgart, Germany
Kai Hufendiek: Institute of Energy Economics and Rational Energy Use (IER), University of Stuttgart, DE-70565 Stuttgart, Germany

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 9, 1-20

Abstract: Electrification offers an opportunity to decarbonize the transport sector, but it might also increase the need for flexibility options in the energy system, as the uncoordinated charging process of battery electric vehicles ( BEV ) can lead to a demand with high simultaneity. However, coordinating BEV charging by means of smart charging control can also offer substantial flexibility potential. This potential is limited by restrictions resulting from individual mobility behavior and preferences. It cannot be assumed that storage capacity will be available at times when the impact of additional flexibility potential is highest from a systemic point of view. Hence, it is important to determine the flexibility available per vehicle in high temporal (and spatial) resolution. Therefore, in this paper a Markov-Chain Monte Carlo simulation is carried out based on a vast empirical data set to quantify mobility profiles as accurately as possible and to subsequently derive charging load profiles. An hourly flexibility potential is derived and integrated as load shift potential into a linear optimization model for the simultaneous cost-optimal calculation of the dispatch of technology options and long-term capacity planning to meet a given electricity demand. It is shown that the costs induced by BEV charging are largely determined by the profile costs from the combination of the profiles of charging load and renewable generation, and not only by the additional energy and capacity demand. If the charging process can be flexibly controlled, the storage requirement can be reduced and generation from renewable energies can be better integrated.

Keywords: electricity sector; flexibility; electric mobility; demand side integration; total system costs; decarbonization (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: 2021
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