A Novel Approach for the Grid-Serving Implementation of Charging Infrastructures and Their Techno-Economic Integration in the Existing Power Grid

Timo Alexander Hertlein (), Ivana Mladenovic and Christian Weindl
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Timo Alexander Hertlein: Institute of High Voltage Technology, Energy System & Asset Diagnostics (IHEA), Coburg University of Applied Sciences, 96450 Coburg, Germany
Ivana Mladenovic: Institute for Power Electronic Systems (ELSYS), Nuremberg Institute of Technology Georg Simon Ohm, 90489 Nuremberg, Germany
Christian Weindl: Institute of High Voltage Technology, Energy System & Asset Diagnostics (IHEA), Coburg University of Applied Sciences, 96450 Coburg, Germany

Energies, 2025, vol. 18, issue 2, 1-22

Abstract: The integration of electromobility with its required charging infrastructures into the existing power grid, which is demanded by politics and society, is an enormous challenge for electrical power grid operators. Especially considering further challenges, such as the electrification of heat supply systems and sector coupling, it is to be expected that the power grid’s capacity will be strongly overstrained. On the other hand, grid expansion is an extremely expensive and time-consuming method of ensuring that the existing grid is not overloaded, and sufficient grid capacity is available. A suitable grid operations management approach can enable comprehensive and grid-serving control of flexibility, especially charging processes. This article presents a cluster-based and incentive-oriented grid operation management concept and describes the integration of the system into the current German regulatory framework. In addition, the structural integration of charging infrastructures for electromobility into a grid-oriented control system is presented. The suitability of grid charges and their dynamization for stimulating grid-oriented behavior is analyzed. Furthermore, the derivation of additional costs arising from the utilization-dependent thermal aging of grid assets and their imputed integration into the incentive system is described.

Keywords: e-mobility; power grid; charging stations; charging control; dynamic pricing; thermal aging (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: 2025
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