Electric Vehicles Integration in Smart Grids

Dear Colleagues,

The energy sector (e.g., transport and electricity & heat) accounts for more than 70% of total emissions globally, which contextualises ongoing efforts on the development of clean and modern energy technologies (e.g., smart grids and renewable energy), and the increasing integration of electric vehicles (EVs). The co-development and integration of EVs and renewable energy in smart grids will bring significant benefits to multiple sectors (e.g., transport and electricity), however, at the same time will create unprecedented challenges to reliable and efficient system operations. For instance, with the uptake of EVs and public charging infrastructures, the electricity demand will increase significantly, which inevitably accelerates the already increasing growth of renewable energy to meet the demand and thus poses new challenges on the existing energy system planning and operations. On the other hand, the renewable energy and EVs integration in smart grids considering their sizing and location selection will affect the transport planning and operations and create interesting and important charging/discharging and driving behaviors.

The above coupled hybrid cyber-physical system involving different sectors exhibits complex interactive behaviors among different parties, which presents a series of challenging and open research questions to be answered. Therefore, this Special Issue is devoted to the latest developments in the integration of electric vehicles in smart grids. Prospective authors are invited to submit original contributions that include but are not limited to the following topics of interest:

• EVs operations optimization in smart grids
• EVs for demand response in smart grids at local and/or national level
• Optimization and/or machine learning for EVs charging/discharging analysis
• Optimization and/or machine learning for EVs driving behaviour analysis
• Optimization and/or machine learning for EVs charging station sizing and location selection
• Optimization and/or machine learning for EVs integration in smart grids at local and/or national level
• Game-theoretic modelling for large-scale EVs integration in smart grids at local and/or national level
• Optimization and/or machine learning for the impact of EVs on the transport and logistics operations
• Game-theoretic modelling for the impact of EVs on the transport and logistics operations
• Optimization and/or machine learning for the impact of EVs on system operations of multiple energy sectors
• Game-theoretic modelling for the impact of EVs on system operations of multiple energy sectors
• Participation of EVs aggregators in local and wholesale electricity markets
• Demand management and pricing in EVs participated electricity network
• Innovations and evolutions in car rental/sharing industry brought by EVs
• Integrated delivery/mobility network with EVs and other electric-driven autonomous (e.g., E-bikes, E-scooter, Drones, Robots, etc.)
• Innovative charging strategies for EVs (e.g., using drones) and their management

Technical surveys and review papers are highly encouraged for submission and possible publication in this Special Issue “Electric Vehicles Integration in Smart Grids” of the World Electric Vehicle Journal.

Dr. Fanlin Meng
Dr. Xinan Yang
Guest Editors

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