The Vehicle-2-grid (V2G) technology enabling bidirectional charging between electric vehicles and the energy grid system for frequency regulation and load balancing has the potential of significantly improving the financial viability of electric mobi...
In response to climate change, which is caused by the increasing pollution of the environment and leads to the deterioration of human health, future electricity generations should reduce reliance on fossil fuels by growing the use of clean and renewa...
Electric vehicles are the latest form of technology developed to create an environmentally friendly transportation sector and act as an additional energy source to minimize the demand on the grid. This comprehensive research review presents the vehic...
This study aims to investigate the consumer acceptance of Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) charging of electric vehicle (EV) drivers. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first V2G acceptance study that is based on actual users’ experi...
With a rapid increase in the awareness of carbon reduction worldwide, the industry of electric vehicles (EVs) has started to flourish. However, the large number of EVs connected to a power grid with a large power demand and uncertainty may result in...
On a connected car, the performance of Internet access will significantly affect the user experience. For electric cars that use vehicle-to-grid (V2G) communication to interact with the Internet during charging, the charge cable quality poses a chall...
This paper presents a novel single-phase (SP) active-neutral point clamped (ANPC) five-level bidirectional converter (FLBC) for enhancing the power quality (PQ) during the grid-to-vehicle (G2V) and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) operation of an electric vehic...
This study presents the electrification plan of a school bus (SB) fleet and examines its potential in vehicle-to-grid (V2G) applications. The data collected includes the efficiency of a 120 kW EV charger, energy consumption of a 40-foot electric scho...
The overutilization of electric vehicles (EVs) has the potential to result in significant challenges regarding the reliability, contingency, and standby capabilities of traditional power systems. The utilization of renewable energy distributed genera...
In this study, we investigate the effect of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) flexibility potential on solving transmission grid congestion in Germany using congestion management measures. We extend existing work on effects of V2G on transmission grid congestion...
The gradual shift towards cleaner and green energy sources requires the application of electric vehicles (EVs) as the mainstream transportation platform. The application of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) shows promise in optimizing the power demand, shaping t...
Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology enables bidirectional power exchange between electric vehicles (EVs) and the power grid, allowing EVs to serve as distributed energy resources that enhance grid flexibility and stability. Its core concept leverages th...
This paper presents an overview of the status and prospects of fuel cell electric vehicles (FC-EVs) for grid integration. In recent years, renewable energy has been explored on every front to extend the use of fossil fuels. Advanced technologies invo...
With the growing adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology has emerged as an effective means to enhance grid flexibility through functions such as frequency regulation and peak shaving. However, the integration of a large...
Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) have increasingly become prevalent over the past years. BEVs can be regarded as a grid load and as a way to support the grid (energy buffering), provided this extensive battery usage does not affect the BEV’s pe...
Low carbon and renewable energy sources (RESs) are fast becoming a key sustainable instrument in meeting the global growth of electricity demand while curbing carbon emissions. For example, the gradual displacement of fossil-fuelled vehicles with ele...
The energy stored in electric vehicles (EVs) would be made available to commercial buildings to actively manage energy consumption and costs in the near future. These concepts known as vehicle-to-building (V2B) and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technologies...
In order to meet the increasing demand for electricity to maintain electric vehicles (EVs) worldwide, this paper aims to improve our understanding of the impact of the load on the power grid generated by the charging and discharging of electric vehic...
Global automakers are speeding up both the suspension of production of internal combustion engine vehicles and the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) in order to respond to global goals to become carbon-free and energy-efficient. Recently, vehicle...
With the development of EVs (Electric Vehicles) and the rapidly developing policies on low carbon and environmental protection, electric power systems and natural gas systems become increasingly larger. Under these circumstances, the V2G (Vehicle-to-...
In order to further evaluate the impact of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) on the distribution network, this paper studies a method to assess the influence of electric vehicles participating in charge and discharge on the voltage quality of the distribution ne...
In V2G service operations, highly efficient data sharing among participants is useful in grid load balancing and renewable energy integration. However, the data quality and sharing efficiency greatly rely on entities’ willingness to share. More...
With the vigorous promotion of new energy sources and the development of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, the influence of the V2G mode should be considered in the joint optimal allocation of Distributed Generation (DG) and electric vehicle charging...
Large-scale integration of renewable generation into power systems invariably affects the system ramping capability. However, the vehicle-to-grid (V2G) concept that allows for using electric vehicles (EVs) as energy storages with the capability of bi...
This paper seeks to provide a cost benefit analysis of the implementation of a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging strategy relative to a smart charging (V1G) strategy from the perspective of an individual electric vehicle (EV) owner with and without sola...
Due to the openness of the vehicle-to-grid (V2G) network, the upload of charging and discharging data faces severe security challenges such as eavesdropping, tampering, and forgery. These challenges can lead to privacy breaches, transmission delays,...
This paper presents a single-phase bidirectional current-source AC/DC converter for vehicle to grid (V2G) applications. The presented converter consists of a line frequency commutated unfolding bridge and an interleaved buck-boost stage. The low semi...
The wind power (WP) has strong random volatility and is not coordinated with the load in time and space, resulting in serious wind abandonment. Based on this, an orderly charging and discharging strategy for electric vehicles (EVs) considering WP con...
With the increasing number of electric vehicles, V2G (vehicle to grid) charging piles which can realize the two-way flow of vehicle and electricity have been put into the market on a large scale, and the fault maintenance of charging piles has gradua...
This work investigated the impact of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) cycling on the service life of lithium-ion cells, using real-world V2G data from commercial electric vehicle (EV) battery chargers. Commercially available cylindrical lithium-ion cells were s...
Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology is viewed as a viable solution to offer auxiliary power system services. Currently, V2G operation is only possible through DC chargers using the CHAdeMO connector with the necessary communication protocol. However, in...
To promote a more decentralized energy system, the European Commission introduced the concept of Renewable Energy Communities (RECs). Meanwhile, the increasing penetration of Electric Vehicles (EVs) may significantly increase peak power demand and co...
The Parker project sought to experimentally validate that contemporary series-produced electric vehicles (EVs), capable of V2G, are ready to participate in a number of advanced grid services. In such services, the timing, size and direction of power...
In this paper, a model predictive control (MPC) scheme with an enhanced active voltage vector region (AV2R) was developed and implemented to achieve better steady-state performance and lower total harmonic distortion (THD) of the output current for a...
The performance of batteries and on-board chargers (such as the volume in the car, energy storage capacity and charging speed) needs to be improved, which has become one of the main factors restricting the development of electric vehicles. The develo...
Electric vehicles (EVs), one of the biggest innovations in the automobile industry, are considered as a demand source as well as a supply source for power grids. Studies have been conducted on the effect of EV charging and utilization of EVs to contr...
Currently, environmental and climate change issues raise a lot of concerns related to conventional vehicles and renewable energy generation methods. Thus, more and more researchers around the world focus on the development and deployment of Renewable...
In the post-disaster recovery of power distribution networks (PDNs), electric vehicles (EVs) possess a great potential as mobile energy storage units. When supported by vehicle-to-grid (V2G)-enabled charging stations, EVs can provide effective supple...
The development of the Blue-Angel light HEV started already in its 1st generation in 1992. In 2006, the 3rd generation redesign, first as a HEV and later on as a full EV with range extender, was started. The current design-concept is presented in thi...
Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) is an important component of smart grids and plays a significant role in improving grid stability, reducing energy consumption and generating cost. However, while electric vehicles are being charged, it is possible to expose the...
This work proposes a differential evolution algorithm to control a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) system based on photovoltaic generation and energy cost curves, and constraints associated with the power converters’ operation, battery charging strategy,...
In recent years, the access of various distributed power sources and electric vehicles (EVs) has brought more and more randomness and uncertainty to the operation and regulation of microgrids. Therefore, an optimal scheduling strategy for microgrids...
Lithium-ion batteries on electric vehicles have been increasingly deployed for the enhancement of grid reliability and integration of renewable energy, while users are concerned about extra battery degradation caused by vehicle-to-grid (V2G) operatio...
This work aims at a comprehensive assessment of the impact of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology on both demand and supply sides, considering integrated resource planning for sustainable energy. By using a computational tool and evaluating the complete...
Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology heralds great promise as a demand-side resource to contribute to more efficient grid management and promote the use of decentralized renewable energy. In this light, we propose a new optimization model for the sustain...
Despite the ongoing electromobility revolution in urban areas, fleet managers still prefer combustion engines over electric vehicles. Fleet electrification can deliver tangible benefits not only for the urban environment but also for the company itse...
As a core support for the integration of new energy and smart grids, Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) networks face a core contradiction between user privacy protection and transaction security traceability—a dilemma that is further exacerbated by issues...
The energy stored in an electric vehicle’s (EV’s) battery would be drawn and distributed to the electrical grid to better drive energy consumption within a microgrid that includes a renewable generator(s) managed by a specific energy mana...
Federal and state governments in the United States (US) are promoting the transition from traditional Diesel School Buses to Electric School Buses (ESBs). This would prevent the emission of deleterious air pollutants that affect students and communit...
With the increasing penetration of electric vehicles (EVs), the spatial–temporal coupling between the transportation network (TN) and the power distribution network (PDN) has intensified greatly. Large-scale uncoordinated charging of EVs signif...
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