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  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,069 Views
19 Pages

12 April 2024

This study explores enhancing the resilience of electric and natural gas networks against extreme events like windstorms and wildfires by integrating parts of the electric power transmissions into the natural gas pipeline network, which is less vulne...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Process Design and Modeling of Low-Carbon Energy Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,962 Views
19 Pages

This article outlines methods to facilitate the assessment of the impact of electric vehicle charging on distribution networks at planning stage and applies them to a case study. As network planning is becoming a more complex task, an approach to aut...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,442 Views
39 Pages

21 August 2025

Transmission network-expansion planning research requires reproducibility of results and comparability of research from various sources. This paper presents a process for modifying a published electricity network model so that the model can be used f...

(This article belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)
  • Article
  • Open Access
735 Views
27 Pages

The increasing penetration of electric vehicles (EVs) introduces significant uncertainties into fast-charging station (FCS) planning due to the stochastic nature of EV charging behavior. Accurately representing these uncertainties is essential for ma...

(This article belongs to the Collection Feature Papers in “Charging Infrastructure and Grid Integration” Section)
  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
4,400 Views
14 Pages

8 August 2019

Optimal expansion of medium-voltage power networks is a common issue in electrical distribution planning. Minimizing the total cost of the objective function with technical constraints make it a combinatorial problem which should be solved by powerfu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Data Analytics in Energy Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,991 Views
25 Pages

5 June 2018

Electric energy replacement is the umbrella term for the use of electric energy to replace oil (e.g., electric automobiles), coal (e.g., electric heating), and gas (e.g., electric cooking appliances), which increases the electrical load peak, causing...

  • Article
  • Open Access
65 Citations
6,644 Views
24 Pages

Optimal Planning of Electrical Appliance of Residential Units in a Smart Home Network Using Cloud Services

  • Morteza Azimi Nasab,
  • Mohammad Zand,
  • Mohsen Eskandari,
  • Padmanaban Sanjeevikumar and
  • Pierluigi Siano

16 September 2021

One of the important aspects of realizing smart cities is developing smart homes/buildings and, from the energy perspective, designing and implementing an efficient smart home area energy management system (HAEMS) is vital. To be effective, the HAEMS...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers in Section Smart Grids)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,026 Views
20 Pages

Multi-Stage Rolling Grid Expansion Planning for Distribution Networks Considering Conditional Value at Risk

  • Junxiao Zhang,
  • Chengmin Wang,
  • Jing Zuo,
  • Chong Gao and ,
  • Shurong Zheng,
  • Ran Cheng,
  • Yao Duan and
  • Yawu Wang
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

16 October 2024

Existing single-stage planning and multi-stage non-rolling planning methods for distribution networks have problems such as low equipment utilization efficiency and poor investment benefits. In order to solve the above problems, this paper firstly pr...

(This article belongs to the Topic Optimal Planning, Integration and Control of Smart Grids and Microgrids Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
3,146 Views
22 Pages

A Multi-Attribute Expansion Planning Model for Integrated Gas–Electricity System

  • Vahid Khaligh,
  • Majid Oloomi Buygi,
  • Amjad Anvari-Moghaddam and
  • Josep M. Guerrero

27 September 2018

Gas-fired power plants are environmentally friendly because of their high efficiency rates and low CO2 emissions. On the other hand, the output power of renewable generators is stochastic, meaning that additional capacity must be held in reserve thro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,762 Views
19 Pages

Collaborative Planning of Community Charging Facilities and Distribution Networks

  • Xiao-Hong Diao,
  • Jing Zhang,
  • Rui-Yu Wang,
  • Jiang-Wei Jia and ,
  • Zhi-Liang Chang,
  • Bin Li and
  • Xuan Zhao
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

The construction of community charging facilities and supporting distribution networks based on the predicted results of electric vehicle (EV) charging power in saturation year has resulted in a large initial idleness of the distribution network and...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,505 Views
19 Pages

19 July 2025

With increasing electrification and the connection of more renewable resources at the transmission level, bulk interconnected electric grids need to plan network expansion with new transmission facilities. The transmission expansion planning (TEP) pr...

(This article belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)
  • Article
  • Open Access
53 Citations
4,442 Views
12 Pages

Statistical and Artificial Neural Networks Models for Electricity Consumption Forecasting in the Brazilian Industrial Sector

  • Felipe Leite Coelho da Silva,
  • Kleyton da Costa,
  • Paulo Canas Rodrigues,
  • Rodrigo Salas and
  • Javier Linkolk López-Gonzales

14 January 2022

Forecasting the industry’s electricity consumption is essential for energy planning in a given country or region. Thus, this study aims to apply time-series forecasting models (statistical approach and artificial neural network approach) to the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Energy Efficiency and Energy Consumption Modelling Using Artificial Neural Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
876 Views
22 Pages

Deep Q-Network Based Optimal Charging Coordination of Electric Vehicles Considering Vehicle-to-Grid Technology

  • Yicheng Li,
  • Yue Xiang,
  • Tianwen Zheng,
  • Cao Wen and ,
  • Wei Wei,
  • Jun Tong,
  • Haifeng Hu,
  • Zhou Sun,
  • Tianjin Chen and
  • Qian Zhang
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

To further enhance the active participation of electric vehicles in grid interaction and reduce the decision-making costs for electric vehicle aggregators, this paper addresses the challenges in current EV charging and V2G (Vehicle-to-Grid) managemen...

(This article belongs to the Topic Intelligent, Flexible, and Effective Operation of Smart Grids with Novel Energy Technologies and Equipment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,304 Views
18 Pages

27 June 2023

The long queuing time for electric vehicles to charge under intelligent network connection leads to low distribution efficiency. Therefore, this paper proposes a strategy to predict the probability of queues forming for electric vehicles arriving at...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,226 Views
19 Pages

Advancing Modern Power Grid Planning Through Digital Twins: Standards Analysis and Implementation

  • Eduardo Gómez-Luna,
  • Marlon Murillo-Becerra,
  • David R. Garibello-Narváez and
  • Juan C. Vasquez

22 January 2026

The increasing complexity of modern electrical networks poses significant challenges in terms of monitoring, maintenance, and operational efficiency. However, current planning approaches often lack a unified integration of real-time data and predicti...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovations and Recent Trends in Power Systems: Smart Grids, Energy Storage Systems and Electric Vehicle Integrations)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
428 Views
6 Pages

Probabilistic Framework Using Bayesian Networks for Fault Detection and Prediction in Electrical Distribution Systems

  • Dayron Rumbaut-Rangel,
  • Franklin Parrales-Bravo,
  • Roberto Tolozano-Benites and
  • Lorenzo Cevallos-Torres

AI, specifically Bayesian networks, was applied in this study to diagnose and predict interruptions (whether due to faults or maintenance) that most significantly impact the time of interruption per kilowatt and frequency of maintenance intervention...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,581 Views
23 Pages

5 August 2025

Electricity distribution systems face increasing challenges due to demand growth, regulatory requirements, and the integration of distributed generation. In this context, distribution companies must make strategic and well-supported investment decisi...

(This article belongs to the Section Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,417 Views
69 Pages

Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in Colombian Active Distribution Networks: Models, Impacts, and Research Challenges

  • César Augusto Marín Moreno,
  • Kevin Alexander Leyton-Valencia,
  • Luis Fernando Grisales-Noreña,
  • Rubén Iván Bolaños and
  • Jesús C. Hernández

21 May 2026

The rapid growth of electric mobility is reshaping active distribution networks (ADNs), where electric vehicle charging stations (EVCS) introduce spatially concentrated, time-dependent, and highly simultaneous demand. This paper develops a network-or...

(This article belongs to the Topic Accelerating Decarbonization Through Sustainable Supply Chains and Energy–Transport Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,472 Views
28 Pages

26 June 2023

With the expansion of the new energy vehicle market, electric vehicle batteries (EVBs) have entered a massive retirement wave. The strategic level of facility location and configuration decisions and the tactical level of multi-product flow and multi...

(This article belongs to the Section Waste and Recycling)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,065 Views
26 Pages

Hydrogen supply chains require coordinated planning from upstream production to downstream distribution and end-user delivery; however, significant logistical challenges remain under emerging hydrogen infrastructure constraints. In particular, the tr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,876 Views
22 Pages

Analysis of Techno–Economic and Social Impacts of Electric Vehicle Charging Ecosystem in the Distribution Network Integrated with Solar DG and DSTATCOM

  • Ramesh Bonela,
  • Sriparna Roy Ghatak,
  • Sarat Chandra Swain,
  • Fernando Lopes and ,
  • Sharmistha Nandi,
  • Surajit Sannigrahi and
  • Parimal Acharjee
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

16 January 2025

In this work, a comprehensive planning framework for an electric vehicle charging ecosystem (EVCE) is developed, incorporating solar distributed generation (DG) and a distribution static compensator (DSTATCOM), to assess their long-term techno–...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Approaches and Valuation in Electricity Markets)
  • Article
  • Open Access
137 Views
25 Pages

Equitable distribution of public EV charging infrastructure is a priority as cities electrify transport, yet placement optimization often treats equity as secondary. This study develops a multi-objective framework treating demand coverage and locatio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electric Vehicles and the Challenges of Sustainable Urban Mobility)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,959 Views
15 Pages

28 September 2022

This article presents a heuristic model to find the optimal route or layout of a subway electrical distribution network, obtaining full coverage of users in different scenarios and respecting technical criteria such as maximum distance to avoid volta...

  • Article
  • Open Access
102 Citations
9,478 Views
19 Pages

5 June 2019

As part of the increasing efforts toward the prevention and control of motor vehicle pollution, the Chinese government has practiced a range of policies to stimulate the purchase and use of battery electric vehicles (BEVs). Zhejiang Province, a key p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,331 Views
19 Pages

20 April 2022

The increased penetration of electric vehicles (EVs) and distributed generator (DG) units has led to uncertainty in distribution systems. These uncertainties—which have not been adequately considered in the literature—can entail risks in...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Smart and Sustainable EV Charging Infrastructure)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,395 Views
21 Pages

21 October 2025

The global transition toward carbon neutrality has accelerated the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), prompting the need for smarter infrastructure planning in urban environments. This study presents a novel framework that integrates machine learni...

  • Article
  • Open Access
297 Views
21 Pages

Co-locating photovoltaic (PV) generation and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capability with electric vehicle charging stations can offset the network impact of charging. A 24 h planning model on the IEEE 33-bus feeder selects up to three of six candidate buse...

(This article belongs to the Section Charging Infrastructure and Grid Integration)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,558 Views
25 Pages

Empirical EV Load Model for Distribution Network Analysis

  • Quang Bach Phan,
  • Obaidur Rahman and
  • Sean Elphick

2 July 2025

Electric vehicles (EVs) have introduced new operational challenges for distribution network service providers (DNSPs), particularly for voltage regulation due to unpredictable charging behaviour and the intermittent nature of distributed energy resou...

(This article belongs to the Section E: Electric Vehicles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,160 Views
14 Pages

Innovative Energy Approach for Design and Sizing of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure

  • Daniele Martini,
  • Martino Aimar,
  • Fabio Borghetti,
  • Michela Longo and
  • Federica Foiadelli

In Italy, the availability of service areas (SAs) equipped with charging stations (CSs) for electric vehicles (EVs) on highways is limited in comparison to the total number of service areas. The scope of this work is to create a prototype and show a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Infrastructures for Urban Mobility)
  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,973 Views
32 Pages

21 January 2026

The energy transition, driven by the global shift toward renewable and electrification, necessitates accurate and efficient prediction of electrical load profiles to quantify energy consumption. Therefore, the systematic literature review (SLR), foll...

(This article belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)
  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
7,055 Views
19 Pages

Review of Big Data Analytics for Smart Electrical Energy Systems

  • Huilian Liao,
  • Elizabeth Michalenko and
  • Sarat Chandra Vegunta

20 April 2023

Energy systems around the world are going through tremendous transformations, mainly driven by carbon footprint reductions and related policy imperatives and low-carbon technological development. These transformations pose unprecedented technical cha...

(This article belongs to the Section F5: Artificial Intelligence and Smart Energy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,103 Views
37 Pages

14 November 2024

Electric vehicle (EV) drivers in urban areas face range anxiety due to the fear of running out of charge without timely access to charging points (CPs). The lack of sufficient numbers of CPs has hindered EV adoption and negatively impacted the progre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,750 Views
26 Pages

25 September 2025

The current study explores the factors influencing Taiwanese consumers’ Electric Vehicle (EV) purchase intentions. An integrated study framework, combining the Norm Activation Model (NAM) and the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), was employed t...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,152 Views
18 Pages

25 October 2019

Designing and planning of electrical distribution systems is a task that design engineers perform during their daily activities. These designs, which are completed manually, are made according to the expertise of the designer; as a consequence, the o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
51 Citations
6,335 Views
22 Pages

Charging Station and Power Network Planning for Integrated Electric Vehicles (EVs)

  • Guozhong Liu,
  • Li Kang,
  • Zeyu Luan,
  • Jing Qiu and
  • Fenglei Zheng

5 July 2019

The optimal location and size of charging stations are important considerations in relation to the large-scale application of electric vehicles (EVs). In this context, considering that charging stations are both traffic service facilities and common...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
9,337 Views
20 Pages

28 February 2022

Geographic Information Systems (GISs) have an essential part to play in the management and planning of electricity distribution. Since the management of electricity network data was previously conducted in Tunisia based on paper maps and plans, the p...

(This article belongs to the Collection Geoinformatics and Data Mining in Earth Sciences)
  • Article
  • Open Access
62 Citations
16,219 Views
27 Pages

29 August 2019

In 2017, Shenzhen replaced all its buses with battery e-buses (electric buses) and has become the first all-e-bus city in the world. Systematic planning of the supporting charging infrastructure for the electrified bus transportation system is requir...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Toward Sustainability: Reliable Transportation Network Design and Analysis)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
65 Citations
5,324 Views
21 Pages

A Simplified Analytical Approach for Optimal Planning of Distributed Generation in Electrical Distribution Networks

  • Jaser A. Sa’ed,
  • Mohammad Amer,
  • Ahmed Bodair,
  • Ahmad Baransi and ,
  • Salvatore Favuzza and
  • Gaetano Zizzo
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

12 December 2019

DG-integrated distribution system planning is an imperative issue since the installing of distributed generations (DGs) has many effects on the network operation characteristics, which might cause significant impacts on the system performance. One of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Energy Systems: Optimization and Efficiency)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,659 Views
20 Pages

An Integrated Planning Strategy for a Power Network and the Charging Infrastructure of Electric Vehicles for Power System Resilience Enhancement

  • Fang Yao,
  • Jiawei Wang,
  • Fushuan Wen,
  • Chung-Li Tseng and ,
  • Xingyong Zhao and
  • Qiang Wang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

16 October 2019

This paper addresses the integrated planning problem of a power network and the charging infrastructure of electric vehicles (EVs) for enhancing power system resilience under various extreme weather scenarios. The planning methodology determines the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modern Power System Dynamics, Stability and Control)
  • Review
  • Open Access
39 Citations
7,925 Views
24 Pages

1 July 2020

The growing trend in electrical vehicle (EV) deployment has transformed independent power network and transportation network studies into highly congested interdependent network performance evaluations assessing their impact on power and transportati...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Interactive Integration of Electric Vehicles and Power Networks: Emerging Issues and Solutions)
  • Article
  • Open Access
643 Views
28 Pages

Low-Carbon Expansion Planning of Distribution Networks Considering the Integration of Multi-Type Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure

  • Tan Wang,
  • Ping Zhao,
  • Weicheng Zhou,
  • Yuhang Dong and ,
  • Junxuan Lian and
  • Songkai Liu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

29 May 2026

To address the challenges posed by the diversification of electric vehicle charging demand and the low-carbon economic operation of distribution networks, this paper proposes a bi-level low-carbon distribution network expansion planning method consid...

(This article belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,791 Views
22 Pages

Stochastic Planning and Operational Constraint Assessment of System-Customer Power Supply Risks in Electricity Distribution Networks

  • Mikka Kisuule,
  • Ignacio Hernando-Gil,
  • Jonathan Serugunda,
  • Jane Namaganda-Kiyimba and
  • Mike Brian Ndawula

25 August 2021

Electricity-distribution network operators face several operational constraints in the provision of safe and reliable power given that investments for network area reinforcement must be commensurate with improvements in network reliability. This pape...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,668 Views
25 Pages

27 April 2023

With the growing popularity of autonomous electric vehicles (AEVs), optimizing their path-planning and charging strategy has become a critical research area. However, the dynamic nature of transport networks presents a significant challenge when ensu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Transportation Planning, Management and Optimization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,453 Views
17 Pages

Identification Method of Weak Nodes in Distributed Photovoltaic Distribution Networks for Electric Vehicle Charging Station Planning

  • Xiaoxing Lu,
  • Xiaolong Xiao,
  • Jian Liu,
  • Ning Guo and ,
  • Lu Liang and
  • Jiacheng Li
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

With the large-scale integration of high-penetration distributed photovoltaic (DPV) into distribution networks, its output volatility and reverse power flow characteristics are prone to causing voltage violations, necessitating the accurate identific...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fast-Charging Station for Electric Vehicles: Challenges and Issues)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,033 Views
28 Pages

Graph Neural Networks and Bi-Level Optimization for Equitable Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Planning

  • Javier Alexander Guerrero Silva,
  • Jorge Ivan Romero Gelvez and
  • Sebastian Zapata

20 April 2026

Equity-aware electric vehicle (EV) charging planning remains difficult in data-constrained cities. In this work, an integrated framework was developed by combining spatiotemporal graph neural networks (ST-GNNs), EVI-Pro Lite demand estimation, and le...

(This article belongs to the Section E: Electric Vehicles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,358 Views
24 Pages

Due to a symbiotic relationship, economic growth leads to greater energy consumption in transportation, manufacturing, and domestic sectors. Electricity consumption in the global south is rising as nations in the region strive for economic developmen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
7,162 Views
23 Pages

Sustainable Planning of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations: A Bi-Level Optimization Framework for Reducing Vehicular Emissions in Urban Road Networks

  • Sania E. Seilabi,
  • Mohammadhosein Pourgholamali,
  • Mohammad Miralinaghi,
  • Gonçalo Homem de Almeida Correia and ,
  • Zongzhi Li and
  • Samuel Labi
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

24 December 2024

This paper proposes a decision-making framework for a multiple-period planning of electric vehicle (EV) charging station development. In this proposed framework, transportation planners seek to implement a phased provision of electric charging statio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Smart Charging and Grid Integration for Sustainable Electric Transportation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
407 Views
34 Pages

Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer (DWPT) has emerged as a potential solution for Electric Vehicle (EV) charging applications in recent years, enabling continuous charging while EVs are in motion. However, large-scale adoption of DWPT introduces variabl...

(This article belongs to the Collection Optimal Operation and Planning of Smart Power Distribution Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,760 Views
19 Pages

Vehicle-grid integration (VGI) is critical for the future of electric power systems, with decarbonization targets anticipating millions of electric vehicles (EVs) by 2030. As EV adoption grows, charging demand—particularly during peak hours in...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exploring Beyond Electric Cars: Comprehensive Charging Solutions and Innovations in Land, Sea, and Air Mobility)
  • Article
  • Open Access
334 Views
36 Pages

Planning charging infrastructure is essential to support the growing use of electric vehicles (EVs) and is particularly critical for long-distance travel, where reliable access along the route cannot be assumed. Because meeting the diverse goals of e...

(This article belongs to the Section Charging Infrastructure and Grid Integration)

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