Advances in Grid-to-Vehicle (G2V) and Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Technologies

Dear Colleagues,

Electric vehicles (EVs) are increasing significantly due to their advantageous characteristics, including higher efficiency, lower environmental impacts, and better economic performance. Managing the charging patterns of EVs is considered a crucial step for the penetration of EVs in global markets since it strongly affects the quality of transmission and distribution of electrical grids. In addition, the integration of EVs and electrical grids is important, not only in terms of charging management but also providing an opportunity for EVs to have active participation to support the grid though Vehicle Grid Integration (VGI), including vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and grid-to-vehicle (G2V) technologies. This Topic focuses on several aspects related to VGI, including both V2G and G2V, and covers broad range of technology, regulation, standards, demonstration, and social influences. The following topics are welcomed:

Ancillary services, including frequency regulation, spinning reserve, peak shaving, load levelling, voltage regulation, reactive power provision, and congestion mitigation;

• Structure, business, and market modelling;
• Aggregation model;
• Battery degradation;
• Integration with renewable energy;
• Control and management;
• Potential analysis;
• Charger development;
• Case and demonstration project;
• Correlated standards;
• Social influences;
• Policies;
• Impacts and challenges.

Accordingly, this Topic is open for the following types of manuscripts covering the entire breadth of electric vehicle charging and discharging issues and concerns:

• Original research articles;
• Review articles;
• Technical report.

Dr. Muhammad Aziz
Dr. Bentang Arief Budiman
Topic Editors