Analysis of electric vehicle charging using the traditional generation expansion planning analysis tool WASP-IV

Aoife Foley, Brian O Gallachoir

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Abstract

Electric vehicles (EV) are proposed as a measure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in transport and support increased wind power penetration across modern power systems. Optimal benefits can only be achieved, if EVs are deployed effectively, so that the exhaust emissions are not substituted by additional emissions in the electricity sector, which can be implemented using Smart Grid controls. This research presents the results of an EV roll-out in the all island grid (AIG) in Ireland using the long term generation expansion planning model called the Wien Automatic System Planning IV (WASP-IV) tool to measure carbon dioxide emissions and changes in total energy. The model incorporates all generators and operational requirements while meeting environmental emissions, fuel availability and generator operational and maintenance constraints to optimize economic dispatch and unit commitment power dispatch. In the study three distinct scenarios are investigated base case, peak and off-peak charging to simulate the impacts of EV’s in the AIG up to 2025.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)240-248
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy
Volume3
Issue number2
Early online date13 May 2015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2015

Keywords

  • Economic dispatch, Environmental dispatch, Plug-in electric vehicle, Generation expansion planning, Carbon dioxide emissions, Energy

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