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Integration of Vehicle-to-Grid in Local Energy Systems: Concepts and Specific Requirements

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Electric vehicles have great potential to improve local air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions especially in combination with green electricity production. Vehicle-to-grid technology presents an opportunity to increase penetration rates of renewable energy sources by balancing their intermittent nature. Local energy systems, or microgrids, provide a clear use case for early adoption of vehicle-to-grid by executing energy balancing locally. This work focuses on how well the current standards and interoperable EV charging market fit the requirements of the specific case of vehicle-to-grid in local energy systems. The paper identifies and presents the possible configurations to integrate vehicle-to-grid into a local energy system. The paper presents further specific requirements of these configurations with regards to communication and compares them to the current standards for communicatiom in the European context.
Book: 33rd World Electric Vehicle Symposium & Exposition (EVS33) Peer Reviewed Conference Papers
Pages: 1-11
Number of pages: 11
Accessibility:Open