Light-Duty Electric Vehicles To Improve The Integrity Of The Electricity Grid Through Vehicle-To-Grid Technology: Analysis Of Regional Net Revenue And Emissions Savings

Keywords

Agent-Based Modeling; Emissions; Exploratory Modeling and Analysis; Net revenue; Planning and forecasting; Vehicle to Grid

Abstract

Vehicle to Grid technologies utilize idle EV battery power as a grid storage tool to meet fluctuating electric power demands. Vehicle to Grid systems are promising substitutes for traditional gas turbine generators, which are relatively inefficient and have high emissions impacts. The purpose of this study is to predict the future net revenue and life cycle emissions savings of Vehicle to Grid technologies for use in ancillary (regulation) services on a regional basis in the United States. In this paper, the emissions savings and net revenue calculations are conducted with respect to five different Independent System Operator/Regional Transmission Organization regions, after which future EV market penetration rates are predicted using an Agent-Based Model designed to account for various uncertainties, including regulation service payments, regulation signal features, and battery degradation. Finally, the concept of Exploratory Modeling and Analysis is used to estimate the future net revenue and emissions savings of integrating Vehicle to Grid technology into the grid, considering the inherent uncertainties of the system. The results indicate that, for a single vehicle, the net revenue of Vehicle to Grid services is highest for the New York region, which is approximately $42,000 per vehicle on average. However, the PJM region has an approximately $97 million overall net revenue potential, given the 38,200 Vehicle to Grid-service-available electric vehicles estimated to be on the road in the future in the PJM region, which is the highest among the studied regions.

Publication Date

4-15-2016

Publication Title

Applied Energy

Volume

168

Number of Pages

146-158

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.01.030

Socpus ID

84957088452 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84957088452

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