TY - JOUR
T1 - The role and the impact of electric vehicles on the local power grid within the Northern Finland climatic conditions
AU - Caló, A.
AU - Louis, J. N.
AU - Pongrácz, E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the WintEVE, one of the five consortiums of the EVE program of Tekes (the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation. The Win-tEVE consortium was coordinated by Centria Research and Development, based in Ylivieska, Finland and it incorporated the expertise of a number of cooperating partners (http://winteve.fi/partners/)
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PY - 2015/2/1
Y1 - 2015/2/1
N2 - Large scale electrification of the transportation sector is generally considered a promising strategy for improving efficiency and reducing greenhouse gases emissions. Within a broader decarbonization strategy, the development of the electric vehicles sector, including its integration within a smarter energy network, it is considered one of the cornerstones of the future energy and transportation development strategy. On the other hand, feasibility and sustainability studies on the performance of electric vehicles are performed without taking in full consideration the overall impact on the energy infrastructure that so much depends on specific local environmental and climatic conditions. In our work, we assessed the impacts electric vehicles could have on the local (smarter) power network and the infrastructure underlying critical issues in the systems within the Northern Finland winter conditions. Considering the case study of the city of Oulu, we developed a MATLAB based simulation assessing the role a fleet of electric vehicles could play within a smart grid based power system. Analysis results strongly suggest that, within the current logistical and environmental limitations, electric vehicle cannot play an active role on the flattening of the network peaks loads. Furthermore, unless a number of coordinated efforts for the improvement of the existing urban infrastructure are considered, they are likely to significantly increase the overall power consumption opening new questions related to the necessary increase of power production.
AB - Large scale electrification of the transportation sector is generally considered a promising strategy for improving efficiency and reducing greenhouse gases emissions. Within a broader decarbonization strategy, the development of the electric vehicles sector, including its integration within a smarter energy network, it is considered one of the cornerstones of the future energy and transportation development strategy. On the other hand, feasibility and sustainability studies on the performance of electric vehicles are performed without taking in full consideration the overall impact on the energy infrastructure that so much depends on specific local environmental and climatic conditions. In our work, we assessed the impacts electric vehicles could have on the local (smarter) power network and the infrastructure underlying critical issues in the systems within the Northern Finland winter conditions. Considering the case study of the city of Oulu, we developed a MATLAB based simulation assessing the role a fleet of electric vehicles could play within a smart grid based power system. Analysis results strongly suggest that, within the current logistical and environmental limitations, electric vehicle cannot play an active role on the flattening of the network peaks loads. Furthermore, unless a number of coordinated efforts for the improvement of the existing urban infrastructure are considered, they are likely to significantly increase the overall power consumption opening new questions related to the necessary increase of power production.
KW - Electric vehicles
KW - Northern Finland
KW - Oulu infrastructure
KW - Urban infrastructure
KW - Vehicle to grid
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ifacol.2015.05.157
DO - 10.1016/j.ifacol.2015.05.157
M3 - Article in a proceedings journal
AN - SCOPUS:84954121348
SN - 2405-8971
VL - 28
SP - 886
EP - 891
JO - IFAC-PapersOnLine
JF - IFAC-PapersOnLine
IS - 1
T2 - 8th Vienna International Conference on Mathematical Modelling, MATHMOD 2015
Y2 - 18 February 2015 through 20 February 2015
ER -