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Evaluating the Impact of Electric Vehicles on the Smart Grid

Authors:
Roozbeh Jalali
Zachary Hills
Khalil El-Khatib
Richard W. Pazzi
Daniel Hoornweg
Kevin Myers

Keywords: Electrical vehicle; Energy management; Smart grid.

Abstract:
With the 23% of total global GreenHouse Gas (GHG) emissions coming from the transport sector, many initiatives have been suggested to address this emissions sector, including reducing the number of vehicles on the roads using ridesharing programs, and switching from Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles (ICEV) to battery powered Electrical Vehicles (EV). While many governments around the world have started various programs to help increase the adoption of EVs, including incentive to purchase, introducing new policies, increasing public awareness, and installing charging infrastructures, the impact of EVs on the electric grid (load, harmonic, line and transformer lifespan) is still not completely understood. In this paper, we present a literature review about the impact of EV on the electric grid, and the evaluation results carried on the grid on a small community in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). The results of the evaluation show a 12.5% increase in overloaded transformers within the simulated city.

Pages: 28 to 31

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2016

Publication date: November 13, 2016

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2327-2058

ISBN: 978-1-61208-515-9

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from November 13, 2016 to November 17, 2016