TY - GEN
T1 - Review of benefits and challenges of vehicle-to-grid technology
AU - Yilmaz, Murat
AU - Krein, Philip T.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) can behave either as loads or as distributed energy sources in a concept known as vehicle-to-grid (V2G). The V2G concept can improve the performance of the electricity grid in areas such as efficiency, stability, and reliability. A V2G-capable vehicle offers reactive power support, active power regulation, tracking of variable renewable energy sources, load balancing, and current harmonic filtering. These technologies can enable ancillary services, such as voltage and frequency control and spinning reserve. Costs of V2G include battery degradation, the need for intensive communication between the vehicles and the grid, effects on grid distribution equipment, infrastructure changes, and social, political, cultural and technical obstacles. Although V2G operation can reduce the lifetime of PEVs, it is projected to be more economical for vehicle owners and grid operators. This paper reviews these benefits and challenges of V2G technology for both individual vehicles and vehicle fleets.
AB - Plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) can behave either as loads or as distributed energy sources in a concept known as vehicle-to-grid (V2G). The V2G concept can improve the performance of the electricity grid in areas such as efficiency, stability, and reliability. A V2G-capable vehicle offers reactive power support, active power regulation, tracking of variable renewable energy sources, load balancing, and current harmonic filtering. These technologies can enable ancillary services, such as voltage and frequency control and spinning reserve. Costs of V2G include battery degradation, the need for intensive communication between the vehicles and the grid, effects on grid distribution equipment, infrastructure changes, and social, political, cultural and technical obstacles. Although V2G operation can reduce the lifetime of PEVs, it is projected to be more economical for vehicle owners and grid operators. This paper reviews these benefits and challenges of V2G technology for both individual vehicles and vehicle fleets.
KW - ancillary services
KW - distribution system
KW - emissions
KW - grid operator
KW - grid-to-vehicle (G2V)
KW - Plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs)
KW - vehicle-to-grid (V2G)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84870893198&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ECCE.2012.6342356
DO - 10.1109/ECCE.2012.6342356
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84870893198
SN - 9781467308014
T3 - 2012 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2012
SP - 3082
EP - 3089
BT - 2012 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2012
T2 - 4th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2012
Y2 - 15 September 2012 through 20 September 2012
ER -