Abstract Integrating solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery energy storage (BES) into bus charging infrastructure offers a feasible solution to the challenge of carbon emissions and grid burdens. The deployment costs and uncertain power outputs of solar PV and BES need to be considered by public transportation agencies. This study presents a data-driven approach to optimize bus charging infrastructure and incorporates sharing charging and uncertain solar PV generation using the Latin Hypercube Sampling method. A case study in Yinchuan, China, reveals that integrating solar PV and BES at a single bus depot reduces total costs by 37.35%, carbon emissions by 41.46%, and grid loads by 49.35% over the 10-year lifetime of BES. Sharing this infrastructure with private cars offers further economic benefits. Global analysis shows this approach’s varying economic and environmental advantages. The proposed model offers practical implications for developing cost-effective and environmentally friendly electric bus charging infrastructure to advance sustainable transport.


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    Title :

    Optimizing bus charging infrastructure by incorporating private car charging demands and uncertain solar photovoltaic generation


    Additional title:

    npj. Sustain. Mobil. Transp.


    Contributors:
    Ma, Xiaolei (author) / Ma, Wenxin (author) / Tao, Yanmeng (author) / Gao, Kun (author) / Liu, Xiaohan (author)


    Publication date :

    2025-02-03




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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