Electrification of vehicles has its share of benefits and risks to the power distribution companies (DISCOMs). While EV adoption can potentially result in a substantial increase in revenue for DISCOMs from additional electricity sales due to EV charging, charging demand may increase the peak load in the DISCOM's service area. Unmanaged EV charging at the charging stations can hamper smooth power system operations by causing voltage instability, harmonic distortion, power losses, and degradation of reliability indices. To manage or avoid these impacts on the power system, there are both passive and active solutions. The passive solutions include specially designed electricity tariffs or incentives. The active management of charging is either unidirectional active management of charging referred to as V1G, or bidirectional active management of electricity referred to as V2G. Vehicle-Grid Integration (VGI) refers to this entire gamut of EV charging management solutions to mitigate the negative impacts of uncontrolled EV charging on the power system. The benefits of VGI extend beyond EV charging load, as it can provide useful services to the grid. The present paper is a discussion of VGI strategies for India for managing EV charging. The paper presents recommendations for VGI implementation in India.
Vehicle to Grid Integration and Strategies for Managed EV Charging in India
Lect. Notes Electrical Eng.
2022-05-28
11 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
Electric vehicle charging , Vehicle to grid integration , Smart charging , Time of use , India Engineering , Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks , Measurement Science and Instrumentation , Energy Policy, Economics and Management , Cyber-physical systems, IoT , Professional Computing , Circuits and Systems , Energy
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