Keeping the car clean: smart EV charging to support renewables

James Dixon; Waqquas Bukhsh; Calum Edmunds; Keith Bell

Keeping the car clean: smart EV charging to support renewables

James Dixon, Waqquas Bukhsh, Calum Edmunds, Keith Bell

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Motivation
•Transport is the biggest CO2 emitter in the UK (~1/3 of emissions) – the vast majority from road transport [1]
•Electric vehicles (EVs) are cited as key to going ‘net zero’ [2], and we could be getting 35 million of them by 2040 [3]
•Private cars spend 96% of their time parked on average [4], so EV charging is likely to be flexible
•The carbon intensity (CO2 per unit of energy) of the grid varies – and is predicted to vary more with increasing renewables
•Intermittent renewable generators (such as wind farms) are curtailed when their output exceeds local demand and transmission capacity
•Can we get EVs to charge when grid carbon intensity is low, or when renewable energy output is high?
•Can EVs provide demand when needed to absorb excess renewable electricity that would otherwise be curtailed?

Original language	English
Pages	1
Publication status	Published - 14 Nov 2019
Event	ETP 8th Annual Conference 2019 - Dundee, United Kingdom Duration: 14 Nov 2019 → 14 Nov 2019 https://www.etp-scotland.ac.uk/NewsandEvents/Events/ETPAnnualConference2019.aspx

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Conference	ETP 8th Annual Conference 2019
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Dundee
Period	14/11/19 → 14/11/19
Internet address	https://www.etp-scotland.ac.uk/NewsandEvents/Events/ETPAnnualConference2019.aspx

Keywords

electric vehicle
EV charging
renewable electricity

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OATS: Optimisation and Analysis Toolbox for power Systems
Bukhsh, W. A., Edmunds, C. & Bell, K. R. W., 8 Apr 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.
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Keeping the car clean: smart EV charging to support renewables

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