Integration of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in a regional wind-thermal power system
Journal article, 2010

This study investigates consequences of integrating plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) in a windthermal power system supplied by one quarter of wind power and three quarters of thermal generation. Four different PHEV integration strategies, with different impacts on the total electric load profile, have been investigated. The study shows that PHEVs can reduce the CO2-emissions from the power system if actively integrated, whereas a passive approach to PHEV integration (i.e. letting people charge the car at will) is likely to result in an increase in emissions compared to a power system without PHEV load. The reduction in emissions under active PHEV integration strategies is due to a reduction in emissions related to thermal plant start-ups and part load operation. Emissions of the power sector are reduced with up to 4.7% compared to a system without PHEVs, according to the simulations. Allocating this emission reduction to the PHEV electricity consumption only, and assuming that the vehicles in electric mode is about 3 times as energy efficient as standard gasoline operation, total emissions from PHEVs would be less than half the emissions of a standard car, when running in electric mode.

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles

Wind power

Load management

Author

Lisa Göransson

Chalmers, Energy and Environment, Energy Technology

Sten Karlsson

Chalmers, Energy and Environment, Physical Resource Theory

Filip Johnsson

Chalmers, Energy and Environment, Energy Technology

Energy Policy

0301-4215 (ISSN)

Vol. 38 10 5482-5492

Subject Categories

Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

DOI

10.1016/j.enpol.2010.04.001

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10/7/2017