Evaluating the role of solar photovoltaic and battery storage in supporting electric aviation and vehicle infrastructure at Visby Airport
Journal article, 2023

Following the societal electrification trend, airports face an inevitable transition of increased electric demand, driven by electric vehicles (EVs) and the potential rise of electric aviation (EA). For aviation, short-haul flights are first in line for fuel exchange to electrified transportation. This work studies the airport of Visby, Sweden and the effect on the electrical power system from EA and EV charging. It uses the measured airport load demand from one year’s operation and simulated EA and EV charging profiles. Solar photovoltaic (PV) and electrical battery energy storage systems (BESS) are modelled to analyse the potential techno-economical gains. The BESS charge and discharge control are modelled in four ways, including a novel multi-objective (MO) dispatch to combine self-consumption (SC) enhancement and peak power shaving. Each model scenario is compared for peak power shaving ability, SC rate and pay-back-period (PBP). The BESS controls are also evaluated for annual degradation and associated cost. The results show that the novel MO dispatch performs well for peak shaving and SC, effectively reducing the BESS’s idle periods. The MO dispatch also results in the battery controls’ lowest PBP(6.9 years) using the nominal economic parameters. Furthermore, a sensitivity analysis for the PBP shows that the peak power tariff significantly influences the PBP for BESS investment.

Battery control

Airport

Techno-economic analysis

Battery storage system

Electric aviation

Solar photovoltaic

Author

Patrik Ollas

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Electric Power Engineering

Sara Ghaem Sigarchian

RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

Hampus Alfredsson

Swedish Electromobility Centre

Jennifer Leijon

Uppsala University

Jessica Santos Döhler

Uppsala University

Christoffer Aalhuizen

Uppsala University

Torbjörn Thiringer

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Electric Power Engineering

Karin Thomas

Uppsala University

Applied Energy

0306-2619 (ISSN) 18729118 (eISSN)

Vol. 352 121946

Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Areas of Advance

Transport

Production

Energy

Subject Categories

Energy Engineering

Energy Systems

Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

DOI

10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.121946

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9/29/2023