Case studies on impacts of plug-in vehicle charging load on the planning of urban electricity distribution networks

Author

Rautiainen, A. ; Mutanen, Antti ; Repo, Sami ; Jarventausta, Pertti ; Tammi, A. ; Ryymin, R. ; Helin, J. ; Unkuri, A. ; Pekkinen, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Tampere Univ. of Technol., Tampere, Finland

fYear

2013

fDate

27-30 March 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

In this paper, the impact of plug-in vehicle charging load on electricity network planning is investigated by means of case studies which are based on statistical PHEV charging load modeling work and co-operation with two Finnish distribution network companies. According to the case studies, the impacts of plug-in vehicle charging load on Finnish urban distribution networks are modest with low penetration levels, but with high penetration levels plug-in vehicles should be taken into account in long-term network planning. Also, needs and possibilities of “smart charging” were acknowledged from the calculation results.

Keywords

battery powered vehicles; power distribution planning; statistical analysis; Finnish distribution network company; plug-in vehicle charging load; smart charging; statistical PHEV charging load modeling; urban electricity distribution network planning; Planning; Plugs; PHEV; charging load; distribution network planning; electric vehicle; network impacts; plug-in hybrid electric vehicle;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER), 2013 8th International Conference and Exhibition on

Conference_Location

Monte Carlo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5269-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EVER.2013.6521542

Filename

6521542