Feasibility study: investigation of car park-based V2G services in the UK central hub

Abstract

The increasing uptake of electric vehicles, and the established practice of long-term parking at stations and airports, offers an opportunity to develop a flexible approach to help with the energy storage dilemma. This paper investigates the feasibility of using a number of EV batteries as an energy storage and grid balancing solution within the UK Central Hub area. Here, the capital cost of the vehicle is a sunk cost to the EV owner. The potential income generated, or discount on long-term parking, is an additional benefit of ownership. This paper considers the income available to a small and large size car park from the different market mechanisms to offer grid support in the UK and contrasts this with the complexity and costs of the EV charging infrastructure required within these types of scheme.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1049/joe.2018.8230
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Power Electronics, Machines and Power System (PEMPS)
Additional Information: This is an open access article published by the IET under the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Publication ISSN: 2051-3305
Last Modified: 27 Dec 2023 09:05
Date Deposited: 20 Jun 2019 13:07
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2019-06-17
Published Online Date: 2019-04-26
Accepted Date: 2018-07-30
Authors: Strickland, D.
Embley, T.
Osborne, J.
Yang, J. (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-1026-8495)
Qiao, Z.
Malhotra, A.
Corliss, A.
Ashworth, K.

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