Vehicle-to-grid Ancillary Services using Solar Powered Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

Abstract

Concerns about the exponential increase in the usage of fossil fuel especially in the transportation sector which leads to research and development of alternative sources for powering vehicles. The most suitable alternative for the fossil fuel is electrification of vehicles which helps to prevent emission as well as it helps to provide power back to the grid when its needed(Vehicle-to-Grid). If the powering of electric vehicle is done by renewable energy, then that helps to provide more greener and cleaner means of transportation. Given this background, a solar photovoltaic (PV) powered Electric vehicle charging facility (EVCF) is designed for charging the Electric Vehicles(EV) with AC-DC converter and vector control techniques. The simulations results in MATLAB SIMULINK environment demonstrates the EV participation in ancillary services through EV aggregator agents.