Energetic, economic and environmental viability of off-grid PV-BESS for charging electric vehicles: Case study of Spain

In the present paper, the proposed work focuses on the technical, economic and environmental benefits of using off-grid PV-BESS for charging EVs, using meteorological data of the city of Madrid, Spain. Therefore, this research paper aims to design a system that requires the lowest investment among t...

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Autores: Azuara Grande, Luis Santiago, Yahyaoui, Imene, Arnaltes Gómez, Santiago
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Repositorio:BURJC-Digital. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
OAI Identifier:oai:burjcdigital.urjc.es:10115/27997
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10115/27997
Access Level:acceso embargado
Palabra clave:Photovoltaic energy
Electric vehicles
BESS
Charge point
Grid parity
Emissions reduction
Charge- shifting
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Sumario:In the present paper, the proposed work focuses on the technical, economic and environmental benefits of using off-grid PV-BESS for charging EVs, using meteorological data of the city of Madrid, Spain. Therefore, this research paper aims to design a system that requires the lowest investment among the alternatives available, while reducing the emissions and, providing a highly efficient off-grid PV-BESS system. Then, the off-grid PV-BESS is compared to a grid- connected systems, to evaluate the profitability and reliability of each solution. Hence, a typical off-grid PV-BESS, which is composed by a PV plant, a BESS and an EV charger, is considered. The BESS is used to ensure the security of supply, by storing the energy that cannot be used instantly, and using it when the PV power cannot satisfy the demand. The batteries inverter is responsible, at each sample time, of managing the delivering and the storage of the available energy.