Can Commuters Combat the Duck Curve with Plug-in Electric Vehicles? Scenario Analysis of PHEVs and BEVs
This paper evaluates the potential benefits of workplace charging for vehicle-grid integration (VGI) in a solar-heavy generation future. A rule-based model was built and scenario analysis was performed to simulate temporal distribution of charging demand under different workplace charging strategies for plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs). It was found that if all commuters in California drove a plug-in hybrid vehicle with 40 miles all electric range, 85% of projected additional energy produced by solar generation could be used to cleanly power travel. Similarly if all commuters drove a battery electric vehicle (BEV) with 100 miles range, 96% of the additional energy could be used.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADC70 Standing Committee on Transportation Energy.
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Corporate Authors:
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Authors:
- Ji, Wei
- Nicholas, Michael
- Tal, Gil
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 2016-1-10 to 2016-1-14
- Date: 2016
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 15p
- Monograph Title: TRB 95th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Commuters; Electric vehicle charging; Electric vehicles; Plug-in hybrid vehicles; Simulation; Workplaces
- Geographic Terms: California
- Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01593388
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 16-6964
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Mar 9 2016 4:06PM