On the Front Lines of a Sustainable Transportation Fleet: Applications of Vehicle-to-Grid Technology for Transit and School Buses

The electricity generation/supply and transportation sectors are the two largest contributors to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the U.S., and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology is a rapidly emerging solution to reduce these emissions with the adoption of battery-electric (BE) vehicles. Deployments of BE transit and school buses are expected to have larger battery capacities than passenger vehicles, making them more feasible candidates for V2G service. Five electricity generation regions are considered for cash flow analysis of BE and diesel transit and school buses over their entire respective lifetimes with the allowance of V2G services’ net revenue. Besides, the environmental benefits of using the V2G system are studied in place of combustion power generation plants for the regulation services of each study region. Air emission externalities are another crucial issue for bus operations because buses are operated near highly populated areas, so these externalities are also studied in this research with the benefits of a V2G emission reduction potential taken into account. The analysis concluded that BE transit and school buses with V2G application have potential to reduce electricity generation related greenhouse-gas emissions by 1067 and 1420 tons of CO2 equivalence (average), and eliminate $13,000 and $18,300 air pollution externalities (average), respectively.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.3390/en9040230
• Record URL:
  http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/4/230
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2016 Tolga Ercan et al.
• Authors:
  • Ercan, Tolga
  • Noori, Mehdi
  • Zhao, Yang
  • 0000-0002-8204-8918
  • Tatari, Omer
• Publication Date: 2016-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p 230
• Serial:
  • Energies
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: MPDI AG
  • ISSN: 1996-1073
  • Serial URL: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cash flow; Electric power generation; Electric vehicles; Greenhouse gases; Public transit; School buses; Sustainable transportation; Transit vehicle operations
• Candidate Terms: Vehicle to grid
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Finance; Highways; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01596984
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 22 2016 10:47AM