The value of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles as grid resources

Journal Article · Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Energy Journal

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol31-No3-1· OSTI ID:1353369

Sioshansi, Ramteen ^[1]; Denholm, Paul ^[2]

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1. The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States); The Ohio State University
2. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Here, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) can become valuable resources for an electric power system by providing vehicle to grid (V2G) services, such as energy storage and ancillary services. We use a unit commitment model of the Texas power system to simulate system operations with different-sized PHEV fleets that do and do not provide V2G services, to estimate the value of those services. We demonstrate that a PHEV fleet can provide benefits to the system, mainly through the provision of ancillary services, reducing the need to reserve conventional generator capacity. Moreover, our analysis shows that PHEV owners are made better off by providing V2G services and we demonstrate that these benefits can reduce the time it takes to recover the higher upfront capital cost of a PHEV when compared to other vehicle types.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• Grant/Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1353369
• Alternate ID(s): OSTI ID: 1248447
• Journal Information: Energy Journal, Journal Name: Energy Journal Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 31; ISSN 0195-6574
• Publisher: International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
PHEV
V2G
cost savings analysis
energy storage
plug-in hybrid electric vehicles
vehicle to grid services