KEY CONSIDERATIONS IN THE PLANNING OF COMMUNITY ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE STATIONS

Manuel Barril Rodriguez Arana

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KEY CONSIDERATIONS IN THE PLANNING OF COMMUNITY ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE STATIONS

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Manuel Barril Rodriguez Arana

Issue Date

2022-05

Keyword(s)

Electric vehicle charging; community EV charging stations

Abstract

To mitigate the emission of greenhouse gases, the EV is considered an efficient alternative to the internal combustion engine vehicle. To maximize the EV user and grid benefits, it is necessary to devise an intelligent implementation of the EV charging infrastructure. The community charging station will be the ideal charging location for EV users. It will be in communities that have households without in-home parking where the EV charging infrastructure (EVCI). Community members that have no charging options close to their homes have to rely on commercial or public EVCI. To be able to charge the EV during the hours when the user is at home is a great advantage in terms of convenience. The proposed report aims to analyze the key to the establishment of community EV charging infrastructure stations and the possible scope and nature of such facilities. The principal premise is to extend the notion of community renewable energy and storage projects for the purpose of providing charging services to the members of the communities where the specific community has no available services. The investigation will explore the type of services that can be provided and the associated strategic and economic considerations for such services. In addition, we plan to investigate the modalities to ensure that all the charging electricity is carbon free and to explore renewable energy resources available. The project of planning a community EVCI station requires to study the pertinent considerations in order to be able to absorb a growing demand of the EV user population in future years. EVCI stations are being supported by local governments that offer certain incentive programs and the rebate. One of the great attractions of the project is that it presents possible solutions to issues such as the EV charging schedule or the charging system. The report starts with the necessary requirements of the users, the business part, and finally the technical aspects. These serve as metrics to build an efficient and intelligent community EV charging infrastructure station. Moreover, it continues with the planning of the strategical aspects and the economics to meet all the requirements. This systematic process generates a report that can be used by all communities worldwide to start the implementation of a community EVCI station. There is a high complexity barrier as everything is still in the development phase especially in terms of the technology surrounding EVs. The positive results are that due to the promising future of EVs, these facilities following the report's planning can be efficiently carried out.

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/114982

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