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Jarusch Muessel1,2, Oliver Ruhnau3,4, Reinhard Madlener5,6
1Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany.
Abstract:
The growing number of electric vehicles (EVs) will challenge the power system, but EVs may also support system balancing via smart charging. Modeling EVs' system-level impact while respecting computational constraints requires the aggregation of individual profiles. We show that studies typically rely on too few profiles to accurately model EVs' system-level impact and that a naïve aggregation of individual profiles leads to an overestimation of the fleet's flexibility potential. To overcome this problem, we introduce a scalable and accurate aggregation approach based on the idea of modeling deviations from an uncontrolled charging strategy as virtual energy storage. We apply this to a German case study and estimate an average flexibility potential of 6.2 kWh/EV, only 10% of the result of a naïve aggregation. We conclude that our approach allows for a more realistic representation of EVs in energy system models and suggest applying it to other flexible assets.
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