Integration challenges for fast-charging infrastructure to support electric vehicle adoption

Highway fast-charging stations located between major population centers are necessary to address consumer charging concerns and thus to support the continued adoption of electric vehicles to meet decarbonization policy targets. Yet such stations, if sized to support anticipated demand, may cause operational difficulties on the power grid. Using a spatially resolved model of the power transmission network and a detailed market simulator, we characterize the effects of large-scale EV fast-charging on the Texas ERCOT system. We further explore three strategies to mitigate these effects -- energy storage colocation, network reinforcement, and demand flexibility --

Name thesis:degree_name

Master

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Data, Systems, and Society

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2020

Author dc:creator

• Mowry, Andrew Maxwell.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Dharik Mallapragada.

• Institute for Data, Systems, and Society.
• Technology and Policy Program.

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• MIT theses may be protected by copyright. Please reuse MIT thesis content according to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy, which is available through the URL provided.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/129127

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/129127