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Autonomous Charging of Electric Vehicle Fleets to Enhance Renewable Generation Dispatchability

Reza BayaniSaeed D. Manshadi ( )Guangyi LiuYawei WangRenchang Dai
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 92182 USA
GEIRI North America, San Jose, CA, 95134 USA
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Abstract

A total of 19% of generation capacity in California is offered by PV units and over some months, more than 10% of this energy is curtailed. In this research, a novel approach to reducing renewable generation curtailment and increasing system flexibility by means of electric vehicles’ charging coordination is presented. The presented problem is a sequential decision making process, and is solved by a fitted Q-iteration algorithm which unlike other reinforcement learning methods, needs fewer episodes of learning. Three case studies are presented to validate the effectiveness of the proposed approach. These cases include aggregator load following, ramp service and utilization of non-deterministic PV generation. The results suggest that through this framework, EVs successfully learn how to adjust their charging schedule in stochastic scenarios where their trip times, as well as solar power generation are unknown beforehand.

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CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems
Pages 669-681
Cite this article:
Bayani R, Manshadi SD, Liu G, et al. Autonomous Charging of Electric Vehicle Fleets to Enhance Renewable Generation Dispatchability. CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems, 2022, 8(3): 669-681. https://doi.org/10.17775/CSEEJPES.2020.04000

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Received: 12 August 2020
Revised: 10 December 2020
Accepted: 22 February 2021
Published: 30 April 2021
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