World Electric Vehicle Journal (Aug 2021)

A Brief Survey on Important Interconnection Standards for Photovoltaic Systems and Electric Vehicles

  • Suvetha Poyyamani Sunddararaj,
  • Shriram S. Rangarajan,
  • Subashini Nallusamy,
  • E. Randolph Collins,
  • Tomonobu Senjyu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj12030117
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 3
p. 117

Abstract

Read online

The consumer adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) has become most popular. Numerous studies are being carried out on the usage of EVs, the challenges of EVs, and their benefits. Based on these studies, factors such as battery charging time, charging infrastructure, battery cost, distance per charge, and the capital cost are considered factors in the adoption of electric vehicles and their interconnection with the grid. The large-scale development of electric vehicles has laid the path to Photovoltaic (PV) power for charging and grid support, as the PV panels can be placed at the top of the smart charging stations connected to a grid. By proper scheduling of PV and grid systems, the V2G connections can be made simple. For reliable operation of the grid, the ramifications associated with the PV interconnection must be properly addressed without any violations. To overcome the above issues, certain standards can be imposed on these systems. This paper mainly focuses on the various standards for EV, PV systems and their interconnection with grid-connected systems.

Keywords