Smart EV integration

The economic value of smart integration of electric vehicles into the Australian electricity industry.

Research status
Past projects

Project outline

The aim of this project is to develop tools for better understanding and managing the integration of Electric Vehicles (EVs) into the Australian electricity industry. The project focuses on the economics of EV integration with respect to both potential network and energy market operation and investment, and in the context of other industry developments including smart grids and growing renewable generation. 

The expected outcomes are a set of tools for analysing and managing the impacts of EV charging from household and commercial facilities, to localized regions of the distribution network, through to system-wide impacts.

 

Partners

The partner organisation is Better Place Australia. 

ARC Linkage Project LP100200756

 

UNSW Research Project Team

Iain MacGill – Chief Investigator
Paul Twomey – Chief Investigator
Regina Betz – Chief Investigator
Robert Passey – Senior Research Associate
Graham Mills – PhD student

Title & place of publication Author Type Research area Links Year

Impact of Electric Vehicles and Solar PV on Future Generation Portfolio Investment

 Peerapat Vithayasrichareon, Iain MacGill, Mills, G. Journal papers Electric vehicles, Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation, Technology Assessments IEEE Transactions for Sustainable Energy, 6

Assessing the Potential Role of Large-Scale PV Generation and Electric Vehicles in Future Low Carbon Electricity Industries

 Peerapat Vithayasrichareon, Iain MacGill, Mills, G. Conference papers Electric vehicles, Large-scale Renewable Energy Conference: Solar Integration Workshop, PDF

CEEM submission to AEMC's Energy Market Arrangements for Electric and Natural Gas Vehicles

 Iain MacGill, Rob Passey, Graham Mills Submissions Electric vehicles PDF
Event Research area Type Location Date
The financial impacts of PV systems and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles on customers who do not have them Electric vehicles, Energy Efficiency & Distributed Generation, Technology Assessments Seminar Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference 2014, Sydney, Australia Monday 8th December 2014
Electric Vehicle Integration – benefits and impacts Electric vehicles Short course Australian Power Institute (API) Summer School, Sunshine Coast Tuesday 25th February 2014
Assessing the Potential Role of Large-Scale PV Generation and Electric Vehicles in Future Low Carbon Electricity Industries Electric vehicles, Large-scale Renewable Energy Seminar Solar Integration Workshop London, UK Monday 21st October 2013
Electric Vehicle integration in the NEM: implications for passenger vehicle emissions Electric vehicles Seminar Low Carbon Living CRC ‘Low Carbon Transport Research Workshop’, Adelaide Tuesday 1st October 2013
A Framework for Maximising the Economic Value of Electric Vehicle Integration into the Australian NEM Electric vehicles Poster AUPEC 2012, Green Smart Grid Systems, Bali, Indonesia. Wednesday 26th September 2012
Carbon pricing meets energy markets - Australia's evolving energy + climate policy context Electric vehicles Conference National Consumer Roundtable on Energy Meeting, UNSW, Sydney Wednesday 29th June 2011