Techno-economic Comparison of Stationary Storage and Battery-electric Buses for Mitigating Solar Intermittency

Arif Ahmed; Tobias Massier

doi:10.3390/s23020630

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Techno-economic Comparison of Stationary Storage and Battery-electric Buses for Mitigating Solar Intermittency

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Type:

Journal article Open access

Authors:

Arif Ahmed and Tobias Massier

Published in:

Sensors, vol. 23, no. 2 (Special issue “Intelligent Energy Management in Smart Grids and Microgrids”)
(Electronic ISSN: 1424-8220)

Publisher:

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), Basel (Switzerland)

Publication date:

January 2023

Article no.:

630

Number of pages:

Abstract:

While PV installations have become more popular in recent years, their intermittency poses a threat to electrical grid stability. Storage systems like batteries can be deployed in order to mitigate the adverse effects of solar intermittency. However, this is an expensive solution with various limitations. In this paper, we compare stationary batteries to mobile batteries of battery electric buses in a public bus terminus for balancing fluctuations of solar PV installations. Public buses have been chosen due to a higher amount of available energy in the batteries for balancing of solar PV and since they are easily accessible and manageable than private cars. An optimisation model has been developed considering both the bus operator’s and the PV operator’s objectives. Cycle ageing of batteries is included in the investigation. Our analysis reveals that utilising public battery electric buses with large mobile storage to balance solar PV fluctuations can present a positive financial case.

Keywords:

Photovoltaics, Electric buses, Solar balancing, Battery ageing, Optimal operation

DOI:

10.3390/s23020630

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Balancing Solar Power Supply in Singapore Using Electric Vehicles

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  title     = {Techno-economic Comparison of Stationary Storage and Battery-electric Buses for Mitigating Solar Intermittency},
  year      = {2023},
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  journal   = {Sensors},
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