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Future Smart Energy for Electric Vehicle Charging

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "E: Electric Vehicles".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 4 June 2025 | Viewed by 2281

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Natascia Andrenacci

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ENEA—Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Rome, Italy
Interests: sustainable mobility; electric mobility; charging infrastructures; smart charging; EV batteries; battery ageing

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Finding solutions that optimize the management of energy demand from electric vehicles and alternative methods of power generation are two strategies that contribute to the overall success of the energy transition. With this goal in mind, this Special Issue aims to analyze approaches for the smart charging of electric vehicles that can be optimized for better results. The focus is on using renewable energy, reducing peak electricity demand, and maintaining the quality of energy while meeting the needs of electric vehicle drivers. We are also interested in work that considers fuel cell electric cars.

Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:

  • Smart management of private and public charging demand;
  • Integration with renewable sources and storage management: potential, critical issues, enabling technologies, and grid integration;
  • Analysis of the bidirectional functionalities of vehicle-to-grid and vehicle-to-home;
  • Smart charging for power regulation, grid stability, power quality, and reliability;
  • Local energy market and neighborhood management for district infrastructure.

Dr. Natascia Andrenacci
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • smart charge management
  • charging infrastructures
  • electric vehicles
  • renewable sources
  • energy storage
  • smart grid

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Strategies for Workplace EV Charging Management
by Natascia Andrenacci, Antonino Genovese and Giancarlo Giuli
Energies 2025, 18(2), 421; https://doi.org/10.3390/en18020421 - 19 Jan 2025
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Electric vehicles (EVs) help reduce transportation emissions. A user-friendly charging infrastructure and efficient charging processes can promote their wider adoption. Low-power charging is effective for short-distance travel, especially when vehicles are parked for extended periods, like during daily commutes. These idle times present [...] Read more.
Electric vehicles (EVs) help reduce transportation emissions. A user-friendly charging infrastructure and efficient charging processes can promote their wider adoption. Low-power charging is effective for short-distance travel, especially when vehicles are parked for extended periods, like during daily commutes. These idle times present opportunities to improve coordination between EVs and service providers to meet charging needs. The present study examines strategies for coordinated charging in workplace parking lots to minimize the impact on the power grid while maximizing the satisfaction of charging demand. Our method utilizes a heuristic approach for EV charging, focusing on event logic that considers arrival and departure times and energy requirements. We compare various charging management methods in a workplace parking lot against a first-in-first-out (FIFO) strategy. Using real data on workplace parking lot usage, the study found that efficient electric vehicle charging in a parking lot can be achieved either through optimized scheduling with a single high-power charger, requiring user cooperation, or by installing multiple chargers with alternating sockets. Compared to FIFO charging, the implemented strategies allow for a reduction in the maximum charging power between 30 and 40%, a charging demand satisfaction rate of 99%, and a minimum SOC amount of 83%. Full article
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A Techno-Economic Assessment of DC Fast-Charging Stations with Storage, Renewable Resources and Low-Power Grid Connection
by Gurpreet Singh, Matilde D’Arpino and Terence Goveas
Energies 2024, 17(16), 4012; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17164012 - 13 Aug 2024
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The growing demand for high-power DC fast-charging (DCFC) stations for electric vehicles (EVs) is expected to lead to increased peak power demand and a reduction in grid power quality. To maximize the economic benefits and station utilization under practical constraints set by regulatory [...] Read more.
The growing demand for high-power DC fast-charging (DCFC) stations for electric vehicles (EVs) is expected to lead to increased peak power demand and a reduction in grid power quality. To maximize the economic benefits and station utilization under practical constraints set by regulatory authorities, utilities and DCFC station operators, this study explores and provides methods for connecting DCFC stations to the grid, employing low-power interconnection rules and distributed energy resources (DERs). The system uses automotive second-life batteries (SLBs) and photovoltaic (PV) systems as energy buffer and local energy resources to support EV charging and improve the station techno-economic feasibility through load shifting and charge sustaining. The optimal sizing of the DERs and the selection of the grid interconnection topology is achieved by means of a design space exploration (DSE) and exhaustive search approach to maximize the economic benefits of the charging station and to mitigate high-power demand to the grid. Without losing generality, this study considers a 150 kW DCFC station with a range of DER sizes, grid interconnection specifications and related electricity tariffs of American Electric Power (AEP) Ohio and the Public Utility Commission of Ohio (PUCO). Various realistic scenarios and strategies are defined to account for the interconnection requirements of the grid to the DCFC with DERs. The system’s techno-economic performance over a ten-year period for different scenarios is analyzed and compared using a multitude of metrics. The results of the analysis show that the the integration of DERs in DCFC stations has a positive impact on the economic value of the investment when compared to traditional installations. Full article
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