Electric Vehicles in Isolated Power Systems: Conceptual Framework and Contributions to Improve the Grid Resilience

Abstract

This paper presents a conceptual framework to enable a successful integration of Electric Vehicles (EV) into isolated power systems. The developed framework includes the management and control actions that might be implemented over EV in order to improve the system's resilience. Several dynamic stability simulations were performed, using a small isolated grid as a test system, in order to demonstrate the possible contributions EV may provide to fast power/frequency control, either as a highly flexible and controllable load and/or as an energy storage device.