Microgrid with Electric Vehicles
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2019-05
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Alfred University. Inamori School of Engineering.
Abstract
The targeted goal of the renewable energy penetration level in New York State’s electric power generation for 2030 is 50%. New wind farms are being proposed, planned and installed in upstate New York. The downstate region of New York (Long Island, New York City, and the Hudson Valley) uses 66% of the state’s electric energy. While, its power plants generate only 53% of the state’s electricity. There are two essential requirements: 1. Enabling upstate resources to better serve downstate consumers, and 2. Local consumptions with energy storages such as batteries in distribution network. One can envision a resilient power network to resist power outages due to extreme weather and other unexpected events. Forming a community power island may be beneficial to use some upstate wind power resources.
Alfred University is exploring the use of wind power generation of upstate New York along with photovoltaic and biomass generation to implement a microgrid in Alfred, NY. In this regard, the impact of battery electric vehicles is also investigated during normal and outage grid operation modes. In this modeling study, the microgrid operates in real time (i.e. milliseconds interval) or day-ahead scheduling (i.e. hourly interval). That is, renewable energy generation and battery storages are modeled in both time intervals and several simulations are conducted.
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Thesis completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Electrical Engineering at the Inamori School of Engineering, Alfred University
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renewable energy, electric vehicles, Electrical Engineering, microgrid