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> REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR PAPER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (DOUBLE-CLICK HERE TO EDIT) < 1 Abstract-Electric vehicle (EV) can be applied to discharge power back to the grid, which is called vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology. There is a constant debate on whether V2G is an economically viable option due to the high battery degradation cost. In this work, the cost benefit of EV customers participating in V2G has been studied using different feed-in tariffs (FITs). A model is developed for minimisation of energy cost for residential users, which includes an EV, a separate energy storage system (ESS) and renewable energy supply. Key factors such as the EV driving usage, the degradation cost of EV and ESS batteries are considered. The EV driving usage is established through a designed survey, from which the probability of vehicle parking and plug in at home, the probabilities of EV under driving and parking outside can be calculated. Comprehensive case studies have been undertaken to investigate the optimisation strategies under various scenarios. Two types of electricity tariffs, time-ofuse (TOU) and fixed tariffs, are considered. It is revealed that certain threshold levels of FITs are expected to allow users benefit from V2G technology. Compared with non-optimised operation, the cost saving with the optimised strategy is evident in the case studies.
Index Terms-Electric vehicle (EV), vehicle to grid (V2G), energy storage system (ESS), battery degradation, driving usage, photovoltaic (PV), energy cost optimisation
I. INTRODUCTIONA. Background lectric vehicles (EVs) have become popular in the past decade, one benefit of which is to reduce greenhouse gas emission in transportation systems. The charging load of EV supplied from renewable energy resources can further reduce transportation emission [1]. A reduction in gree...