Smart Microgrid and Urban Planning for Better Electromobility

Greenhouse gas emissions, produced by transport sector, have spurred the rapid growth of the electromobility. Nevertheless, this new form of mobility requires installing recharging infrastructures for electric vehicles (EVs) in urban areas, both self-service and not. This paper aims at: a) presenting an innovative energy system, and b) at highlighting the issues for its implementation in an urban area. The proposed energy system consists of three components: an intelligent charging station for electric vehicles (iCS-EVs), a heterogeneous fleet of electric vehicles (EVs), and a building with a connection to the iCS-EVs. This paper focuses on requirements and feasibility of iCS-EVs best fitting urban areas. This energy system is embedded into the urban space in which is installed through multiple physical and logical interactions. The iCS-EVs is based on a smart microgrid optimizing the power flows in accordance with the requirements of the public power grid. This microgrid contains photovoltaic sources and takes into account the following strategies: vehicle to grid, vehicle to building, and iCS-EVs to building (energy generated by the iCS-EVs and not used by the EVs directly feeds the building). Therefore, the innovative energy system offers new services that can be synergistic with the urban electromobility. © 2017 IEEE.