Economic and technical management of an aggregation agent for electric vehicles: A literature survey

European Transactions on Electrical Power

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 334-350

  Bessa, Ricardo J ^a   Matos, Manuel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

aggregation agent; ancillary services; electric vehicles; electricity market; vehicle to grid

Indexed keywords

ANCILLARY SERVICE; BUSINESS MODELS; ECONOMIC ISSUES; ELECTRICITY MARKET; ENERGY BIDS; LITERATURE SURVEY; PLUG-INS; POWER SYSTEM OPERATIONS; RESEARCH PAPERS; SUPPLY AND DEMAND; SYSTEM OPERATOR; TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT; VEHICLE TO GRIDS;

ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; SURVEYS;

ELECTRIC VEHICLES;

EID: 84860261138     PISSN: 1430144X     EISSN: 15463109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etep.565     Document Type: Article

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