A review on electric vehicles interacting with renewable energy in smart grid

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 648-661

  Liu, Liansheng ^a,b   Kong, Fanxin ^b   Liu, Xue ^b   Peng, Yu ^a   Wang, Qinglong ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Charging cost; Electric vehicle; Emissions; Energy management; Renewable energy sources; Smart grid

Indexed keywords

CHARGING (BATTERIES); ELECTRIC VEHICLES; NATURAL RESOURCES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; VEHICLE-TO-GRID;

CHARGING COST; ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING; ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; EMISSION; POWER GRIDS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SMART GRID; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; VEHICLE ENERGY;

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS;

EID: 84937141610     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.06.036     Document Type: Review

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