On supply demand coordination in vehicle-to-grid — A brief literature review

Abstract

Plug-in electric vehicle (PHEV) has become an important component in fundamental infrastructure in modern cities. PHEV may consume electricity while charging, may supply electricity while discharging, and may serve as a storage to the electric power grid. It is therefore of significant practical interest to coordinate PHEVs with the rest of the grid. Supply demand coordination is an important way to achieve high energy efficiency at the system level while satisfying the stability of the grid and the trip requirement of the PHEVs. This problem is challenging due to the highly uncertainty from both the supply and the demand side in the system, the multiple-stage decision making, the large-scale of the system, the multiple objective functions and constraints involved. In this work, we briefly review the recent development in this field. We hope this work may shed some insight on supply demand coordination in vehicle-to-grid in general.