Provision of Frequency-Containment-Reserve by Electric Vehicles: Impact of Technical Requirements

Abstract

As the share of Renewable Energy Sources is increasing as well as Electric Vehicles sales, storage of Vehicles is now studied as a potential provider of flexibility products, such as reserve. As offering this service is remunerated, it would allow to decrease Total Cost of Ownership of Electric Vehicles and to facilitate their adoption. However, provision should satisfy technical requirements as well as mobility needs. In this paper, we analyze how degrees of freedom in the technical requirements, such as dead-band or possibility of over-solicitation could increase provision of reserve and reduce constraints on mobility needs.