Techniques for optimal Placement of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations: A review

The excess uses of conventional vehicles are the major concern to deteriorate our environment. The excess releases of greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels are the key factors responsible for global warming. Therefore most countries like Saudi Arabia, the USA, India, etc, and their policymakers think that conventional Vehicles must be replaced by electrical vehicles. Electric vehicles play a significant role in improving air quality, energy security, and economic opportunity. The placement of charging station is a complex problem involving a number of constraints, decision variables and objective functions. Therefore, for solving non- linear and complex nature of the charging station placement researchers apply different optimization algorithms. This review paper focuses on the optimal placement of electric vehicle charging station planning using different optimization techniques by various researchers.