Exploring the performance and ethicality of smart charging systems: An explorative agent-based modeling research on the performance, system-usage, and ethical value fulfilment of decentralised and centralised smart charging systems

Increased Feed-in of renewable energy sources and an increase of sales of electric vehicles (EVs) complicate balancing of demand and supply. EVs are considered core enablers for dealing with intermittency due to their storage potential. This does however require that these EVs are charged according to smart charging protocols, which is a vehicle...

Supporting the adoption of smart grid appliances in city districts: A quantitative evaluation of policy options using agent-based modelling and scenario discovery

Three main goals have been assigned to Dutch electricity policy: a reliable, affordable and clean electricity sector. In order to make the electricity section cleaner by decreasing GHG emissions, the SDE+ regulation has been introduced to increase the share of renewable energies in the overall electricity production. The drawback of the...