Electric vehicles in smart grid and smart city for Petroşani case

Abstract

The success of the development of electric vehicles and the increase in demand for their purchase amid greater autonomy of power systems and the development of charging infrastructure also highlights the possibility of using these vehicles as an integral part of a Smart Grid system in the context of sustainable urban development around the extended ideas of the Smart City concept in which other innovative concepts can be integrated. This paper aims to present new research developed around the idea of Smart City in Petroşani, starting from electric vehicles that can serve both as a means of transport and monitoring system of environmental parameters but can also be integrated into the electricity network so that in periods of high consumption it can supply electricity when needed and in periods of over-production to charge their batteries. Although at present at the level of Petroşani there are not many electric vehicles that can become part of the electricity network, this idea is applicable especially in a public or private facility with the possibility of scaling in the future.