Integrating electric vehicles in microgrids: overview on hosting capacity and new controls
This article reports an overview of main issues related to hosting capacity and harmonic disturbances caused by electric vehicle (EV) penetration in a smart grid, taking into account renewable energy sources and energy storage systems as well as nonlinear loads. A new mixed deterministic and probabilistic method based on algorithms and new control strategies, able to perform EVs charging controls, is presented. The methodology shows that it is possible to achieve high levels of power quality, thanks to a pre-evaluation of harmonic disturbance.