Energy Management in presence of Solar PV Systems and Electric vehicles: Case Study

This paper investigates the power generation by solar photovoltaic system/plant at JK Lakshmipat University to determine whether Electric Vehicles plug-in can be utilized to store the power generated at the campus. The main purpose to utilize EV plug-in is because of the intermittency of solar energy, which is dependent on various factors like weather, temperature etc. Hence, these factors highly affect the consumption of power. It is observed that the utility grid is being used in various scenarios to balance the energy demand, but it has its own disadvantages. To manage the energy generated from Solar PV plants, there should be an alternative approach like electric vehicles, storage system but storage system is expensive which cannot be afforded by small institutions and business groups. Thus, our paper observes the total energy demand at JKLU and determine whether the energy generated at the campus is enough or not to store it in EV-plugin which is an affordable and good alternative for both storage system and the utility grid.