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Table 1 State of the art economic models for V2G energy arbitrage

From: Electric vehicles as distribution grid batteries: a reality check

Source

Year

Assumptions

Profit

(Almehizia & Snodgrass, 2018)

2011

V2G availability: 8 AM to 5 PM

Driving distance per day: 32 miles

EV specification:

Tesla Model 70D 70kWh battery.

Round Trip Efficency (RTE): 80%

Battery degradation cost:

10.42 cents/kWh

Pricing Scheme:

Night charging cost 5.95 cents/kWh.

Dynamic pricing during day from ERCOT RTM.

338.56 $/EV/year

(Peterson et al., 2010)

2008

V2G availability: 5 PM to 7 AM.

EV specification: 16kWh. LPF battery.

RTE: 85%

Battery degradation cost: 4.2 cents/kWh

Pricing Scheme: Considers dynamic pricing from PJM, NYISO, and ISO-NE for 2008

With battery degradation:

(10 to 120)

$/EV/year

(Kiaee et al., 2015)

2013

V2G availability: 9 Hours.

Driving duration per day:10–90 min

EV specification:60 kWh.

RTE: 100%

Pricing Scheme: Electricity price signal on 12 Nov 2013 is considered for all simulation days in UK market.

13.6% (1799.77

£/5000EVs/5 days)

(Uddin et al., 2017)

2016

V2G availability: 9 Hours.

EV specification: 30 kWh, NCA battery

Battery degradation cost: Based on actual degradation from the experiment.

Pricing Scheme: UK energy pricing

555 $/EV/year saving from improvement in battery life.