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Part of RAP and ICCT’s Benefits of EVs Through Smart Charging Global Project Smart charging optimizes electrical vehicle charging by adjusting timing and power based on price signals reflecting for example when grid capacity can be used or when renewable… View Summary +
This executive summary is part of a global project by the Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) studying the economic and environmental benefits of deploying smart electric vehicle (EV) charging in specific geographies. The study identifies those benefits as avoided system costs… View Summary +
This document presents the modeling results from the China section of RAP’s global project, Quantifying the Benefits of Electric Vehicle Managed Charging. Our key findings include: From the perspective of the grid dispatch center: Managed charging of electric vehicles provides… View Summary +
电动汽车灵活性是近年来能源领域关注的热点之一。随着电动汽车数量的迅速增长，其充电负荷对电网运行造成了新的挑战，也提供了新的机遇。通过分时电价等经济激励手段，电动汽车的充电灵活性已经初步显现，尤其是在工商业用户侧，相关实践和试点项目取得了长足进展。然而，在居民侧，虽然电动汽车充电负荷规模庞大且潜力巨大，但其灵活性的挖掘和利用仍处于初级阶段，存在很大的提升空间。 居民侧充电需求的特殊性在于其分散性、随机性和与用户日常生活密切相关，如何在保障居民出行需求与生活便利的前提下，更好地调动和释放这一领域的灵活性，是当前亟待解决的重要课题。自动充电控制技术作为一种相对成熟的智能化解决方案，为这一问题提供了有效途径。所谓自动充电控制，即通过智能控制系统，在充分保障用户日常出行需求的基础上，根据大电网和配电网实时运行状态以及动态价格信号，灵活调整居民侧电动汽车的充电负荷，以更高效、更精细地配合电网运行调度要求。 然而，要实现自动充电控制技术在居民侧的广泛推广与应用，技术本身并非最大的障碍——已有的大量试点项目和示范案例均证实了该技术在实际应用中的可行性与可靠性。目前更为关键的是如何推动自动充电控制模式制度化、规模化地落地实施。这需要从政策法规、市场机制、商业模式创新等多个维度入手，通过完善激励机制、明确利益分配方式，建立起成熟稳定的政策框架与商业生态，使自动充电控制模式能够长期稳定地发挥作用，从而最大限度地释放居民侧电动汽车及其他需求侧分布式资源所蕴含的系统价值。 本文通过对欧洲和美国相关实践案例的分析发现，这种自动化运营模式不仅可以更精准、更可靠地激活居民侧电动汽车所具备的灵活潜力，而且能够先于电力市场独立运行，有效地协调配合配电网侧运行需求，为能源系统的安全稳定运行提供强有力支撑。 本文首刊于《南方能源观察》，2025年3月9日… View Summary +
Like the all-powerful genies of mythology, artificial intelligence (AI) seems increasingly able to magically answer our questions and potentially grant wishes. Policymakers and regulators are still trying to understand the nuances of this technology and its impacts to energy systems. View Summary +
Electrification has become a cornerstone of the energy transition. In 2020, the then European Copper Institute and the Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) established the ‘Electrification Academy’ webinar series to promote the benefits of this powerful decarbonisation tool. Over five years,… View Summary +
The term anticipatory investment has been coined on a recognition that we need to build electricity grids at a quicker pace, in greater volume, and with view of a longer time-horizon than before in order that grids do not present… View Summary +
本文件呈现了睿博能源智库（RAP）全球研究项目“量化电动汽车智能充电效益”的中国项目模型研究成果。我们的研究发现： 从电力系统调度中心视角分析：电动汽车有序充电作为系统性调节资源，可在不损害用户充电需求的前提下，通过降低机组爬坡速率、削减系统峰荷、缩小净负荷峰谷差等途径，显著提升电网调度稳定性。 从系统规划视角看，有序充电可作为一种协同优化解决方案，在降低电网投资成本、提升可再生能源消纳比例、削弱对煤电依赖及减少碳排放等方面展现多维度效益。研究表明，该模式能够通过负荷形态重构实现源网荷储协同优化。… View Summary +
Despite uncertainty regarding the disbursement of Inflation Reduction Act funds, do states continue to support efficient electrification through heat pump adoption? RAP and CLASP’s webinar series, “Federal Dollars, State Policies and Heat Pumps: The Future of Heat,” has been considering… View Summary +
If the video is not visible, please accept all cookies to enable the player. In the third in a series of webinars looking at heat pump adoption in regions across the country, practitioners from the Mountain West states discussed how… View Summary +