Exploring electric vehicle participation in the Icelandic balancing market as Virtual Power Plant

• Main Author: Fritz Steingrube 1992-
• Other Authors: Háskólinn í Reykjavík
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Orkuvísindi; Rafbílar; Raforka; Meistaraprófsritgerðir; Tækni- og verkfræðideild; Sustainable Energy Sciences; Power plants; School of Science and Engineering; Draga; Mikla; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/28729

The electrification of transport sector has been named as one of the key measures to mitigate the global CO2 emissions. Due to the local energy mix, Iceland has a lot of potential to effectively reduce CO2 emissions by further increasing the share of electric vehicles (EV) in their fleet. To incenti...