@inbook{06283ab0d93c411fb3680b9cb94b7661,
title = "Techno-economic assessment of a renewable energy-based electric vehicle fast-charging station in Qatar",
abstract = "Electrical vehicles{\textquoteright} (EV) deployment as an alternative eco-friendly transport solution has become a promising initiative worldwide to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fossil fuel depletion. This fact triggers the need to roll out fast-charging stations to fulfill daily road charging demand. Securing the power requirement for those stations has become a significant challenge that would cause substantial load increase on the existing electricity generation system and distribution infrastructure if supplied from the conventional resources. Hence, grid-independent charging stations with renewable energy sources (RES) and multiple energy storage systems has become an alternative solution to overcome the raised challenge. This paper aims to assess the implementation of a standalone fast charging station technically and economically in the State of Qatar comprising of a wind turbine (WT), concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) system and a bio-generator as RES along with various storage systems. The proposed design is built, modelled, and simulated using Hybrid Optimization System for Electric Renewable (HOMER) software to determine the optimal techno-economic configuration to fast charge 50 EVs daily in a reliable manner. Predefined constraints such as space limitation, stochastic nature of EV demand, and site-specific metrological conditions are considered. Multiple sizing portfolios of incorporated subsystems are evaluated through simulation. Sensitivity analysis is used to evaluate the impact of selected decision variable values such as the WT height where the generated analytical results are compared from the technical and economic perspectives. The results show that a stand-alone micropower system consisting of 450 kW CPV, 250 kW WT with 60 m hub height, 100 kW bio generator, and 324 kWh batteries is the optimal configuration with minimal 2.378 million dollars net present cost (NPC), 0.284 \$/kWh cost of energy (COE) and 0.02 \% unmet demand.",
keywords = "HOMER, Hydrogen, clean energy, electrolyzer, fuel cell",
author = "Wahedi, \{Abdulla Al\} and Yusuf Bicer",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 Elsevier B.V.",
year = "2021",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1016/B978-0-323-88506-5.50252-7",
language = "English",
series = "Computer Aided Chemical Engineering",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
pages = "1629--1634",
booktitle = "Computer Aided Chemical Engineering",
address = "Netherlands",
}