Electric Vehicle Integration in a Smart Microgrid Environment

13 Economic Placement of EV Charging Stations within Urban Areas

Ahmed Ibrahim AbdelAzim

Ethos Esco Consultancy

Contents

13.1 Introduction

13.2 The Problem of Choosing Charging Stations’ Locations

13.3 Methodologies for Placing Charging Stations

13.4 Economics of Charging Station Placement

13.5 Case Study: Applying an Agent-Based Network Graph Placement Method on Cairo, Egypt

References

13.1 Introduction

The environmental footprint of the transportation sector is huge; it consumes around 19% of the world total energy use, with light-duty vehicles (including passenger cars) being the most significant contributor [1]. In 2015, governments around the world endorsed 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs), including SDG 7, which is to secure ...