Analysis of Using Biogas Resources for Electric Vehicle Charging in Bangladesh: A Techno-Economic-Environmental Perspective

Abstract

The growing popularity of electric vehicles (EV) is creating an increasing burden on the power grid in Bangladesh due to massive energy consumption. Due to this uptake of variable energy consumption, environmental concerns, and scarcity of energy lead to investigate alternative energy resources that are readily available and environment friendly. Bangladesh has enormous potential in the field of renewable resources, such as biogas and biomass. Therefore, this paper proposes a design of a 20 kW electric vehicle charging station (EVCS) using biogas resources. A comprehensive viability analysis is also presented for the proposed EVCS from technological, economic, and environmental viewpoints using the HOMER (Hybrid Optimization of Multiple Energy Resources) model. The viability result shows that with the capacity of 15–20 EVs per day, the proposed EVCS will save monthly $16.31 and $29.46, respectively, for easy bike and auto-rickshaw type electric vehicles in Bangladesh compare to grid electricity charging. Furthermore, the proposed charging station can reduce 65.61% of CO2 emissions than a grid-based charging station.

Distributed Energy Resources and the Application of AI, IoT, and Blockchain in Smart Grids

“…This is one of the RER that is mainly used for generating gas and other fuels. Different energy conversion approaches like combustion, gasification, and pyrolysis convert the biomass into useful electricity or other fuels [84].…”

“…EV is an emerging technology that can be an essential SG component in the future [94][95][96]. As a result of the decarbonized transportation sector, EV's became the most crucial loads in SG [84]. The SG and EV will both have an impact on each other.…”

“…This serves to mitigate the intermittent nature of RE and provide the needed stability for the SG. The fallen price of solar PV, battery for EV, and the developments seen in an electric grid can absorb many intermittent renewables, which is expected to enhance EV adoption [59,84]. The EV technology can even be extended to serve as an electrical source or sink with bi-directional charging ability in which it can be charged and discharged between vehicle and home (V2H), vehicle and building (V2B), providing electric power for the home, building, and to the grid and from home by building a charging point to EV [97][98][99][100].…”

The Risk of Dissolution of Sustainable Innovation Ecosystems in Times of Crisis: The Electric Vehicle during the COVID-19 Pandemic

“…Finally, the sustainability of the EV innovation ecosystem depends on whether it's fuelled by green energy. Carbon-intensive electricity sources imply little improvement compared to ICE vehicles, and the use of climate-friendly energy, e.g., biogas and biomass, is crucial to make the EV ecosystem part of climate action [108]. The support of such underlying energy infrastructure hence defines the climate impact of the EV ecosystem.…”

Novel Fuzzy Controller for a Standalone Electric Vehicle Charging Station Supplied by Photovoltaic Energy

“…In the literature, much research has been proposed for charging stations that are supplied by PV [12]. In Reference [13], a high-power biogas EV charging station was introduced and designed. The authors of [14] introduced a multiport converter connected to a PV array to be utilized in the EV charging station.…”