Potential for electric vehicle smart charging station expansion at Fyrisskolan

Abstract: The purpose of this bachelor thesis is to investigate the potential for electric vehicle charging at the high school Fyrisskolan, located in central Uppsala. The idea relies on charging electric vehicles (EV:s) outside of the hours of peak power consumption of the school which in this report is assumed to be solved by a suitable smart charger. In this project, various stochastic models are built to simulate solar energy production and school energy consumption using data collected from various sources. This generated data along with  driving distances and EV:s energy consumptions are used to calculate the available energy for EV charging. The available energy is then used to distinguish a minimal, mean and maximal amount of cars that could potentially be charged outside Fyrisskolan for each chosen month. The data collected is taken from December, March and June. Calculations and simulations are done in MATLAB. Results show that with available energy outside the peak energy consumption hours, there is a possibility to charge around 104 EV:s in one work day. The main conclusion is that there is not only a big potential to expand the charging of EV:s outside the school by installing smart charging stations in a technical view, but also a desire from employees at the school and neighbours living near it, to charge their future electric vehicles.