Integration of Electric Vehicles in the Distribution Grid Planning Process by Extending a Multi Agent Environment

With electric vehicles becoming a more attractive alternative to combustion vehicles, they appear as new volatile loads in the low voltage distribution grids. Until now, they are at the best only considered rudimentarily in the planning process. This paper presents the modelling of electric vehicles as agents in a multi-agent simulation environment for planning purposes. Integrating a model of mobility behaviour, the developed agent allows for the realistic consideration of electric vehicles in the planning process, including interactions with other network users. The resulting system is demonstrated within a test grid.