Serving the electricity system: How can electrified transport support crisis response?

How can electric vehicles support the electricity system in a crisis while allowing essential transport to continue? The question will be answered in this project, which examines electric vehicles' role in different electricity security scenarios and designs strategies and activities to promote system interaction.

Emissions from domestic transport need to be reduced if Sweden is to achieve its environmental objectives. At the same time, the security situation in Sweden and the Baltic Sea has deteriorated. There are wars in Europe and the threat to Sweden has increased. Climate change is also increasing the risk of extreme weather events in the future, and unforeseen events may occur at random times. There is, therefore, a great need for structured work to reduce the vulnerability of societal systems to disruptions that may arise as a result of crisis situations. This particularly concerns the electricity system and critical parts of the transport system such as the emergency services.

Case study on Gotland

The project focuses on smart bidirectional charging that enables electric vehicles to be utilised as a resource by the electricity system during different types of disturbances.

Gotland will be used as a case study, but the methods developed will be applicable to different areas in Sweden.

IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute is leading the project, which is being carried out together with RISE and Lund University.

The project's target groups consist of the research community, regional actors, government authorities, policy makers and industry. The project aims to produce knowledge for the stakeholders through a project report, scientific articles, policy briefs, a popular science report, presentations and workshops.