Electrical vehicles - grid integration issues and solutions

The EUniversal project aims to facilitate the use of flexibility services and to link distribution system's active management with electricity markets. In the framework of this project and based on optimal power flow simulations, the paper assesses the available flexibility of distributed generation and new loads, and their impact on operational planning of the electricity network under different conditions. In particular, it highlights the important role flexibility provided by electrical vehicles can play. More generally, it contributes to the question on how to design local flexibility markets, in terms of product definition and market delineation.