Multiple-Criteria-Based Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Design Problem

Mikołaj Schmidt,Piotr Sawicki,Marcin Kiciński,Konrad Lasak,Paweł Zmuda-Trzebiatowski

doi:10.3390/en14113214

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Journal: Energies	Publication Date: May 31, 2021
Citations: 17	License type: CC BY 4.0

Affiliation: Poznań University of Technology

Abstract

The article presents the issue of designing a network of electric vehicle charging stations (EVCSs) for servicing passenger and commercial vehicles and taking into account the already existing locations. The authors propose a five-stage multicriteria- and GIS-based EVCS location methodology (5MAGISEV) for designing the EVCS network that includes defining potential EVCS locations (stage 1), constructing a family of evaluation criteria (stage 2), generating alternatives (stage 3), selecting an appropriate multiple criteria decision aid method (stage 4) and conducting a multicriteria evaluation of alternatives (stage 5). The methodology was verified by its experimental application for solving the problem of EVCS location in Poznan, Poland. As a result of its application, a set of over 155,000 alternatives was generated in view of different EVCS location determination policies. A family of eight criteria with subcriteria was proposed to assess the solutions, including the evaluation of the degree of integration of the considered EVCSs with such issues as public transport (C1); urbanized areas (C2); main road network (C3); industrial areas (C4); and the location with respect to transport areas (C5), shops of various types (C6), address points (C7) and DYI stores (C8). Based on the selected method of multiple criteria decision aid (LBS), a solution was selected that constitutes a compromise design of the EVCS network.

Highlights

Besides the strategy of tax reductions or exemptions related to the purchase of vehicles, one of the perceived barriers to the development of electromobility [4] is the inadequate network of electric vehicle charging stations (EVCSs) [5,6,7], both in cities and rural areas
An electric vehicle charging points (EVCPs) is understood as one independent parking space with an accompanying charger that can be used by one vehicle at a time
Based on the literature review in the field of solving the problem of EVCS location, the authors of this paper have identified a research gap

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Besides the strategy of tax reductions or exemptions related to the purchase of vehicles, one of the perceived barriers to the development of electromobility [4] is the inadequate network of electric vehicle charging stations (EVCSs) [5,6,7], both in cities and rural areas. In Poland, the Act on Electromobility and Alternative Fuels has imposed an obligation on larger cities to provide a certain minimum number of publicly accessible electric vehicle charging points (EVCPs) by the end of 2020. One EVCS can provide mulitple EVCPs. Electric vehicle charging infrastructure (EVCI) is not very extensive in Poland. At the beginning of 2021, approximately 1450 publicly accessible EVCPs were registered in the official Register of Alternative Fuels Infrastructure (EIPA) in Poland. In the city of Poznan considered in this study, this number was lower than that required by the Act

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