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Assessing the impact of electric vehicles in Mexico’s electricity sector and supporting policies

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  • Maldonado, Josué
  • Jain, Apollo
  • Castellanos, Sergio

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This work introduces electric vehicle charging load profiles across cities in Mexico and quantifies the expected hourly load increase in the electric grid by 2040. It begins by evaluating different growth projections and resolving them onto the most significant urban centers, followed by developing expected charging profiles based on origin-destination surveys. A suite of policies such as energy efficiency, demand response, and smart charging are modeled across seven scenarios to evaluate their impact in mitigating electric vehicle load increase and assessed in terms of their potential to be used as instrumental grid–transportation policies. Our findings show that peak load can be reduced by more than 3 GW (∼4.5% of total demand) through the enactment of energy efficiency policies and demand response in non-transportation sectors, coupled with electric vehicle smart charging. We conclude this contribution by summarizing the challenges and opportunities of adopting electric vehicles and the policies to reduce stress in Mexico's power grid.

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  • Maldonado, Josué & Jain, Apollo & Castellanos, Sergio, 2024. "Assessing the impact of electric vehicles in Mexico’s electricity sector and supporting policies," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 191(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:enepol:v:191:y:2024:i:c:s0301421524001721
    DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114152
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