A Blockchain-Supported Framework for Charging Management of Electric Vehicles

Profound changes driven by decarbonization, decentralization, and digitalization are disrupting the energy industry, bringing new challenges to its key stakeholders. In the attempt to address the climate change issue, increasing penetration of renewables and mobility electrification augment the comp...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Marina Dorokhova, Jérémie Vianin, Jean-Marie Alder, Christophe Ballif, Nicolas Wyrsch, David Wannier
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	blockchain electric vehicles Ethereum electric vehicle charging smart community Technology T
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/0ad46846fdee44539852e96558465614
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:0ad46846fdee44539852e96558465614
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0ad46846fdee44539852e965584656142021-11-11T15:55:49ZA Blockchain-Supported Framework for Charging Management of Electric Vehicles10.3390/en142171441996-1073https://doaj.org/article/0ad46846fdee44539852e965584656142021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/21/7144https://doaj.org/toc/1996-1073Profound changes driven by decarbonization, decentralization, and digitalization are disrupting the energy industry, bringing new challenges to its key stakeholders. In the attempt to address the climate change issue, increasing penetration of renewables and mobility electrification augment the complexity of the electric grid, thus calling for new management approaches to govern energy exchanges while ensuring reliable and secure operations. The emerging blockchain technology is regarded as one of the most promising solutions to respond to the matter in a decentralized, efficient, fast, and secure way. In this work, we propose an Ethereum-based charging management framework for electric vehicles (EVs), tightly interlinked with physical and software infrastructure and implemented in a real-world demonstration site. With a specifically designed solidity-based smart contract governing the charging process, the proposed framework enables secure and reliable accounting of energy exchanges in a network of trustless peers, thus facilitating the EVs’ deployment and encouraging the adoption of blockchain technology for everyday tasks such as EV charging through private and semi-private charging infrastructure. The results of a multi-actor implementation case study in Switzerland demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed blockchain framework and highlight its potential to reduce costs in a typical EV charging business model. Moreover, the study shows that the suggested framework can speed up the charging and billing processes for EV users, simplify the access to energy markets for charging station owners, and facilitate the interaction between the two through specifically designed mobile and web applications. The implementation presented in this paper can be used as a guideline for future blockchain applications for EV charging and other smart grid projects.Marina DorokhovaJérémie VianinJean-Marie AlderChristophe BallifNicolas WyrschDavid WannierMDPI AGarticleblockchainelectric vehiclesEthereumelectric vehicle chargingsmart communityTechnologyTENEnergies, Vol 14, Iss 7144, p 7144 (2021)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	blockchain electric vehicles Ethereum electric vehicle charging smart community Technology T
spellingShingle	blockchain electric vehicles Ethereum electric vehicle charging smart community Technology T Marina Dorokhova Jérémie Vianin Jean-Marie Alder Christophe Ballif Nicolas Wyrsch David Wannier A Blockchain-Supported Framework for Charging Management of Electric Vehicles
description	Profound changes driven by decarbonization, decentralization, and digitalization are disrupting the energy industry, bringing new challenges to its key stakeholders. In the attempt to address the climate change issue, increasing penetration of renewables and mobility electrification augment the complexity of the electric grid, thus calling for new management approaches to govern energy exchanges while ensuring reliable and secure operations. The emerging blockchain technology is regarded as one of the most promising solutions to respond to the matter in a decentralized, efficient, fast, and secure way. In this work, we propose an Ethereum-based charging management framework for electric vehicles (EVs), tightly interlinked with physical and software infrastructure and implemented in a real-world demonstration site. With a specifically designed solidity-based smart contract governing the charging process, the proposed framework enables secure and reliable accounting of energy exchanges in a network of trustless peers, thus facilitating the EVs’ deployment and encouraging the adoption of blockchain technology for everyday tasks such as EV charging through private and semi-private charging infrastructure. The results of a multi-actor implementation case study in Switzerland demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed blockchain framework and highlight its potential to reduce costs in a typical EV charging business model. Moreover, the study shows that the suggested framework can speed up the charging and billing processes for EV users, simplify the access to energy markets for charging station owners, and facilitate the interaction between the two through specifically designed mobile and web applications. The implementation presented in this paper can be used as a guideline for future blockchain applications for EV charging and other smart grid projects.
format	article
author	Marina Dorokhova Jérémie Vianin Jean-Marie Alder Christophe Ballif Nicolas Wyrsch David Wannier
author_facet	Marina Dorokhova Jérémie Vianin Jean-Marie Alder Christophe Ballif Nicolas Wyrsch David Wannier
author_sort	Marina Dorokhova
title	A Blockchain-Supported Framework for Charging Management of Electric Vehicles
title_short	A Blockchain-Supported Framework for Charging Management of Electric Vehicles
title_full	A Blockchain-Supported Framework for Charging Management of Electric Vehicles
title_fullStr	A Blockchain-Supported Framework for Charging Management of Electric Vehicles
title_full_unstemmed	A Blockchain-Supported Framework for Charging Management of Electric Vehicles
title_sort	blockchain-supported framework for charging management of electric vehicles
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/0ad46846fdee44539852e96558465614
work_keys_str_mv	AT marinadorokhova ablockchainsupportedframeworkforchargingmanagementofelectricvehicles AT jeremievianin ablockchainsupportedframeworkforchargingmanagementofelectricvehicles AT jeanmariealder ablockchainsupportedframeworkforchargingmanagementofelectricvehicles AT christopheballif ablockchainsupportedframeworkforchargingmanagementofelectricvehicles AT nicolaswyrsch ablockchainsupportedframeworkforchargingmanagementofelectricvehicles AT davidwannier ablockchainsupportedframeworkforchargingmanagementofelectricvehicles AT marinadorokhova blockchainsupportedframeworkforchargingmanagementofelectricvehicles AT jeremievianin blockchainsupportedframeworkforchargingmanagementofelectricvehicles AT jeanmariealder blockchainsupportedframeworkforchargingmanagementofelectricvehicles AT christopheballif blockchainsupportedframeworkforchargingmanagementofelectricvehicles AT nicolaswyrsch blockchainsupportedframeworkforchargingmanagementofelectricvehicles AT davidwannier blockchainsupportedframeworkforchargingmanagementofelectricvehicles
_version_	1718432836386553856

A Blockchain-Supported Framework for Charging Management of Electric Vehicles

Ejemplares similares