A SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC BASED ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION FOR GRID CONNECTED CONFIGURATION

This project proposes an electric vehicle charging station composed of photovoltaic (PV) array, DC-DC converter provided with MPPT control, energy storage unit, DC charger and inverter. The plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs) represent an important step in solving environmental problems and emission of greenhouse gases. The integration of renewable energy and public grid utility is increasing and its associated energy management system makes attention. This project focuses on PV grid-connected system control strategy, which allows the feeding of a Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV). The system is presented as several subsystems: PV array, DC-DC converter provided with MPPT control, energy storage unit, DC charger and inverter, electric vehicle as load and public grid utility.