An Algorithm for the Ancillary Services Provision by E-Mobility-based Virtually Aggregated Mixed Units

The present paper deals with the provision of ancillary services to the power system through the scheduling of the charging requests of electric vehicles. The scheduling process is based on a hybridization of the Artificial Bee Colony algorithm (h-ABC). The starting of e-cars charging is supposed to be postponed according to predetermined deadlines set by users. With a precautionary approach, charging processes are assumed non-preemptable. To highlight the potential benefits of the approach in a real-life scenario, a techno-economic assessment is performed, taking as reference the rules in place in Italy and using real data from the market.