Design and Development of a Solar-Wind Hybrid Electric Vehicle Charging Station

The use of electric vehicles is increasing to reduce significant concerns regarding the environment like emissions of carbon dioxide, changes in the climate, and worldwide warming. Grid-powered charging stations for electric vehicles are costly. In the present scenario, renewable energy-based charging stations are more effective. This work discusses the design and development of a solar-wind hybrid micro-grid-based charging system with the help of a MATLAB simulation model. Solar energy has been taken as the primary source for the charging station, and wind energy as the secondary source. Different types of control strategies have been incorporated into the simulation model to manage different modes of operation depending on the availability of solar power and wind power. Excess renewable energy is also connected to the grid. The simulation results are presented to evaluate the outcomes of the developed Hybrid charging stations in this research.