Electric vehicle charging for grid flexibility in South Africa

"Electric vehicles for ancillary services" examines the impact of electric vehicle (EV) charging on the South African electricity grid and explores the potential for managed charging strategies to enhance grid flexibility. EV adoption has grown in South Africa, albeit at relatively slow pace. In the same period, South Africa’s electrical energy supply has faced mounting challenges, primarily from supply constraints. Additional renewable energy supplies have assisted to some extent, but they have simultaneously added to the complexity of operating and managing the national grid. The local supply utility, Eskom, is therefore in need of ancillary services that can assist in providing its customers with a stable and reliable energy supply.