Grant: Alliance Grants
Concordia University
$46,086.00
Large scale integration of EVs into the smart grid: A comprehensive cyber physical study and security assessment
FY 2023-24
Summary
Faced with climate change and increased greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, 195 countries signed the Paris Climate agreement to reduce the GHG emissions. To attain this goal, by utilizing electric vehicle (EV) benefits in this regard, countries have set self-imposed targets to reach a 30% market share for electric vehicles by 2030. Keeping in line with this vision, the Quebec Government has set a target of 1 million EVs by 2030. In fact, Quebec will ban the sales of new gasoline-powered passenger cars by 2035. Fortunately, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, 1.7 million new EVs were registered worldwide during the first 9 months of 2020 which is more than the EVs registered during the same period in 2019. This has been supported by increased subsidies and rebates offered by governments and an increasing trend of drive through services. However, to accelerate this trend, the project will be conducted with the Hydro Quebec, Canada. The goal of this partnership is to develop technologies to identify and mitigate major obstacles faced with the roll out of the EV charging infrastructure and potential cyber-physical attacks and their impact on the power grid. The project intends to also design a data driven model for EV charging demand, waiting time at charging stations (CSs) and corresponding reneging due long waiting by EV owners. Such outcome will assist EV charging providers as well as operators better provision and size their infrastructure. We will carry out throughout this project complete cyber security evaluation of the whole EV charging cyber chain (firmware analysis, protocol analysis, charging mobile applications, etc.) and make assessment and recommendations. The project will further develop detection and mitigation methods to protect this cyber chain and the potential consequences on the power grid.
Program
Alliance Grants
Recipient
Location
Quebec, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
567144-2021
Name nom
Assi, Chadi CA
Department département
Engineering and Computer Science, Faculty of
Organization id
70
Institution établissement
Concordia University
Province en
Québec
Province fr
Québec
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2023
Competition year année de concours
2021
Award amount
46086
Program id
ALLRP
Program name en
Alliance Grants
Program name fr
Subventions Alliance
Group en
RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Group fr
PARTENARIATS DE RECHERCHE
Committee code
96
Committee name en
RPP Internal Decision Cttee
Committee name fr
Cté de décision interne - PPR
Area of application code
300
Area of application group en
Energy resources
Area of application group fr
Ressources d'énergie
Area of application en
Energy resources (including production, exploration, processing, distribution and use)
Area of application fr
Ressources d'énergie (production, exploration, traitement, distribution et utilisation de l'énergie)
Research subject code
2501
Research subject group en
Electrical and electronic engineering
Research subject group fr
Power systems
Research subject en
Génie électrique et électronique
Research subject fr
Réseaux électriques
Application title
Large scale integration of EVs into the smart grid: A comprehensive cyber physical study and security assessment
Keyword
Communications protocols; Cyber physical systems; Cyber security; Electrical Vehicles charging; Firmware analysis; Machine Learning; Power grids; Protocol security analysis
Application summary
Faced with climate change and increased greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, 195 countries signed the Paris Climate agreement to reduce the GHG emissions. To attain this goal, by utilizing electric vehicle (EV) benefits in this regard, countries have set self-imposed targets to reach a 30% market share for electric vehicles by 2030. Keeping in line with this vision, the Quebec Government has set a target of 1 million EVs by 2030. In fact, Quebec will ban the sales of new gasoline-powered passenger cars by 2035. Fortunately, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, 1.7 million new EVs were registered worldwide during the first 9 months of 2020 which is more than the EVs registered during the same period in 2019. This has been supported by increased subsidies and rebates offered by governments and an increasing trend of drive through services. However, to accelerate this trend, the project will be conducted with the Hydro Quebec, Canada. The goal of this partnership is to develop technologies to identify and mitigate major obstacles faced with the roll out of the EV charging infrastructure and potential cyber-physical attacks and their impact on the power grid. The project intends to also design a data driven model for EV charging demand, waiting time at charging stations (CSs) and corresponding reneging due long waiting by EV owners. Such outcome will assist EV charging providers as well as operators better provision and size their infrastructure. We will carry out throughout this project complete cyber security evaluation of the whole EV charging cyber chain (firmware analysis, protocol analysis, charging mobile applications, etc.) and make assessment and recommendations. The project will further develop detection and mitigation methods to protect this cyber chain and the potential consequences on the power grid.
