Swiss Energy System and EV Mobility Data for V2G Research

Data from the paper 'The Potential of Vehicle-to-Grid to Support the Energy Transition: A Case Study on Switzerland' includes multiple files on Swiss mobility, energy, and electric vehicles. The core Car_trips.csv contains a list of trips from different cars in Switzerland, derived from the 2015 Mikrozensus Mobilität und Verkehr survey. Other files cover charging station locations, EV specifications, hydropower inflows, and electricity demand for heating and EVs.

Use Cases

• Modeling vehicle-to-grid potential based on synthetic car trip profiles and charging station data.
• Analyzing the coupling of transportation and energy systems using electricity demand profiles for EVs and heating.
• Assessing greenhouse gas emissions from different energy technologies using provided emission factors.
• Simulating hydropower generation constraints using water inflow data for Swiss dams.

Strengths

• Includes data from an official Swiss national mobility survey (Mikrozensus Mobilität und Verkehr 2015).
• Integrates multiple data domains (transportation, energy, emissions) relevant for system-level analysis.
• Associated with a peer-reviewed publication in the journal 'Energies' (2021).

Limitations

• Key metadata like row counts, column names, and dataset size are unknown across all sources.
• The car trip data is synthetic and not representative at the individual weekly profile level; results with fewer than 50 profiles require caution.
• The most recent update date is unknown, raising potential freshness concerns.

Provenance

Source

Multiple sources: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (MZMV survey), Swiss Federal Office of Energy, and research by authors from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.

Collection Method

Combines official survey data, online government data, and researcher-generated data.

Time Range

The car trip data is based on a 2015 survey; other data files likely correspond to periods around the 2021 publication.

Geography

Switzerland