Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Toshiba Corporation and Kawasaki City will conduct a cooperative demonstration experiment of an independent energy supply system utilizing solar power and hydrogen. Kawasaki City and Toshiba entered into agreements on collaboration and cooperation in October 2013, to work toward the achievement of a “Smart Community”.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

Sumitomo Corporation has developed and installed the first large-scale power storage system which utilizes used batteries collected from electric vehicles. Sumitomo Corporation created the joint venture company, 4R Energy Corporation , in collaboration with Nissan Motor Co., Earlier post.)

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Installation Power Powered Batteries 321

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APRIL 30, 2014

megawatt DFC3000 fuel cell power plants from United Illuminating (UI), part of UIL Holdings Corporation. One direct fuel cell system will be located in Bridgeport, Connecticut as part of a distributed renewable power generation project that also includes a solar array. The site will also host an array of solar panels.

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Connecticut Power Powered Energy 294

Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2016

Nissan’s measures to reduce emissions include the following: Nissan UK has installed 19,000 solar panels to join 10 wind turbines at its Sunderland plant, generating enough power to build more than 31,000 cars every year. The power derived from the solar panels and wind turbines accounts for 7% of the plant’s total usage.

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Nissan Emissions CO2 Wind 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2014

Exelon Corporation will provide equity financing for 21 megawatts (MW) of Bloom Energy solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) projects at 75 commercial facilities in California, Connecticut, New Jersey and New York. Exelon Corporation is the US’ leading competitive energy provider, with 2013 revenues of approximately $24.9

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Financing District of Columbia Commercial Energy 210

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2013

As of 2013, $34 million in EISG awards has led to $1.8 Daniel Codd of San Diego will receive $95,000 to design, test and validate a new solar power receiver capable of collecting sunlight at high temperatures. The technology has the potential to increase the generation and efficiency of solar power in California.

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Gas-Electric California Gas Energy 230

Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2012

DENSO Corporation has developed a vehicle-to-home (V2H) power supply system for electric vehicles (EV), which is designed to work in coordination with DENSO’s home energy management system (HEMS), which was introduced earlier this year. DENSO’s H2V system leverages its HEMS. Click to enlarge. earlier post ).

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Supplies Electric Vehicles Power Powered 257

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JUNE 1, 2012

Electrolysis company Hydrogenics Corporation has received an order from E.ON The hydrogen gas produced from the Falkenhagen plant—expected to be online in 2013—will be injected into the regional natural gas pipeline, making the natural gas pipeline network a storage system for surplus electrical power generated from renewable resources.

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Energy Storage Hydrogen Germany Gas 297

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

The US Energy Information Administration released its Annual Energy Outlook 2013 (AEO2013) Reference case (the Early Release ), which highlights a growth in total US energy production that exceeds growth in total US energy consumption through 2040. Transportation sector gasoline demand declines. Click to enlarge.

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Fuel Energy Sale 2013 225

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MAY 31, 2011

CPV); GE Energy Financial Services; and Diamond Generating Corporation (DGC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation, co-owners of the planned $900-million CPV Sentinel power plant, have closed the largest project financing in the US thermal power industry this year for the facility to be built in Riverside County, Calif.

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Financing Power Powered Los Angeles 199

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2012

Omron Corporation will introduce later this fall the G9EN DC power relay, the world’s smallest and lightest high capacity DC power relay of its class, according to the company. Omron is targeting annual sales for the Type G9EN in 2013 & 2014 of 500,000 units, and 1 million units from 2015 onwards.

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DC Power Powered Hybrid 218

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OCTOBER 10, 2011

Prototype pack assembly is to be complete by January 2013, with complete prototype pack performance testing and validation by September 2013. Seeo is targeting the production of a total of 1,000 cells with optimized power and energy by December 2011, with final pack design by June 2012.

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Li-ion Grid Energy California 186

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APRIL 4, 2011

Rather, the report says, it is now China who is preparing for carbon markets by 2013 and, as the world’s largest manufacturing economy, it is stepping up to join the carbon markets in Europe. Climate change policy regimes around the world. Source: DBCCA. billion) over the next five years.

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Carbon Chinese Economy Climate Change 220

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JULY 29, 2014

In addition, in December 2013, Honda supplied an Accord Plug-In Hybrid with a bi-directional on-board charger to the University of Delaware’s Science, Technology and Advanced Research (STAR) Campus. Mitsubishi Motors Corporation; and Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. Earlier post.).

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EPRI Grid Plug-in Electric Vehicles 334

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JANUARY 28, 2013

The largest source of heat, solar energy, warms Earth’s surface and atmospheric circulations redistribute that energy from one region to another. The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research manages the National Center for Atmospheric Research under sponsorship by the National Science Foundation. —Guang Zhang.

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Waste Miles Climate Change San Diego 262

Charged EVs

DECEMBER 13, 2022

By cutting red tape and avoiding costs for construction and electrical work, combined with free solar energy, Beam Global says its EV ARC systems can offer customers a lower total cost of ownership compared to grid-tied charging stations. This may well be the case with the EV ARC, a solar-powered off-grid charging station made by Beam Global.

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Grid Solar Charging Power 143

Cars That Think

AUGUST 11, 2021

It was a cautionary tale about robotics and artificial intelligence , but it's also remembered now for its fanciful setting: A space station that gathered solar energy to send to the planets via microwave. High Earth orbit is a great place for a solar farm—the sun never sets and clouds never form.

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Solar Power Powered New York City 138

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JANUARY 9, 2013

2013 Nissan LEAF. Following on the November 2012 introduction of the updated LEAF in Japan ( earlier post ), Nissan has introduced the updated 2013 LEAF to the US, as well as begun its assembly in the US at the Smyrna, Tenn. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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2013 Nissan Lithium Ion Li-ion 225

Cars That Think

MARCH 23, 2024

The Sustainable Web Design Community Group of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) was established in 2013, while the Green Web Foundation began in 2006 as a way to understand the kinds of energy that power the Internet. What Is Green Software Engineering? The path to green software began more than 10 years ago.

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Green Carbon Google Emissions 141

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JUNE 7, 2017

They adapted cost and performance projections for LDV technologies from the National Research Council (2013) optimistic case. The database includes joint Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and GHG emission standards for LDVs. output of mining or importing technologies) to conversion or process technologies (e.g.,

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Emissions Economy Gasoline-Electric Coal 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2011

Chesapeake Energy Corporation plans to create a $1.0-billion billion venture capital fund over the next 10 years, Chesapeake NG Ventures Corporation (CNGV), dedicated to identifying and investing in companies and technologies that will replace the use of gasoline and diesel with natural gas and natural gas-to-liquids (GTL) fuels.

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Gas Fuel Clean Cleaning 218

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APRIL 8, 2013

Hydrogenics Corporation has been awarded an order for a 1 megawatt hydrogen energy storage system to be deployed in the City of Hamburg, Germany. Construction of the plant, backed by a consortium of German companies and scientific organizations, is expected to begin during the second quarter of 2013. Sites such as this E.ON

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Germany Hydrogen Gas Power 199

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JULY 2, 2014

At early morning press time, NASA reported that the Observatory had passed its initial health check, established communication with both ground-based and spaceborne links, deployed its solar panels, and was “power positive”—i.e. On 18 December 18 2013, PARASOL ceased operation, fully exiting the A-Train. generating its own power.

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Carbon Aura Solar Climate Change 240

Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 12, 2024

Carbon neutrality for all Honda products and corporate activities by 2050. With a home charger and solar panels, the cost to charge an EV would be even less. Using 100-percent sustainable materials, enabling Honda to recycle or reuse all materials from its vehicles. That comparas to the 270 AER of the CR-V e:FCEV.

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Honda Hydrogen Plug-in Hybrid 69

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JUNE 12, 2015

solar and wind), water and CO 2 to produce liquid or gaseous fuels with a very low carbon intensity. From Audi’s latest Corporate Responsibility Report. Audi’s basic goal is to combine renewable energy (e.g. Click to enlarge. Now we imagine the maximum scenario: e-tron plug-in hybrid drive under the hood and e-fuel in the tank.

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Audi Renewable Fuel Carbon 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

They considered biomass, wind, solar, and municipal waste resources within the Eastern Interconnection eligible to meet RESs. Based on the current Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) regulations (linkage), the reduction in gasoline demand for the 10%, 20% and 100% EV scenarios in 2030 is 2.9%, 4.4%, and 44.9% —Choi et al.

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Low Cost Georgia Fuel Economy Gasoline-Electric 236

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

In 2012, emerging economies invested nearly $100 billion in clean energy, primarily wind and solar, with China serving as the primary driver of investment with $61 billion. Parent companies of US multinational corporations (MNCs) perform more than 80% of their worldwide R&D in the US. in fiscal year 2013.).

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Economy Global South Korea 2008 220

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JUNE 17, 2013

The EADS Group—comprising Airbus, Astrium, Cassidian and Eurocopter—is demonstrating at the Paris Air Show 2013 a number of initiatives in the field of electric and hybrid propulsion, which it calls its “E-aircraft projects”. Click to enlarge.

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Plug In India

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The Mahindra e2o which was launched in 2013, has LFP cells and owners still are using the battery pack even after 7 and half years of usage. What we have realized that, our EV industry is way ahead of the game in terms of localisation compared to many other industries like Solar, Phones, Consumer Electronics. We had lockdowns.

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2020 Industrial Industry Electric Vehicles 59

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Hackers took control of a car’s OEM corporate network by reverse engineering a car’s transmission control unit to infiltrate the network. This was how hackers managed to burrow into thousands of government, banking, and enterprise systems as part of last year’s Solar Winds breach. 12 Kushner, David (26 February 2013).

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