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Sumitomo Electric demoing ESS for power grid in California; US’ largest redox flow battery system

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and New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), in cooperation with the State of California and public utility company San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), started the demonstration of the United States’ largest redox flow battery system in California. Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.

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CPUC approves SDG&E pilot EV grid integration project; 3,500 charging stations at 350 sites, dynamic pricing

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million zero-emission vehicles on state roads by 2025, the San Diego region would need 150,000 EVs on its roads. Currently, the San Diego region has only around 19,000 EVs. million electric meters and 881,000 natural gas meters in San Diego and southern Orange counties. Earlier post.).

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SDG&E piloting integration of EVs and energy storage systems into CAISO energy markets for demand response services

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In a pilot vehicle-to-grid project, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) is actively bidding a group of energy storage systems and electric vehicle fleets as one resource directly into the California Independent System Operator’s ( CAISO ) energy markets. The pilot project will end in late 2015. Earlier post.).

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California makes first investments in $100M energy research & development program; also biogas and H2

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The program’s 2012-2014 plan calls for investing $330 million between 2014 and 2015 in innovative technologies that provide benefits to electric ratepayers served by Pacific Gas and Electric Co., Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric Co.

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Maxwell and Soitec demonstrating integration of ucap energy storage and concentrating photovoltaic

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million contract by the California Energy Commission’s Research and Development program to fund design and integration of an ultracapacitor-based energy storage system with Soitec’s CPV system located on the campus of University of California, San Diego, and a second commercial scale system at Soitec’s solar power plant in Southern California.

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Singapore considers Model S EV a high carbon emission vehicle based on fuel consumption and upstream power generation

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Singapore applies a grid emission factor of 0.5 The LTA spokesperson said that the Tesla was not the first fully electric car where grid emission factor was applied. The result was that the electric energy consumption of was 444 Wh/km. This figure is approaching twice that of the US EPA’s estimate of 235.6

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BMW i home energy storage system integrates 2nd-life i3 vehicle batteries

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In 2013, BMW and the University of San Diego installed a micro grid application with Battery 2nd Life MINI E batteries. This project serves the energy supplier Vattenfall as a power buffer for fast charging stations, aiding by storing solar power and helping to stabilize the electric grid.