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German power-to-gas facility opens green methanation plant; €28M STORE&GO project

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Construction on the methanation plant began in July 2017. While the current facility feeds pure hydrogen (“WindGas”) directly into the gas grid, the new methanation plant provides for the generation of “green” methane. This stored energy is then available as backup whenever there is an insufficient supply of solar and wind power.

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BMW Group plants stepping up activities in balancing-power market to contribute to grid stability

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Together with other highly-flexible controllable systems in the BMW Group production network, they will contribute to the stability of the public grid outside of the plant. Electricity generation from variable renewable electricity sources (VRE) such as wind and solar power has grown rapidly and is expected to continue to do so.

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myenergis Insight Into the CMA Report and the EV Charging Market

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Charging at home is even more affordable if a homeowner has solar panels, a smart energy tariff and a genuinely intelligent EV charger ; allowing them them to harness energy when it is at its cheapest and greenest. Currently, 62% of EV owners charge their vehicles at home. zappi EV Home Charging Solutions. Smart Charging.

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IBM Research launches 10y project to support China in transforming national energy systems; “Green Horizon”

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The city of Beijing will invest more than $160 billion to improve air quality and deliver on its target of reducing harmful fine Particulate Matter (PM 2.5 ) particles by 25% by 2017. Renewable energy forecasting. Sample user interface from IBM''s Hyref energy forecasting system.

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