Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2017

Results of a study by a team at the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, SOEST, University of Hawaii at Manoa, suggest that the additional cycling to discharge vehicle batteries to the power grid in a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) scenario, even at constant power, is detrimental to EV battery cell performance.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2017

Following the start of the project in September 2015, a redox flow battery system (2 MW x 4 hours) was constructed for a power grid at a substation in San Diego. Demonstration will now be carried out to evaluate the management of surplus electricity and regulation of grid frequency and voltage fluctuation.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2011

The project is supported by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), in cooperation with the State of Hawaii, Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., Smart Grid Model at a Substation with One Distribution Grid Level in Kihei (Hitachi). Advanced Energy Company: Advisor for EV charger business.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

SPIDERS aims to create a resilient, more reliable microgrid designed to protect against extended power outages caused by natural disasters, accidents or attacks—and, ultimately, to enhance electric power surety for national security. Harbor/Hickam, Hawaii; Fort. independent from the bulk power grid (i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Li-ion battery maker A123 Systems will supply a Grid Battery System (GBS) to Maui Electric Company (MECO), a utility serving residents and businesses on the islands of Maui, Lanai and Molokai in Hawaii. The system, NSTAR’s first battery energy storage project, is proposed for installation at a substation in Medway, Mass. Maui Electric.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

Focused on three distinct military installations—Joint Base Pearl Harbor/Hickam, Hawaii; Fort Carson, Colorado; and Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii—SPIDERS is to enable those facilities to operate independent from the bulk power grid (i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2009

Smart Grid System Report Annex A. As part of its efforts to inform Congress, energy stakeholders, and the public about smart grid efforts, the Department of Energy released the first Smart Grid System Report , which examines the status of smart grid deployments nationwide and any regulatory or government barriers to continued deployment.

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