Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The winds had barely died down when electric-power specialists and others began calling for a radical overhaul of Puerto Rico’s electricity networks, one that would emphasize renewable energy, distributed generation, and, critically, microgrids. A microgrid is like a miniaturized, tightly controlled version of a power grid.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2012

The platform will connect ESB Networks with the energy retailers and the charge-points, allowing all three to communicate energy usage and financial data directly. Today, the goal is to produce 40% of the country's current electricity consumption from renewable energy and have electric vehicles represent every tenth car on Irish roads.

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Ireland EV Smart Charging Grid 261

Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2012

and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) on a new pilot project that will allow communication between electric vehicles (EVs) and the power grid. This project will demonstrate and test an electric vehicle’s ability to receive and respond to charge instructions based on the grid condition and the vehicle’s battery state.

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Grid Honda Charging Plug-in 207

Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

The e-gas project consists of two main components: Audi is contributing to the construction of offshore North Sea wind turbines which will generate clean power,that is then fed into the public power grid. Audi wants to use green power to produce and also operate its electric-drive e-tron models in the future.

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Audi Gas Hydrogen 2013 370

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2013

Each resource has individual objectives for measuring success: The objectives of the solar forecasting project are to: Develop solar forecasting products for hour-ahead solar forecasting. Demonstrate the application of this solar forecasting at Sempra Generation’s 48 MW Photovoltaic (PV) Plant. Weisenmiller.

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Energy Storage San Diego California Energy 231

Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2010

A group of US and Canadian power grid operators, who manage most of the North American bulk electric grid collectively, studied the effect that plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) would have on the electric power grid. ISO RTO operating regions. Click to enlarge. Over a 12-hour period, PEV charging would add 98 MW.

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Grid Plug-in Plug Electric Vehicles 210

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2010

With nations around the world seeking to derive a greater percentage of their energy needs from renewable energy sources, we believe we have only begun to scratch the surface of the renewable energy grid interconnection market’s potential. AMSC founder and Chief Executive Officer Greg Yurek.

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Wind Global Power Powered 199

Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2011

The report, Bucks for balancing: can plug-in vehicles of the future extract cash—and carbon—from the power grid? , is based on a research collaboration between a team of engineers from Ricardo and National Grid, the operator of the high voltage electricity transmission system within Great Britain (GB).

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Grid Plug-in Plug Market 247

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2014

To compensate for the increased amounts of these inherently–variable sources of electricity, the power grid requires additional flexibility to manage fluctuations in generation. They used hourly data for wind and load and assumed perfect information (no forecast error) to focus on capacity expansion and unit commitment decisions.

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Wind PHEV Cost Of Power 286

Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2013

Siemens proposes that these costs would no longer be included in the electricity price but covered via a fixed-cost, flat-rate payment for the grid connection. All consumers who use the power grid would thus pay an equal share of the costs—regardless if they produce electricity and how much, or what they consume.

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Germany Energy Renewable Grid 239

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Energy Laboratory (NREL) has successfully demonstrated vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capabilities using IPC’s bi-directional Battery Converter. IPC’s Battery Converter will provide bi-directional power between the EV. battery and a 480Vac power grid. NREL successfully integrated and. NREL successfully integrated and.

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Convert Grid Power Powered 355

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Last-Mile Connectivity: Electric vehicles, particularly electric bikes and scooters, contribute to efficient last-mile connectivity within smart cities. This grid integration ensures a steady and reliable power supply for EV charging while maximizing the utilization of renewable energy, especially during peak generation times.

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Electric Vehicles Vehicles Electric Electrical 98

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Even a partial shift from petroleum to electricity as a transportation fuel will have ramifications for the operation and growth of the electric power system. Detailed knowledge of the power grid is required to ensure that outages are avoided.

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Plug-in 2015 Plug Recharge 218

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

Connected to the regular European domestic power mains (220 V, 16 Amps), the system requires a maximum of 2½ hours to fully charge the lithium-polymer cells. Wherever a power source with higher voltage and amperage (380 V, 32 Amps) is available, the charge time is an even shorter 44 minutes at the very most.

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All-Electric Plug-in Concept Plug 268