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Volkswagen commissions fast-charging park with 570 kWh of second-life MEB cell modules

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At the Zwickau vehicle plant, Volkswagen commissioned the first fast-charging park in Saxony supplied with energy largely from a power storage container (PSC). The PSC is an electricity storage unit and consists of 96 cell modules with a net capacity of 570 kWh.

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DOE announces 15 Phase 1 semifinalists of Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize

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Lithium, a critical material used in high-charge-density batteries for electric vehicles and grid-scale electricity storage, is a crucial element in the clean energy supply chain. As domestic demand increases rapidly, there is an urgent need to develop safe, secure, domestic, and cost-competitive sources of lithium.

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Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

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In a paper in Nature , they suggest that the use of such redox-active organic molecules instead of redox-active metals represents a new and promising direction for realizing massive electrical energy storage at greatly reduced cost. —Huskinson et al. Background.

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MIT researchers conclude fundamental changes in the US energy-innovation system are needed to meet challenges of climate change and energy supply

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The build-up of greenhouse bases in the atmosphere continues unabated, and its environmental and human costs are mounting. The energy/climate debate of rent years has been dominated by the idea that the price of fossil fuels must be raised to reflect the full cost of their use. Innovation should become that focus.

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A Driver-Centric Approach Is Essential to Broad Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Adoption

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That means millions of electricity storage units – the batteries – are available to the electric grid to serve peak demand, with the vehicles recharging during non-peak hours. The thinking goes like this: Most vehicles are stationary 95 percent of the time. The State of V2G Today. It’s a technology worth our attention.

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The Role of Power Utilities in Turning EVs into a Grid Asset – Part 2

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Getting owner buy-in to the idea is another obstacle; people buy EVs to use for transportation, not to serve as grid assets. Technology and data: deploy peak-shaving technologies and high-tech electricity storage, including EV batteries, large battery arrays, and thermal storage systems.

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Electric Vehicles Open-up New Business Opportunities

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We have been talking about electric vehicles for a while. You shall find the importance of electric vehicles , advantages, disadvantages, other technical aspects, electric vehicle reviews, project ideas, and more here on this blog. Electric vehicles are relatively new in the field even though they were developed first.