Green Car Congress
JULY 11, 2011
and 4R Energy Corporation, a joint venture established by Nissan and Sumitomo Corporation in September 2010 to explore second-life applications for automotive battery packs ( earlier post ), have developed a charging system for electric vehicles that combines a solar power generation system with high-capacity lithium-ion batteries.
Cars That Think
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
It's being marketed as the " Tesla Energy Plan ," and is available to any individual household in this region of 24 million people that has a solar panel system, a grid connection—and a Tesla powerwall, the Palo Alto firm's gigafactory-made 13.5 kWh battery wall unit. For bigger national grids it gets more complicated.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 22, 2020
With its bi-directional design, the system also supports use of the vehicle’s batteries for energy storage. Doing so would give energy flexibility to a fleet owner’s business, and help better manage on-site generation such as solar power. —Mike Whitlatch, vice president of Global Energy and Procurement for UPS.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 4, 2013
The applications, i.e. technologies, of particular concern as a result are electric vehicles, wind and solar energy, and lighting. The EU demand for lithium is projected at nearly 15% of the global supply, while that of graphite at 10%.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 2, 2011
introduced a system which enables electricity to be supplied from the lithium-ion batteries installed in Nissan LEAF to ordinary households (i.e., The new system was unveiled at Kan-kan-kyo, a house built in front of the Nissan Global Headquarters by Sekisui House Ltd. Nissan Motor Co., vehicle-top-home).
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
Sand is emerging as a key ingredient in the race to develop a viable electricity storage system for renewable energies. Australia-based Latent Heat Storage has developed a low cost thermal energy storage system based on the latent heat properties of silicon derived from sand. by Andrew Spence. —Jonathan Whalley.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 11, 2014
As the fraction of electricity generation from intermittent renewable sources—such as solar or wind—grows, the ability to store large amounts of electrical energy is of increasing importance. With a whole field of turbines or a large solar farm, one could imagine a few very large storage tanks.
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