Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2012

The 2 MW energy storage facility, to be located in Falkenhagen in northeast Germany, will use surplus renewable energy sources to produce hydrogen for storage in the country’s existing natural gas pipeline network. When compared to current utility-scale solutions, Power-to-Gas offers unmatched energy storage capacities.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2020

Honda Motor Europe is expanding its battery recycling partnership with SNAM (Société Nouvelle d’Affinage des Métaux) to advance the sustainable usability of its end-of-life traction batteries. —Tom Gardner, Senior Vice President at Honda Motor Europe.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

(MHI), jointly with SSE plc (formerly Scottish and Southern Energy plc), will begin an energy storage system demonstration project using the power grid in the UK’s Orkney Islands, which has a high proportion of renewable energy generation in relation to demand. In the project, Mitsubishi Power Systems Europe, Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Nissan and power management leader Eaton are broadening their portfolio of xStorage Home residential energy storage solutions—which can use second-life EV batteries—by introducing a range of six product configurations, giving consumers greater choice to meet their energy needs.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The fast charger will also have energy storage capabilities thanks to a storage battery. As Europe reigns as the EV king globally, charging solutions must become more innovative and convenient for owners. for 150 kW EV fast charger capable of energy storage appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2015

Eguana Technologies, a supplier of power control and conversion solutions for distributed energy storage systems and Li-ion manufacturer LG Chem have combined their technologies under a multi-year agreement to deliver a certified, fully integrated energy storage system (ESS) Eguana calls “AC Battery”.

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Teslarati

APRIL 30, 2024

On Tuesday, Tesla launched a new Solar and Powerwall ownership demo in the Tesla app, demonstrating how the system can be used by owners of the company’s smart home energy storage suite. You can see the announcement of the demo below, coming from the Tesla Energy account on X. in the same month.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2011

GE Energy Financial Services and German fund KGAL are jointly investing €111.1 million in a 50-megawatt parabolic trough concentrated solar power plant using molten salt energy storage in Torre de Miguel Sesmero, Badajoz, Spain. Additional financial details were not disclosed.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Renault and distributed energy storage company Connected Energy are partnering to develop sustainable and efficient ways of using electric vehicle batteries at the end of their useable in-vehicle life in order to supply innovative and more affordable vehicle charging solutions. Connected Energy Ltd. E-STOR diagram.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2021

Additionally, a swappable containerized energy storage system optimized for cost and operation in the waterborne transport industry will be developed. By changing the model for acquiring and storing energy aboard vessels, Current Direct seeks to create a new energy economy, adding thousands of new jobs.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2009

Calculations have shown that Greenland have a theoretical hydro power potential sufficient to supply 70% of Europe with electricity. However, storage is required to balance the seasonal fluctuations in energy consumption and to enable distribution of energy to cities and settlements without local potential for renewable energy production.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Bi-directional charging technology means not only charging the Nissan LEAF, but also pulling energy stored in the LEAF's battery pack to partially power external electrical loads, such as buildings and homes. Nissan Energy brings these initiatives together as part of the company’s Nissan Intelligent Mobility strategy.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2012

This marks the first time for the company to produce in volume such a system designed for Europe. It will also enable households to reduce the dependence on grid power and facilitate the further spread of green energy. —Fumitoshi Terashima, Director, Smart Energy Systems Business Unit, Energy Company of Panasonic.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2022

Eucalyptus wood from certified cultivation in Europe serves as the raw material for parts of the instrument panel. The holistic concept for sustainability also includes the extensive use of renewable energy in the production of the BMW i3. The BMW Group plant in Leipzig also has such an energy storage farm.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2017

In the UK, Renault and Powervault are partnering to re-use electric vehicle (EV) batteries in home energy storage units. This partnership will reduce the cost of a Powervault smart battery unit by 30%, helping Powervault to bring home energy storage to the tipping point of mass-market roll-out in the UK.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Daimler AG, with its wholly owned subsidiary ACCUMOTIVE, and enercity (Stadtwerke Hannover AG) will begin construction of a new stationary energy storage system (ESS) this year; the facility also functions as a spare parts storage facility for electromotive battery systems.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2022

Grants will be disbursed from the Innovation Fund to help bring technologies to the market in energy-intensive industries, hydrogen, renewable energy, carbon capture and storage infrastructure, and manufacturing of key components for energy storage and renewables. A third project will capture the CO?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2019

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden have developed a new battery cell production process that coats the electrodes of the energy storage cells with a dry film instead of liquid chemicals. This simplified process saves energy and eliminates toxic solvents. © Fraunhofer IWS.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Tesla noted that the Deux-Acren project, which installed the Megapacks, is now one of the largest storage systems in Europe. “Megapack is quieter and supports the local electric grid with energy shifting and stabilizing services and seamless integration with more renewable sources,” Tesla said in its video. .

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

TenneT is a top electricity network operator in Europe, and sonnen produces and manages stationary battery storage systems. Working together, TenneT tapped into the electricity stored in electric car batteries that are part of the sonnenCommunity. It did so when there […]

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Honda has invested in advanced bi-directional charging technology at its European R&D site in Offenbach, Germany, which is helping to balance demand and store energy more efficiently across the facility. —Jörg Böttcher, Vice President of Honda R&D Europe. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2017

UK-based Connected Energy and Groupe Renault have installed two quick-charge stations based on Connected Energy’s E-STOR energy storage technology on highways in Belgium and Germany. The E-STOR technology developed by Connected Energy uses second-life batteries from Renault electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Fastned is a Dutch company installing fast charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) in Europe ( earlier post ). Leclanché will provide scalable battery energy storage systems (BESS) for Fastned, using large-format lithium-ion batteries. It will also allow Fastned to store the solar energy from its solar roofs on-site.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 8, 2022

Vinfast outlines its plan for sales and customer service locations — VinFast Stores — in Germany, France, and the Netherlands. The Hyundai IONIQ 5’s V2L technology creates an act of kindness that supports the brand’s vision of Progress for Humanity. There are 50,000 reservations for the Fisker Ocean SUV.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2021

This partnership covers all subsea energy storage offshore in Ireland and will also support the creation of a proposed new Green Hydrogen Valley centered around the Poolbeg peninsula in Dublin, which will enable green hydrogen production and storage that can be used to decarbonize heavy transport, shipping, industry and power generation.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Providing legal certainty will additionally help unlock large-scale investments and boost the production capacity for innovative and sustainable batteries in Europe and beyond to respond to the fast-growing market. The measures that the Commission proposes will facilitate achieving climate neutrality by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2022

Coated purified spherical graphite is the predominant anode material for most Li-ion batteries used in EVs and renewable energy storage. This facility would be the first of several that Graphex may potentially construct in the US, Canada, and Europe as warranted by market conditions and commercial opportunities.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2021

ft), already has a basic waste license to receive, store and forward lithium batteries and to manage electric vehicle batteries and battery production scrap as well as a license to shred alkaline batteries. 430,000 sq.

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Baua Electric

MAY 14, 2024

Photo: Konect Gas pump and convenience store equipment technology giant Gilbarco Veeder-Root (GVR) has launched a DC fast charging system that can be seamlessly integrated into its retailers’ gas stations. It provides hardware and software solutions, integrates onsite energy storage, and sets up loyalty schemes.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 23, 2024

A massive headache is in store for fossil energy stakeholders as the solid state battery of the future begins rolling off the assembly line. The post Even More Bad News For Fossil Fuels: Solid State Battery Gigafactories Are Here appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2015

The case for using Power-to-Gas solutions to store renewable energy is compelling for a number of important use cases, according to a new white paper released by the California Hydrogen Business Council (CHBC). Currently, P2G is being deployed in Europe and Canada but is only at the early demonstration phase in California.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2020

In Europe, for example, on- and off-shore wind energy potential is estimated to be ten times greater than the annual demand. [ Battery storage can optimize the energy mix, but is also limited. Hydrogen and biofuels offer another form of renewable energy storage to further optimize our energy system.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2021

2021 was a big year for energy-related news, what with the ongoing hunt for new forms of energy storage and cleaner if not carbon-free electricity and events and research that spotlighted the weak links in our power grid. Well, let's think.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2016

The new building will feature 100 vehicle-to-grid chargers, from Nissan’s partner ENEL, allowing Nissan’s range of EVs to plug in and draw down energy from the grid at off-peak periods with the ability to “sell back” the stored energy to the grid. Grid integration trials have already begun in Denmark.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2012

Bombardier EnerGstor wayside energy storage unit. Bombardier Transportation, a leading producer of rail vehicles and rail transportation equipment, systems and services, has selected Maxwell ultracapacitors as the energy storage element of the Bombardier EnerGstor braking energy recuperation system.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2018

The preparations for exclusively green electricity for a climate-friendly production in Europe are already well advanced. Thereby, we completely forego coal-based electricity and obtain our electrical energy from only renewable sources. Today, new plants in Europe are already planned with a CO2-neutral energy supply from the start.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Tesla’s Megapack power storage systems are being deployed around much of the world, effectively offering massive batteries for storing energy from renewable sources such as solar or wind energy. The post Tesla highlights latest milestone in Megapack energy storage deployment appeared first on TESLARATI.

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