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Hitachi, Mitsubishi Motors and ENGIE testing plug-in vehicles as renewable energy storage for office buildings

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Mitsubishi Motors and ENGIE are partnered in a project to explore the potential for electric vehicles to act as a means of energy storage for an office building. For this demonstration, the consortium linked Hitachi’s vehicle-to-everything (V2X) charger to ENGIE’s office building in Zaandam, The Netherlands. Hitachi Europe Ltd.,

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Thermal Energy Storage Is No Longer Just Hot Air

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Cheesecake is part of a cohort of companies trying to meet a growing need for alternative forms of energy storage. As countries transition away from fossil fuels to green sources of energy like wind and solar, there will be natural lulls in energy production due to weather conditions.

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Groupe Renault launching large-scale V2G trials with fleet of 15 Zoe EVs

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The pilot schemes will begin in the Netherlands and Portugal. These pilot schemes will begin today in Utrecht (the Netherlands) in an ecosystem developed by We Drive Solar and on Porto Santo Island (in the archipelago of Madeira, Portugal) with Empresa de Electricidade da Madeira, an energy supplier.

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EST-Floattech supplies Octopus battery systems to Wight Shipyard – Charged EVs

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Netherlands-based battery manufacturer EST-Floattech will provide its Octopus Series battery systems to UK shipbuilder Wight Shipyard for installation on two vessels, Mars Clipper and Cross River Ferry. Both boats will use excess power from their biofuel engines to recharge the batteries for the central London stretch.

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IDTechEx: Nio spearheading battery swapping expansion beyond China

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Norway now has two swap stations in operation, and Nio claims it will have 20 swap stations across Europe in countries including Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Sweden by the end of this year. The IDTechEx report includes the supply chain and energy storage capacities for various battery swapping players.

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EU funded project developing fast rechargeable zinc-polymer battery for hybrid and small electric vehicles

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million (US$5 million) research project to create a new class of fast rechargeable zinc-polymer batteries for hybrid and small electric vehicle applications. The PolyZion (Fast rechargeable zinc-polymer battery based on ionic liquids) received funding of €2.4 An EU consortium is two years into a 3-year, €3.5 million (US$3.4

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Leclanché to develop battery storage solution for Fastned’s network of fast charging stations

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Fastned has built and is operating 63 fast charging EV stations in the Netherlands. 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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