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How I turned a shipping container into a solar off-grid charging station with A/C

Baua Electric

Between my electric bikes, e-motorcycles, e-ATVs, electric tractors, and a few other things I’m probably forgetting, having a weather-sealed, solar-powered off-grid charging shed would be a big benefit. And the answer is to hopefully give them better wind protection. You can see it in more detail in my video of the project.

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Bidirectional Charging Management (BCM) research project gets green light; tying in renewables

Green Car Congress

Not only will electric vehicles with bidirectional charging capability be able to draw electrical power for their high-voltage battery when plugged into a compatible charging station or wallbox, they will also have the ability to reverse the process and feed energy back into the power grid.

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Three Battery-Electric Opel Merivas to Participate in MeRegioMobil Research Project; Vehicle-to-Grid Integration

Green Car Congress

The research project has the goal of integrating electrical vehicles as mobile energy storage units in the future intelligent power grid (smart grid). The demonstration will also explore the vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capability of the car via the bi-directional charging system when the car is not in use and the driver permits it.

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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses

Cars That Think

The general principle for bidirectional charging is EVs can either feed power from a charged vehicle back into the house (vehicle-to-home or V2H) or interact with the electric grid itself (vehicle-to-grid or V2G). And that’s much cheaper than a new $1,300 kit. Even so, world events are putting wind in the sails for backup power.

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Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy and EV Modern Life

Setec Powerr

Decarbonization will take decades, and in the case of large-scale installations like wind farms and solar farms, we will see NIMBY-style (Not In My Back Yard) opposition to siting. A critical issue in decarbonization will also be the role of the electrical grid itself. We need off-grid and on-grid solutions.

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Promising EV Trends to Lookout For in 2023

Get Electric Vehicle

The Evolution of Smart Grids Speaking of electric vehicle batteries, 2023 will mark a turning point in the use of used EV batteries to store renewable energy and feed it back into the grid when the sun isn’t out or the wind isn’t blowing.

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What do you get if you mix a Mazda CX-90 with a Toyota LandCruiser and a Nissan Pathfinder? You get the Kia EV9, and it might just be better than all of them | review

EV Central

While the EV9 Air will be the entry-level model it will come with plenty of kit. The EV9 will also have the hardware required for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and vehicle-to-home (V2H) technology, allowing the battery to be used to power a house of feed back into the grid. That includes a 12.3-inch inch central touchscreen.

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