Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Saft has been selected by Cowessess First Nation (CFN) to design, produce and install a battery energy storage system (ESS) including two Intensium Max 20E lithium-ion battery containers as part of the High Wind and Storage Project near the City of Regina, Saskatchewan.

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JULY 29, 2014

The Electric Power Research Institute, 8 automakers and 15 utilities are working to develop and to demonstrate an open platform that would integrate plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) with smart grid technologies enabling utilities to support PEV charging regardless of location. Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc.;

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The project partners will generate zero-carbon hydrogen onsite via electrolysis with solar and wind power and reformation of renewable natural gas from a Texas landfill. It will demonstrate infrastructure safety and reliability in a real-world situation. The project started on 1 July 2020 and will continue for three years.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2021

Honda last week announced key targets for sales of electrified vehicles in North America, with a plan to make battery-electric and fuel cell electric vehicles (BEVs and FCEVs) to represent 100% of its vehicle sales by 2040, progressing from sales of 40% by 2030 and 80% by 2035. Renewable Energy Efforts in North America.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 22, 2024

Photo: Enel North America Power-hungry Texas needs solar and battery storage to help meet demand and balance the grid, so its largest utility-scale storage operator is delivering. Enel North America has started constructing the Ables Springs Solar + Storage Project in Kaufman County, near Dallas.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2012

ABB, 4R Energy, Nissan North America, Inc. NNA) and Sumitomo Corporation of America have formed a partnership to evaluate the reuse of lithium-ion battery packs that power the Nissan LEAF. (4R Cutaway of Nissan LEAF battery pack. Click to enlarge. —Ken Srebnik, Senior Manager, NNA Corporate Planning. A hat-tip to Tomas!

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Findings from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC’s) 2021 Long-Term Reliability Assessment (LTRA) indicate there is a high probability of insufficient resources and energy to serve electricity demand, as early as Summer 2022, in many parts of the Western Interconnection.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Energy Vault, a company developing grid-scale gravity energy storage solutions, has entered into an energy storage system agreement with DG Fuels, a developer of renewable hydrogen and biogenic-based, synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and diesel fuel. Under the terms of the agreement, Energy Vault agreed to provide 1.6

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DECEMBER 2, 2013

has developed a container-type energy storage system as a core energy product for ensuring the stable use of distributed renewable energy such as wind and solar power, while maintaining the power supply-demand balance. In the beginning of 2014, Hitachi plans to begin a demonstration test of this energy storage system in North America.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2023

Today, more than 4,300 kilometers already exists for hydrogen transportation with more than 90% located in Europe and North America, the company notes. Europe, with its extensive gas grid, is well placed to make the jump. Hydrogen has a high gravimetric energy density and a low volumetric energy density.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Energy investor Good Energies, Google and Marubeni Corporation are investing in the Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) backbone transmission project. The 350-mile (563-km) long transmission backbone will provide approximately 6,000 MW of offshore wind capacity, enough power to serve 1.9 million households, when fully complete.

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DECEMBER 16, 2021

This means, for example, that wind turbines won’t need to be shut down because there isn’t anyone using them. The Volkswagen brand is supporting the expansion of renewable energies by means of new wind and solar farms in Europe. In North America and China, the goal is that electric vehicles will account for at least 50% of unit sales.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2012

The energy storage installation, located at Invenergy’s Grand Ridge Wind project site in La Salle County, will supply clean, renewable power to the new frequency response market administered by regional transmission organization PJM. Efficient frequency regulation is essential for PJM’s grid reliability. Xtreme Power’s 1.5

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2021

While NERC’s risk scenario analysis shows adequate resources and energy for most of North America, Texas, New England, MISO and parts of the West are at an “elevated risk” of energy emergencies. for this summer as a result of adding new wind, solar, and battery resources. ERCOT’s anticipated reserve margin increased from 12.9%

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AUGUST 18, 2010

reported that sales of BOOSTCAP ultracapacitor products for wind energy applications through the first three quarters of 2010 are running more than 40% ahead of wind-related sales in the same period last year, and estimates that more than 13,000 BOOSTCAP-equipped turbines are now in operation worldwide. Maxwell Technologies Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2022

Wallbox, a leading provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging and energy management solutions worldwide, introduced Quasar 2, the latest generation of its bidirectional home chargers designed specifically for the North American market. —Douglas Alfaro, General Manager of Wallbox North America. Providing up to 11.5

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OCTOBER 12, 2010

billion loan in support of the world’s largest wind farm to date. The loan will finance the Caithness Shepherds Flat wind project, an 845 MW wind-powered electrical generating facility located in eastern Oregon sponsored by Caithness Energy LLC and General Electric (GE) Energy Financial Services.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2017

Leclanché North America, part of Switzerland's Leclanché SA; eCAMION, based in Toronto; and SGEM, based in Geneva; will partner to develop and to install a network of 34 fast-charging stations along the Trans-Canada Highway (TCH). The existing grid infrastructure sometimes proves inadequate to support faster charging.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2013

In a new report, Navigant Research forecasts that global vehicle-to-grid (V2G)-enabled plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) servicing the ancillary services market will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 64.3% Commercial fleets will be the foundation of the market, Navigant projects in the report “ Vehicle to Grid Technologies.”

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2015

The report, “ Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2014 ”, concludes that biomass, hydropower, geothermal and onshore wind are all competitive with or cheaper than coal, oil and gas-fired power stations, even without financial support and despite falling oil prices. Report highlights include: Cape Wind’s troubles. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 29, 2021

About 160 kilometers northwest of Beijing, the city of Zhangjiakou with its rugged terrain boasts some of the richest wind and solar resources in China. Renewables account for nearly half of the city’s electricity output with less than a third of its full solar and wind potential of 70 gigawatts installed so far.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2020

FLECCS project teams will work to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) processes that better enable technologies, such as natural gas power generators, to be responsive to grid conditions in a high variable renewable energy (VRE) penetration environment. Phase 1 FLECCS projects are: GE Global Research. 8 Rivers Capital. RTI International.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

This trend was already underway before the pandemic, due to cost-competitive gas in key sectors including power, industry and transport, and major regions including Europe, North America and Asia. India is planning to almost double the length of its gas transmission grid, while China will grow its gas network about 60% by 2025.

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Plug in America

APRIL 24, 2024

In Bob’s words, this would bring “good medicine” to these communities and, in turn, the Nation and the World, or “Turtle Island,” as it is often referred to by Indigenous people in North America. Tribal innovation is also coming from the electrical grid.

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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. IEEE Spectrum did its best to cover those developments, and these were the stories that our readers liked best.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

The researchers used a mixed-integer linear programming model— SWITCH (a loose acronym for Solar, Wind, Hydro and Conventional generators and Transmission)—to analyze least-cost generation, storage, and transmission capacity expansion for western North America under various policy and cost scenarios.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

Daimler, with its wholly owned subsidiary NuCellSys GmbH, and together with Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America (MBRDNA) and Daimler Innovations Lab1886 is expanding the use case of its innovative automotive fuel cell technology. The partners thereby mitigate the intermittency and variability of renewable sources.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2014

Recently, regional public-private partnerships have developed comprehensive strategies for coordinating early hydrogen infrastructure development with FCV rollouts in North America, Europe and Asia. Hydrogen fueling infrastructure has been a major challenge. These partnerships are bringing key stakeholders together. Transition issues.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2018

The high-resolution E3SM earth system model simulates the strongest storms with surface winds exceeding 150 mph—hurricanes that leave cold wakes that are 2 to 4 degrees Celsius cooler than their surroundings. The E3SM release will include model code and documentation, as well as output from an initial set of benchmark simulations.

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MAY 1, 2012

They drew mostly on evidence from Western Europe and North America. System-level implications include the decarbonization of the grid and the addition of additional generation capacity. —Tran et al.

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AUGUST 13, 2010

With this solar energy system, we will be able to gain vital understanding about the integration of renewable power, smart-grid technologies and energy storage at an industrial facility. —Jim Tetreault, Ford vice president, North America Manufacturing. Electric vehicle battery charging.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 17, 2024

Photo: Strauss Wind The global wind industry installed 117 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity in 2023, making it the best year ever for new wind energy – here’s what happened and where. Annual wind installations increased in all regions except Europe and North America. Brazil installed 4.8 GW total installed.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2011

Wind energy, including on- and offshore systems. Wind Energy ’s primary application of relevance to climate change mitigation is to produce electricity from large wind turbines located on land or offshore. The wind power capacity installed by the end of 2009 met close to 2% of worldwide electricity demand.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 25, 2023

to the 20,000 km cable that connects Asia with North America and South America. Moving Wind Power Offshore The offshore wind (OFW) industry is one of the most rapidly advancing sources of power around the world. It makes sense: Wind is stronger and more consistent over the open ocean than it is on land.

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The Inflation Reduction Act heavily incentivizes production of battery raw materials in North America, and OEMs and battery makers are rushing to establish production of cathode active materials and precursors in the region. Charged spoke with Robert Privette, Umicore’s Business Development Manager for North America.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2022

Toyota Motor North America is collaborating with the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to build, install and evaluate a 1-megawatt (MW) proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell power generation system at NREL’s Flatirons Campus in Arvada, Colorado. This 3-year, $6.5-million

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2023

At launch, the EV9 will be available in Light, Wind, Land, and GT-Line trim levels, offered in two battery sizes and rear-wheel drive or dual-motor AWD configurations. Kia released more details of the Kia EV9, its first three-row seat electric flagship SUV, which is comparable in external dimensions to the Telluride. earlier post ).

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