Teslarati
OCTOBER 1, 2022
South African retail firm TFG has bought 307 Tesla Powerwall battery storage units to support operations while state-owned power utility Eskom continues load shedding practices. . Load shedding is the practice of switching off parts of the electric grid when there is insufficient capacity. Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
At this year’s Africa Aerospace & Defence (AAD) expo at AFB Waterkloof in Centurion, Rheinmetall AG is presenting turnkey, mobile modular solutions for producing, storing and transporting CO 2 -free hydrogen. The African Aerospace and Defence Exposition takes place every two years at AFB Waterkloof in Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
The Nissan LEAF, paired with the LEAF-to-Home power supply system, can be used as back-up power source in emergency situations if there are power outages and/or shortages by providing the stored electricity held in the Nissan LEAF’s onboard batteries. The lithium-ion batteries of Nissan LEAF can store 24 kWh of electricity.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
The technology is unique because it can function in a variety of extreme conditions and store as much energy as lead-acid batteries twice its size while lasting up to 10 times as long. When the generator is off and the battery is fully charged, it feeds the stored power back to the cell tower.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 4, 2014
South Africa-based Anglo American Platinum , the world’s leading primary producer of platinum group metals (PGMs), has invested in the first close of the Series A financing round of Hydrogenious Technologies, a company developing liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) hydrogen storage technology. Click to enlarge.
Cars That Think
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Lithium-ion battery recycling took a big step forward this week, as a Hawaiian utility announced it is undertaking one of the biggest examples of grid-storage recycling in North America to date. By electric grid standards, Anahola’s 4-megawatt-hour storage facility is not big. They’re not ready for recycling.”
Plug In Partners
JUNE 14, 2007
If a driver doesn't have access to a compressor station, they will be able to plug into the electrical grid and use the car's built-in compressor to refill the tank in about 4 hours. The compressed air technology is basically just a way of storing electrical energy without the need for costly, heavy, and occasionally toxic batteries.
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