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Volkswagen Presents Power Storage Container With Reused Batteries

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4 models and stores 570 kWh of energy. It consists of battery modules from ID.3

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Vienna testing Solaris hydrogen bus

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The Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen buses use a set of fuel cells with a power of 70 kW. The hydrogen is stored in gaseous form in five new-generation tanks mounted on the bus roof. The bus is also fitted with a Solaris High Power battery acting as an additional electric power storage facility.

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Dr. Richard Group testing Solaris hydrogen bus

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After successful test runs in Vienna in June, the bus was handed over to the Dr. Richard Group, the largest private bus operator in Austria, which presented the vehicle in St. The Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen buses use a set of fuel cells with a power of 70 kW. The hydrogen bus Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen is being tested again in Austria.

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Nissan and Endesa collaborating to deliver vehicle-to-grid systems to market

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This Vehicle to Grid (V2G) system consists of the Endesa two-way charger and an energy management system that can also integrate such off-grid, and renewable, power generation as solar panels and wind turbines. Later on, in 2012, Endesa presented the evolution of such technology at the ZEM2ALL demonstrator.

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Researchers synthesize battery cathode from lignin derivatives

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Milczarek and Inganäs describe how a class of organic compounds known as quinones allows the lignin derivatives to shed a proton and store this electric charge in its place. Materials for charge storage are desired from easily accessible and renewable sources. Their research appears in the 23 March issue of the journal Science.

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Mercedes-Benz GLC F-CELL goes into preproduction; fuel-cell/battery plug-in hybrid powertrain

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At this year’s IAA International Motor Show in Frankfurt, Mercedes-Benz is presenting preproduction models of the new Mercedes-Benz GLC F‑CELL ( earlier post ). The powerful storage battery is space-savingly installed in the rear of the SUV. In HYBRID operating mode, the vehicle draws power from both energy sources.

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Researchers demonstrate concept desalination battery

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The desalination battery operates by performing cycles in reverse on the team’s mixing entropy battery ( earlier post ), which can extract energy from the salinity difference between seawater and river water and store it as useful electrochemical energy. Wh l –1 ), the most efficient technique presently available.

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