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AeroVironment licenses PNNL EV smart charger controller technology

Green Car Congress

The PNNL technology tells a vehicle’s battery charger when to start and stop charging based upon existing conditions on the electrical grid. has licensed smart charging controller technology developed at the US Department of Energy (DOE) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) for incorporation into its charging station equipment.

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Smappee introduces EV Wall charger in the US – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Belgian energy management technology company Smappee has announced the US launch of its EV Wall charger designed for residential and commercial use. The compact wall-mounted smart charger has a power output of 48 A and an 18-foot cable. It integrates with the Smappee App energy management platform.

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myenergis Insight Into the CMA Report and the EV Charging Market

My Energi

Charging at home is even more affordable if a homeowner has solar panels, a smart energy tariff and a genuinely intelligent EV charger ; allowing them them to harness energy when it is at its cheapest and greenest. Smart charger installation. Currently, 62% of EV owners charge their vehicles at home.

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HOMER Grid software now models EV charging stations

Green Car Congress

The smart or deferrable charging station mode models the intelligent charging of a car or a fleet of cars to minimize the cost. The smart charger allows project developers to leverage HOMER Grid's capability to model demand charge reduction in any distributed renewable energy system and apply this to an EV charging station.

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What is Demand Response?

Driivz

However, with the growth in renewable energy sources , utilities are exploring demand flexibility aimed at increasing consumption at times when solar or wind energy is abundant. EV owners can install smart chargers at home and capture savings through participating in a utility’s Demand Response program for EV charging.

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The Role of Power Utilities in Turning EVs into a Grid Asset – Part 2

Driivz

Just as important will be investments in digitization and innovation to take advantage of emerging technologies that will alleviate the challenges of EVs. Another is to use pricing to affect when customers charge their EVs, which can be self-managed by the customer or integrated with managed smart EV charging.

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ConnectDER and Siemens Partner to offer a simple and clever solution for Level 2 charging installations  

Charged EVs

The company says it has some 15,000 collars installed nationwide for solar applications. ConnectDER (pronounced kuh-nek-ter) is a young company that currently offers a solution to a similar problem that some homeowners face when installing solar panels. We recognized that, and started the company about 10 years ago. Is that the idea?