Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

Starting in 2013, Audi will begin series production of TCNG models whose engines—derived from TFSI units—will be powered by e-gas: synthetic methane produced via the methanation of hydrogen produced by electrolysis using renewable electricity. Audi A3 TCNG for e-gas project. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2013

These funds will be invested, in part, in analyzing multiple stand-alone energy storage technologies to further improve the microgrid. It provides a crucial real-life demonstration of technology that can help to provide California a future of clean, sustainable and reliable energy. —Energy Commission Chair Robert B.

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Energy Storage San Diego California Energy 231

Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2017

Vattenfall will purchase the new batteries from the BMW plant in Dingolfing and use them in all storage projects. The first energy storage from the BMW-i3 batteries is being built at the 122 MW onshore wind farm “Princess Alexia” near Amsterdam. megawatts (MW), it is Vattenfall’s first large storage project in the Netherlands.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

GE’s Energy Storage business announced $63 million in new Durathon sodium-halide battery orders since the business launched in July. In its first weeks of operation, the business secured 10 new telecom customer orders across several regions, including Africa, Asia, India and the US powering a total of more than 3,500 cell towers.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

The partners have launched the Second Life Batteries alliance and are interconnecting used batteries from electric vehicles to form a large-scale energy storage system in Hamburg. BMW and Vattenfall has announced the start of a research project on such second-life uses in 2013. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2013

Siemens is currently installing the first Sitras SES (stationary energy storage) Energy Storage Unit with supercapacitor technology in the US on the new TriMet Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Transit Line. The use of just a single energy storage unit could save a maximum of 500,000 kWh per year, Siemens says.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Honda has joined a demonstration project for experimental vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology aimed at providing a potentially valuable energy storage resource to the electrical grid while providing for more cost-effective ownership of plug-in electric vehicles. through their eV2g joint venture ( earlier post ).

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APRIL 21, 2009

Hybrid Sonata model year 2011, possible PHEV version in 2013. The utility.will get a Ford plug-in hybrid vehicle by the end of this year and as many as 20 by some time in 2009 to test their durability, range and impact on the power grid, said Susan M. Daimler/Mercedes Took over Daimler/Chrysler Sprinter PHEV program.

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