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OCTOBER 1, 2013

With support for those centers set to expire in July 2014, DOE has announced a “re-competition” for a second round of funding ( DE-FOA-0001010 ). Mandatory Letters of Intent to apply are due on 13 November 2013, with full applications due on 9 January 2014. Award selection is expected by June 2014. Earlier post.)

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JUNE 21, 2016

This system can enable energy produced from solar panels to be used more efficiently. In 2014, BMW integrated high-voltage batteries into a stationary storage system in Hamburg. NextEra will operate them in various industrial sized stationary electricity storage systems. BMW i 360° Electric.

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JANUARY 11, 2014

As the fraction of electricity generation from intermittent renewable sources—such as solar or wind—grows, the ability to store large amounts of electrical energy is of increasing importance. With a whole field of turbines or a large solar farm, one could imagine a few very large storage tanks.

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JANUARY 5, 2015

The program also includes a “second life” for used MINI E batteries, by repurposing these batteries into a stationary solar-powered electric storage system located at the BMW Technology Office in Mountain View, California. The system also uses real-time solar power data and home energy data supplied by Solarwatt and Kiwigrid.

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AUGUST 15, 2014

The next three to four years will be critical for determining whether hydrogen vehicles are just a few years behind electric vehicles, rather than decades. ”. NextSTEPS is a four-year (2011-2014) multidisciplinary research consortium, part of the Institute of Transportation Studies University of California, Davis.

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APRIL 22, 2016

Vehicle-grid-integration [ 16 ] uses electric vehicles with low power bidirectional chargers to balance an electric smart grid, absorb and redistribute the renewable energy from intermittent sources such as solar and wind. PHEVLERs are better than BEVs in support of the electric grid.

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