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JERA and Toyota deploy first large capacity Sweep Energy Storage System with second-life batteries

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JERA, the largest power generation company in Japan, responsible for about 30% of Japan’s electricity, and Toyota Motor have built and deployed the first large-capacity “Sweep Energy Storage System”. The project plans to operate grid storage batteries for recharge and discharge operations, connected to the Chubu Electric Power Grid Co.,

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Arizona State University Professor’s Work to Stabilize the Grid Pays Off

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Whenever new technologies are introduced into the power grid, there’s always a chance they could disrupt the system, possibly even leading to blackouts. Finding ways to deal with the impact on the grid caused by incorporating renewable energy has been the focus of Vijay Vittal ’s research for nearly 20 years.

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thyssenkrupp’s water electrolysis technology qualified as primary control reserve in Germany; hydrogen production for the electricity market

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In the future thyssenkrupp’s electrolysis plants will be able to act as large-scale buffers to stabilize the power grid and compensate fluctuations quickly and flexibly. Operators can now link their plants to the German electricity market via E.ON’s virtual power plant. With this we have achieved a further important goal.

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DOE seeking feedback on regulatory barriers to hydrogen infrastructure

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Grid Support (H2@Scale). Hydrogen can be produced via water electrolysis or other hydrogen production methods for electric power grid support providing storage and/or ancillary services to grid operators (e.g., The comment period for the RFI will close at 5:00pm (ET) on 10 August 2018.

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Energy storage: the key to a decarbonised future

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And with the popularity of electric vehicles, the grid is under more and more pressure, so the demand for energy storage is growing. chemical, kinetic, or thermal) and convert them back to useful forms of energy like electricity. But feasibility in today’s grid applications requires the application of the latest technologies.

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Top EV Charger Manufacturers in India

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According to the Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles, electric vehicles sold in India including two-wheelers, three-wheelers, four-wheelers in 2017-2018 was 56,000 units, 1,29,600 units in 2018-2019 and 1,55,400 in 2019-2020. It offers to charge solutions under the brand name Charge-Grid. ABB (ASEA Brown Boveri).

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Georgia Tech team develops high-performance intermediate-temperature sold-oxide fuel cell

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The new cell also eliminates the need for a major ancillary device called a steam reformer, which is normally needed to convert methane and water into hydrogen fuel. When you get that low, it makes the job of the engineer designing the stack and connected technologies much easier. —Ben deGlee, co-author.

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