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UPS-led SEUL consortium switches on smart-grid fleet charging solution in London; maxing out on EVs without expensive grid upgrades

Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2018

A UPS-led consortium has deployed new smart-grid charging technology in London that overcomes the challenge of simultaneously recharging an entire fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) without the need for the expensive upgrade to the power supply grid.

Grid

Grid London Fleet Charging

Intermountain Power Agency orders MHPS JAC Gas Turbine technology for renewable-hydrogen energy hub, operated by LA DWP

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2020

This transition will start in 2025, when the turbines will be commercially guaranteed capable of using a mix of 30% hydrogen and 70% natural gas fuel. The power plant is connected to the Los Angeles power grid by an existing high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission line. MHPS gas turbines have more than 3.5

Los Angeles

Los Angeles Hydrogen Renewable Gas

Raven SR to supply sustainable aviation fuel to ANA and JAL

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2023

ITOCHU is one of several strategic investors in privately held Raven SR, and the two companies maintain a strong partnership, including plans for commercial production and sales of renewable fuels worldwide. Starting in 2024, Japanese airlines must reduce or offset 15% of emissions from 2019 levels.

Supplies

Supplies Fuel Waste Hydrogen

Electrochemical energy storage startup SPARKZ licenses ORNL cobalt-free battery tech

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The advancement is aimed at accelerating the production of electric vehicles and energy storage solutions for the power grid. is evaluating a location for an R&D and prototyping facility in the US to scale these technologies to meet the demands of customers in the mobility and grid sectors. SPARKZ Inc. —Ilias Belharouak.

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Lithium Ion Energy Batteries

How to Prevent Blackouts by Packetizing the Power Grid

Cars That Think

JANUARY 29, 2022

That need for balance is true of electric power grids, too. Spiking demand for electric heat collided with supply problems created by frozen natural-gas equipment and below-average wind-power production. Packetized energy management (PEM) allows the power grid to flexibly handle a varying supply of renewable energy.

Power Grid

Power Grid Grid Power Powered

BYD’s home city in China now has more supercharging plugs than gas pumps

Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

They’ve been conveniently sited in commercial complexes, bus stops, and industrial parks. According to data from the Southern Power Grid Shenzhen Power Supply Bureau, Shenzhen’s EV charging volume reached 670 million kilowatt-hours in Q1 2024, an 11% increase year-over-year. The city of 12.5

Plug-in

Plug-in Gas China Plug

PNNL study finds that PHEVs and BEVs could serve as feasible resource to offset grid imbalances caused by integration of large amounts of intermittent wind generation

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

trafficThis scenario is highly desirable to automotive manufacturers, who harbor great concerns about battery warranty if vehicle-to-grid discharging is allowed. V2GFull varies not only the charging of the vehicle battery, but also can vary the discharging of the battery back into the power grid.

Wind

Wind Grid PHEV Power Grid

Tesla Energy takes a stand against coal and gas generators in Australia

Teslarati

JULY 5, 2021

Tesla Energy firmly argued against using coal and gas generators to support a proposed low-cost, reliable, secure, and zero-emissions grid in Australia. . In March 2019, Australia’s energy ministers tasked the Energy Security Board (ESB) to advise on a national electricity market design, which birthed the Post 2025 Electricity Market Design.

Coal

Coal Australia Gas Energy

Zero Carbon Lithium company Vulcan acquires geothermal plant; brine offtake agreement with geox

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2021

The plant presently capitalizes on the Feed-in Tariff for geothermal power. German State and Federal policy increasingly supports decarbonizing heating and power grids, with a focus on decentralized, renewable energy, and Vulcan intends to build a number of distributed geothermal renewable energy plants across the Upper Rhine Valley region.

Carbon

Carbon Companies Renewable Luxembourg

Canada, US and Mexico commit to align light- and heavy-duty fuel efficiency and GHG standards out to 2025 and 2027, respectively

Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2016

At least six transmission lines currently proposed or in permitting review, such as the Great Northern Transmission Line, the New England Clean Power Link, and the Nogales Interconnection, would add approximately 5,000 megawatts (MW) of new cross-border transmission capacity. Short-lived climate pollutants.

Mexico

Mexico Canada Standards Light

This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

Cars That Think

AUGUST 24, 2023

Based on what he learned, he and three classmates built a solar-powered 6-kilowatt minigrid that supplied power to about 60 homes in a village. Minigrids use distributed off-grid energy solutions that operate independently from the national transmission grid. The project received support from Power Africa and USAID.

Nigeria

Nigeria Africa Solar Grid

Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The winds had barely died down when electric-power specialists and others began calling for a radical overhaul of Puerto Rico’s electricity networks, one that would emphasize renewable energy, distributed generation, and, critically, microgrids. A microgrid is like a miniaturized, tightly controlled version of a power grid.

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Connect Connected Solar

How to Hasten India’s Transition Away From Coal

Cars That Think

JUNE 24, 2022

The country’s electricity consumption in 2019 was nearly six times as great as in 1990. But there is another way for India to move faster toward its decarbonization goal: by focusing the renewable-energy push in India’s commercial and industrial sectors. MW of captive wind power off-site, the electricity from which will be wheeled in.

Coal

Coal Energy Storage Wind India

EV Driven

UPS-led SEUL consortium switches on smart-grid fleet charging solution in London; maxing out on EVs without expensive grid upgrades

Intermountain Power Agency orders MHPS JAC Gas Turbine technology for renewable-hydrogen energy hub, operated by LA DWP

Raven SR to supply sustainable aviation fuel to ANA and JAL

Electrochemical energy storage startup SPARKZ licenses ORNL cobalt-free battery tech

How to Prevent Blackouts by Packetizing the Power Grid

BYD’s home city in China now has more supercharging plugs than gas pumps

PNNL study finds that PHEVs and BEVs could serve as feasible resource to offset grid imbalances caused by integration of large amounts of intermittent wind generation

Tesla Energy takes a stand against coal and gas generators in Australia

Zero Carbon Lithium company Vulcan acquires geothermal plant; brine offtake agreement with geox

Canada, US and Mexico commit to align light- and heavy-duty fuel efficiency and GHG standards out to 2025 and 2027, respectively

This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

How to Hasten India’s Transition Away From Coal

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