Green Car Congress
JUNE 25, 2022
The resulting flexible grid usage is intended to reduce the frequency of bottlenecks in the power grid and create financial benefits for participants. In 2020 alone, about 6,200 GWh of green power had to be curtailed in Germany. The car becomes a rolling electricity storage unit for the grid operator.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 10, 2018
Batteries from electric bus route 55 in Gothenburg, Sweden are being used for solar energy storage in a second-life application. The reuse and recycling of batteries is a key issue as increasing numbers of cities plan transition to electrically powered transport. —Ylva Olofsson, Project Coordinator at Volvo.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 15, 2013
The government also is maintaining its target of cutting GHG emissions by 40% by 2020 (compared with 1990 levels) and by 80% by 2050. Part of this assessment is the need to examine the suitability of capacity markets as a transitional measure to support the adjustment to a post-nuclear power system.
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