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Power to the people: Mitsubishi Outlander and Eclipse Cross PHEV are the electrified vehicles in Australia that can power your home

EV Central

Mitsubishi has announced that it is introducing bi-directional, or vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging with its Outland and Eclipse Cross PHEVs that will allow owners to power electrical appliances, homes and even the grid – but there’s a big catch.

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Australia Goes All-in on Green Hydrogen

Cars That Think

The carbon-free rigs will pack 50 kilos of hydrogen zapped from water using electricity from the refinery’s dedicated solar power plant. Welcome to Australia, where a green-hydrogen boom is in full swing. It’s all part of a green-hydrogen wave that’s spreading worldwide. Phantom projects are not a problem confined to Australia.

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Tesla’s solar neighborhood in Austin could help TX learn if renewables are viable

Teslarati

SunHouse at Easton Park will be a small part of the community featuring homes equipped with Tesla Solar and Powerwall, the company’s home battery storage system. Tesla Energy takes a stand against coal and gas generators in Australia. Others believe switching to a renewable power grid would be costly.

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Daimler and partners deploying world’s largest 2nd-life EV battery storage unit for grid support

Green Car Congress

With an increasing supply of electricity from fluctuating renewable energies, such as wind farms or solar power stations, they can help stabilize power grids, levelling out energy fluctuations with virtually no loss—a role that is partly fulfilled by fossil power plants at present.

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bp and thyssenkrupp Steel to advance the decarbonization of steel production; low-carbon hydrogen and renewable power

Green Car Congress

thyssenkrupp Steel has the ambition to make its steel production climate-neutral by 2045 and low carbon power and hydrogen will play a critical role in achieving that. It also forms the foundation for a string of decarbonization technologies, including wind turbines, generators and smart power grids.

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BayWa r.e. collaborates with Tesla to offer Powerwall batteries to consumers

Teslarati

The Tesla Powerwall is a tried and tested residential battery storage unit, and it has been used in large-scale energy projects like the California Virtual Power Plant (VPP). As proven in areas such as South Australia, Powerwall batteries do not only store energy for use in emergencies. kWh of energy back to the grid.

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Lightweight electromobile with ROHACELL body crosses Australia almost exclusively on wind energy

Green Car Congress

Its lithium-ion batteries, based on yet another Evonik technology, are charged by a mobile wind turbine or in the conventional way from the power grid. The Wind Explorer weighs just 80 kilograms (176 lbs) without the batteries and wind turbine. Click to enlarge.

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