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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

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In Germany, Mercedes-Benz Cars has eight vehicle and powertrain plants (Bremen, Rastatt, Sindelfingen, Berlin, Hamburg, Kamenz, Kölleda, Stuttgart-Untertürkheim), which either purchase electricity or operate their own power plants. This ensures a reliable power supply even in fluctuating grids.

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Researchers demonstrate concept desalination battery

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The desalination battery operates by performing cycles in reverse on the team’s mixing entropy battery ( earlier post ), which can extract energy from the salinity difference between seawater and river water and store it as useful electrochemical energy. Wh l –1 ), the most efficient technique presently available.

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What does 2023 have in store for electric vehicles?

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It’s the perfect time to look into the future and see what the coming year has in store for electric vehicles (EVs) and EV charging infrastructure. . Many companies continue to try and improve batteries, not just for EVs, but for power storage in general. In the EVs themselves, the software is becoming more powerful.

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Enabling Electric Vehicle Charging in Condominiums

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Second, it will help to attract future and current eco-conscious residents to your condo, thus elevating the rent you can charge. This means the solution you select should have enough charging stations in the short term, but also allow for easy adaption for potential future demand increase.

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The Essential Guide to EV Smart Charging and Smart Energy Management

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Smart EV charging uses intelligence to manage when and how an electric vehicle plugged into a smart charger will receive power for charging based on the cost of electricity, its availability, and the needs of the driver. They want chargers to always be available and simple to use.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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In July, the DOE announced that ARPA-E had received approximately 3,500 submissions for the approximately $150 million available as part of the first Funding Opportunity Announcement (DE-FOA-0000065) released 27 April 2009. Electronville: High-Amperage Energy Storage Device-Energy Storage for the Neighborhood. Earlier post.)

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I In effect, cars would be acting like tiny power stations. In the city of the future, could power suppliers be rivalled by innovative construction firms?

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