Baua Electric

MAY 23, 2024

gigawatt (GW) Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW), which will be the US’s largest offshore wind farm, has installed its first monopile foundation. Once construction is complete in 2026, the US’s largest offshore wind farm will provide clean electricity for around 660,000 households and will support 1,100 jobs.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2021

In the future, they will drive the global production of battery-electric and hydrogen-based drive systems in a production and technology network for electric drive components and battery systems, together with the sister plant in Detroit. Our industry is undergoing a transformation toward CO 2 -neutral trucks.

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Baua Electric

MAY 3, 2024

Voodin Blade Technology In a first, German startup Voodin Blade Technology just installed wooden blades on a prototype wind turbine. foot) wooden blades specifically out of laminated veneer lumber (LVL), and installed them on an existing wind turbine in Breuna, Germany, near the city of Kassel. Get started here. –

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2022

Components for the production of batteries at Audi’s Brussels plant will no longer be delivered by truck from Hungary, but by rail with DB Cargo. Brussels plays a pioneering role, but we developed this sustainable logistics concept for battery modules and cells in Audi’s entire production network.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

Wind and solar parks produce a large portion of their energy. Then, as now, wind farms are operating off the world’s coasts—but not all of these offshore sites are connected to the mainland via underwater power cables. Some of the wind farms instead sit in clusters more than 100 kilometers out at sea.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2022

Enovix Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of next-generation 3D Silicon Lithium-ion batteries ( earlier post ), demonstrated the ability of its 0.27 Enovix has developed a lithium-ion battery that incorporates a 100% active silicon anode using a patented 3D cell architecture to increase energy density and maintain high cycle life.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2020

Mercedes-Benz has entered a far-reaching strategic partnership with the Chinese battery cell manufacturer Farasis Energy (Ganzhou) Co., The contract will provide a secure source of supply of battery cells for Mercedes-Benz’s electrification strategy, while Farasis gains security for its planned construction of production capacity.

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Mercedes Chinese Manufacturer Batteries 396

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Conventional production of graphite not only takes place far away from battery manufacturing centers but also poses environmental challenges. The valuable mineral for electric vehicle (EV) batteries is now considered a critical raw material. Every battery manufacturer is challenged by insufficient raw materials.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2020

Energy major Total, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Saft, and Groupe PSA with Opel, intend to establish a joint venture named Automotive Cell Company (ACC) to develop EV battery manufacturing in Europe. The project will leverage cutting-edge R&D, notably provided by Saft, in order to produce EV batteries starting in 2023.

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Europe Batteries Battery France 378

Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2019

Audi has opened Germany’s largest multi-use battery energy storage unit on the EUREF Campus in Berlin. MWh and uses used lithium-ion batteries from development vehicles to test various interaction scenarios between electric cars and the power grid. The Audi storage unit has a capacity of 1.9

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Teslarati

MARCH 30, 2023

Mercedes has announced a new wind power deal to ensure it reaches carbon neutrality as soon as possible. Still, one of the most involved has been Mercedes, which has invested heavily in massive wind and solar projects to power its European operations. Shoot me an email at william@teslarati.com.

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Wind Mercedes Renewable Power 69

Cars That Think

MARCH 23, 2022

This group of wind-turbine fan blades, fresh from Siemens Gamesa’s new RecycleBlade manufacturing process at England’s largest such factory, await shipment to the various points around the globe where they will serve 20- to 30-year stints generating electricity at wind farms before they’re recalled and reincarnated. What’s Next?

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Wind Coal Taxi Light 101

Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2020

The BMW Group has signed a long-term supply contract worth €2 billion for battery cells with the Swedish company Northvolt. The battery cells will be produced in Europe at the Northvolt gigafactory currently under construction in Skellefteå in northern Sweden (series plant Northvolt Ett) from 2024.

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BMW Europe Supplies Batteries 239

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

BASF will build a new battery materials production site in Schwarzheide, Germany, as part of its multi-step investment plan to support the European electric vehicle (EV) value chain. The Harjavalta plant will utilize renewable energy resources, including hydro, wind and biomass-based power.

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Teslarati

MAY 24, 2021

In October 2020, Tesla, Fastned, and the Seed & Greet Bakery opened Germany’s largest fast-charging hub with 28 total charging stalls. Like the previous project in Germany, Tesla and Fastned will utilize only energy from the sund and wind, “generated partly on-site by its trademark solar canopy.”

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Wind Solar United Kingdom Power 141

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In Germany, the Volkswagen brand also offers a suitable electricity supply contract with “Volkswagen Naturstrom”, to guarantee fully certified green electricity from renewable energies. This means, for example, that wind turbines won’t need to be shut down because there isn’t anyone using them. App on their smartphone.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Tesla and its partner Octopus Energy Germany recently rolled out retail utility services in two large German states. kWh battery wall unit. Tesla Gigafactory site taking shape in Grünheide, Germany in June 2021. For bigger national grids it gets more complicated. It is due to open in late 2021 or early 2022.

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Solar Companies Batteries Battery 117

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Kongsberg has been the technical lead of the project, which has involved participants from Scotland, Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden and England. Lithium-ion batteries. Battery firefighting systems. Hydrogen fuel will be generated through wind power at the ferry port. 2 Multidrives. Transformers. Switchboards.

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Hydrogen Mariner Lithium Ion Denmark 459

Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

JB Straubel’s Redwood Materials has narrowed down the locations for its new battery recycling plant in Europe. Germany and Scandinavia are the top two countries on the company’s list. . Pros of Redwood Materials Germany. Germany would be a good location for Redwood Materials’ battery recycling plant in Europe.

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Batteries Battery Germany Norway 83

Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2018

In Germany, all Mercedes-Benz plants will be supplied with CO 2 -neutral energy. From 2022, the production of our Mercedes-Benz plants in Germany will operate CO 2 -neutral. In the future, 100% of additional purchased electricity will come from verifiable renewable sources, such as wind- and hydropower.

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Germany Mercedes CO2 Supplies 170

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2020

Limited) announced an enhanced partnership in the field of battery technology. Limited) have entered the next stage of their strategic partnership and will create advanced battery technology in support of the high-volume electrification of the Mercedes-Benz model portfolio. Mercedes-Benz and CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co.,

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Mercedes Batteries Battery Lithium Ion 199

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2019

Ferry operator Scandlines signed an agreement with Norsepower Oy Ltd, leading clean technology and engineering company pioneering modern wind propulsion technology, to install Norsepower’s Rotor Sail Solution on board the M/V Copenhagen , a hybrid passenger ferry. Illustration of Scandlines hybrid ferry M/V Copenhagen with Rotor Sail.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 26, 2024

Northvolt referred in a statement to the sufficient wind energy available off the west coast of Schleswig-Holstein, where Heide is located. The Swedish battery developer and manufacturer will produce climate-friendly battery cells for 1 million cars a year at the site.

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Industrial Industry Auto Germany 52

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Stator production at Schweinfurt (Germany), ZF’s lead plant for electric motors. ZF decided years ago to deploy its own technology of concentrated windings, which is now used for electric motors in hybrid applications. The hairpin bar winding will not be the last innovation of the current winding technology.

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Motor Motors Motoring Hybrid 195

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Mercedes-Benz announced a partnership with China-based Farasis Energy ( earlier post ) for the supply of battery cells produced with electricity from renewable energies as well as recycling and the observance of human rights in the supply chain. With Ambition 2039, we have set the course for sustainable mobility. Human rights.

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Mercedes Carbon Batteries Battery 170

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

electric utility company, battery manufacturers Exide and beta-motion and inverter manufacturer SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA) have joined forces to build the first multi-technology, modular large-scale 5MW battery storage system. Beta-motion GmbH’s high-output lithium-ion batteries will be used for efficient load management.

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Batteries Battery VRLA Lithium Ion 290

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2017

UK-based Connected Energy and Groupe Renault have installed two quick-charge stations based on Connected Energy’s E-STOR energy storage technology on highways in Belgium and Germany. The E-STOR technology developed by Connected Energy uses second-life batteries from Renault electric vehicles.

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Connect Connected Installation Energy 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2022

The selected projects are located in Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Sweden. Hydrogen (3 projects): In the Netherlands, one project will produce, distribute and use green hydrogen through an electrolyzer supplied by offshore wind electricity.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2019

The total demand for batteries from the stationary storage and electric transport sectors is forecast to be 4,584GWh combined by 2040, providing a major opportunity for battery makers and miners of component metals such as lithium, cobalt and nickel. Global cumulative energy storage installations.

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Energy Storage Grid Global Energy 225

Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2014

This year will see the installation of a photovoltaic unit and a small wind power system at the Fraunhofer Institute Center Stuttgart IZS, where up to 30 electric vehicles at a time can recharge at AC charge spots in the Fraunhofer Campus parking garage. In addition, a lithium-ion battery storage unit will be added to the basement.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2018

Exide Industries Ltd, India’s largest manufacturer of lead acid storage batteries and power storage solutions provider, and Switzerland-based Li-ion battery manufacturer Leclanché SA announced a joint venture to build lithium-ion batteries and provide energy storage systems for India’s electric vehicle market and grid-based applications.

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Li-ion India Sri Lanka Lead Acid 191

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2020

This is followed by the union with the drive module, the aluminium chassis, which bears the drive, chassis and high-voltage battery. The BMW Group plant in Leipzig will become part of the BMW Group’s international production network for battery modules as early as 2021.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Northvolt has announced that the ongoing European energy crisis is forcing them to postpone battery production at the company’s new facility in Germany; it is now considering U.S. battery production instead. According to Reuters , the company’s new plan is to focus on starting battery production in the United States.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Rivian has signed a power purchase agreement with Apex Clean Energy to supply their Normal, Illinois, manufacturing facility with wind power. Now, Rivian will invest an undisclosed amount of money into 50MW of wind energy that will supply the company’s operations in Normal, Illinois.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

The world’s largest 2nd-use battery storage is starting up. The 13 MWh project is now nearing completion after a construction time of just under one year; a total of 1,000 battery systems from second-generation smart fortwo electric drive cars are being grouped into a battery storage in Lünen, Westphalia.

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Batteries Battery Energy Storage Power Storage 150

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Maybe flow batteries aren’t always everything they’re cracked up to be. A new technology from Australia is certainly raising this prospect, offering a novel approach to stationary energy storage—whose packaging at least harkens back to the old, familiar car battery. This makes for a super safe battery."

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Lead Acid Batteries Battery Lithium Ion 94

Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2017

Alstom successfully performed the first test run at 80 km/h (50 mph) of the fuel cell passenger train Coradia iLint ( earlier post ) on its own test track in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony (Germany). In the long term, Alstom aims to support the hydrogen production from wind energy.

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