Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2021

ABB has secured a contract with Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondán to supply the all-electric power solution for fast 40-meter urban passenger ferries transporting up to 540 passengers each across Lisbon’s Tagus river. The new ferries will be powered by battery packs with a total capacity of 1,860 kWh each.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Transmission system operator TenneT and Daimler AG, through its wholly owned subsidiary Mercedes-Benz Energy GmbH, have researched and tested the feasibility of innovative system services in the transmission grid as part of a joint development partnership. This means they can replace the inert masses in large-scale power plants.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Working with Fermata Energy, a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) systems company, Nissan North America is launching a new pilot program under the Nissan Energy Share initiative which leverages bi?directional directional EV charging technology to partially power its North American headquarters in Franklin, TN, and its design center in San Diego, CA.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

and ABB’s Power Grids business are partnering to expand the rollout of silicon carbide in the rapidly-growing high-power semiconductor market. Cree’s products will be included as part of ABB’s power semiconductor product portfolio, across power grids, train and traction, industrial and e-mobility sectors.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2023

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, is collaborating with Toyota Tsusho America and Ricardo in a project to develop fuel-cell-powered terminal tractors. As part of the project, a Kalmar customer in the US will trial two Kalmar Ottawa Terminal Tractors powered by fuel cell technology at their container terminal on the west coast.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2013

Chrysler Group is working with NextEnergy to evaluate vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology using four all-electric minivans. The battery-powered minivans are connected to a charging module that, using NextEnergy technology, can simulate any electrical grid in the world. Electric (Battery) Plug-ins Smart Grid V2X'

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

Sumitomo Corporation has developed and installed the first large-scale power storage system which utilizes used batteries collected from electric vehicles. in September 2010, to address the secondary use of EV lithium-ion batteries. Batteries Electric (Battery) Power Generation Smart charging Smart Grid'

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Cars That Think

JUNE 27, 2022

Unlike those you may have grown accustomed to seeing, many of these stations don’t just charge electric cars—they can also send power from vehicle batteries to the local utility grid for use by homes and businesses. Debates over the feasibility and value of such vehicle-to-grid technology go back decades.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2014

Ideal Power Inc., developer of a power conversion technology called Power Packet Switching Architecture (PPSA), received a purchase order for ten of its PPSA-enabled 30 kW battery converters from Coritech Services, a provider of custom engineering solutions for a variety of applications including electric vehicle charging.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2014

Ford Motor Company announced the C-MAX Solar Energi Concept, a sun-powered hybrid vehicle that can deliver the efficiency of a plug-in hybrid without depending on the electric grid for recharging. Internal Ford data suggest the sun could power up to 75% of all trips made by an average driver in a solar hybrid vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2023

Lead author Aniruddh Mohan and colleagues wanted to develop a method that evaluated the life-cycle costs and benefits for two battery-powered ridesource fleets and a gasoline-powered one. The analysis indicated that electrified fleets had 40-45% lower greenhouse gas costs per trip compared to the gasoline-powered version.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2011

Yi Cui has developed nanoparticle copper hexacyanoferrate (CuHCF) battery cathode materials that demonstrate long cycle life and high power for use in grid storage applications. Short-term transients, including those related to wind and solar sources, present challenges to the electrical grid. —Wessells et al.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2019

According to a new study published by the ifo Institue Center for Economic Studies (CESifo) in Germany, EVs will barely help cut CO 2 emissions in the country over the coming years, as the introduction of electric vehicles does not necessarily lead to a reduction in CO 2 emissions from road traffic given the current power generation mix.

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Electrek

JANUARY 15, 2024

United Rentals is now the first major rental company to offer mobile micro grid battery power to its North American fleet of rental equipment. The HiPower EHR Solar Battery Generator boasts a 5.0kW peak solar array with extendable panels, converting and storing energy within built-in batteries.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 4, 2024

Expanding on its line of Solix home energy solutions, one of Anker’s latest offerings is the new Solix F3800 Portable Power Station. But, it grows even more powerful with the Solix Home Power Panel. F3800 offers 120V/240V split phase to power large at-home appliances.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2020

These storage systems are intended mainly for power producers, transmission providers and distributors, as well as the commercial and industrial markets for medium- and large-scale storage. EVLO systems also include power control and energy management software. Energy storage will play a crucial role in the energy transition.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 2, 2018

PG&E partners with Tesla to provide power grid backups. Tesla Model 3 production reaches a milestone. Self-driving cars will provide numerous benefits to electric cars. And the results are in from our latest Twitter poll. All of this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2013

has developed a container-type energy storage system as a core energy product for ensuring the stable use of distributed renewable energy such as wind and solar power, while maintaining the power supply-demand balance. s battery-related expertise. Hitachi, Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2011

have been selected as contractors for a joint US-Japan collaboration supporting a Smart Grid project on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Part of the demonstration plan includes utilization of the EVs for grid-balancing services ( earlier post ). Hitachi, Ltd., Cyber Defense Institute, Inc., and Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.

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Driivz

MAY 15, 2023

The bill, SB-233 , aims to advance grid resilience and protect the climate by using EVs as “batteries on wheels,” tapping their stored energy to balance electricity supply and demand rather than bringing high-polluting peak generators online. SB-233 covers school buses as well so they can power V2B and fleet depots use cases.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2020

The system scales through a central interface hub, which can connect in parallel up to five self-contained Voltpacks, each containing three liquid-cooled, industrial-grade battery Voltpack Cores. If further power or storage capacity is needed, this can be fulfilled simply by connecting multiple Voltpack Mobile Systems in parallel.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2022

Powered by GM’s Ultium Platform, the Zevo 600 is designed for last-mile deliveries, with an estimated range of up to 250 miles on a full charge. The first 150 BrightDrop Zevo 600s were delivered throughout Southern California to FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. and one of the world’s largest express transportation companies.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2019

MWh and uses used lithium-ion batteries from development vehicles to test various interaction scenarios between electric cars and the power grid. This would allow charging with solar or wind power, depending on what is available. In addition, the power supply is optimized in terms of its CO 2 neutrality.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2023

Technology and engineering services company WAE Technologies (WAE) launched Elysia, its mass-market Battery Intelligence software offering designed to unlock significant improvements in the life, safety, usable energy, power, and rapid charging times of any battery system.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2013

A plot of ESOI for 7 potential grid-scale energy storage technologies. Benson from Stanford University and Stanford’s Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) has quantified the energetic costs of 7 different grid-scale energy storage technologies over time. Credit: Barnhart and Benson, 2013. Click to enlarge. Barnhart and Sally M.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Li-ion battery maker A123 Systems will supply a Grid Battery System (GBS) to Maui Electric Company (MECO), a utility serving residents and businesses on the islands of Maui, Lanai and Molokai in Hawaii. The system, NSTAR’s first battery energy storage project, is proposed for installation at a substation in Medway, Mass.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2020

The new vessels will be able to fully operate on battery power and will have the capability to revert to hybrid mode, if required. The battery power can also extend zero-emissions capability along the supply chain by using renewables and hydroelectric power.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 20, 2022

Why connecting truck charging stations to the electricity grid is technically and economically feasible. Truck makers are now focusing on bringing battery-powered trucks to the mass market for all vehicle segments, and including long-haul starting from 2024. Originally published on Transport & Environment.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

Widely ignored, although gaining attention, is China’s strategic positioning as a crucial gatekeeper to several key “green” technologies, including battery energy storage to support electric vehicles (EVs)—specifically, battery electric vehicles (BEVs)—along with stationary storage for power grids.

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Teslarati

JUNE 23, 2021

Tesla China announced earlier that it has launched a solar-powered Supercharger facility in Lhasa, the administrative capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region. ” Lhasa’s climate is one of the more favorable examples we’ve seen of where solar-powered Superchargers would be incredibly effective.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2012

The project will be the first of its kind to demonstrate a highly efficient and cost effective electric energy storage system specifically designed and optimized for grid-tied PV applications. The project team will develop, test and demonstrate the proposed technology at SMUD’s corporate headquarters in Sacramento, California.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2021

announced a battery and power electronics development and supply agreement and an investment in eNow, Inc., a provider of solar and battery power systems that enable fully-electric Transport Refrigeration Units (eTRUs) for Class 8 commercial trailers. XL Fleet Corp.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 2, 2018

Utilities are racing to expand battery storage on the electrical grid. which submitted a request Friday to the California Public Utilities Commission to build and install four large banks of lithium-ion battery storage, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The latest example is Pacific Gas and Electric Co.,

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Cars That Think

MARCH 18, 2022

Starting this year, thousands of battery-powered electric drive Volkswagen vehicles capable of both loading and offloading current—bidirectional charging, as industry calls it—have been rolling off production lines in eastern Germany. hoku earthquake , tsunami and nuclear power plant accident at Fukushima.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2013

MIT researchers have engineered a new rechargeable, membrane-less hydrogen bromine laminar flow battery with high power density. The membrane-less design enables power densities of 0.795?W?cm 2 at room temperature and atmospheric pressure, with a round-trip voltage efficiency of 92% at 25% of peak power.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2010

The NZN concept relies on high energy density storage systems incorporated into the local grid, as well as efficient photovoltaic generation. NZN can integrate with the centralized grid. batteries); the creation of grid-enabled consumer-side energy generation appliances; and a robust set of standards and protocols.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is a member of a team that was recently awarded a $7-million contract from the US Army Corps of Engineers to demonstrate integration of electric vehicles, generators and solar arrays to supply emergency power for Fort Carson, Colo. Demonstration (JCTD) called the Smart Power Infrastructure.

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