Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2011

Li-ion battery manufacturer A123 Systems will supply a 500kW Li-ion energy storage solution to Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC), the third largest manufacturer of wind turbines in the People’s Republic of China and the country’s largest exporter of power equipment.

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Li-ion Energy Storage Wind Corporation 230

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2011

exhibited five models from its Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV) lineup, including three trucks all based on the Atlas 24 model equipped with Nissan LEAF components and other EV-related technologies at the 2011 Tokyo Truck Show: the e-NT400 Atlas Concept; the Atlas F24 Refrigerator Van by Li-ion Battery; and the Atlas F24 Power Supply Truck.

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Nissan Li-ion Light Commercial 240

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

These are second-life and replacement batteries. In the power grid, generation and consumption need to be balanced in order to maintain a frequency of 50 Hertz. Today, diesel power units are used to restart turbines (rotating masses) in power stations and to supply power to auxiliary units.

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Automobile Grid Battery Batteries 191

Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2011

On Maui, 15% of the electricity supply is already generated by renewable energy, and there are plans to increase this percentage going forward. Specific details of the project and the roles of participating companies are as follows: EV-based Remote Island Smart Grid Model on Maui (Hitachi, Sharp, and JFE Engineering). Hitachi Ltd.

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Grid Hawaii Japan Charging 218

Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. Once electricity is generated and passes into the grid, it is typically used almost immediately.

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Grid Power Powered Vehicles 131

Wallbox

JANUARY 4, 2021

While fossil fuel generating capacity could be turned on and off relatively easily to match variations in electrical requirement, matching demand with a renewable-powered grid is far more difficult; the wind cannot be made to blow harder or the sun to shine brighter to match desired levels.

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Renewable Power Powered Charging 52

Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

Airplanes, for example, won’t be able to fly long distances on battery power. In a typical scenario, wind power out at sea would be converted only once to direct current and then used to electrolyze water. That will mean great variability in the levels of power supplied by the wind turbines.

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Wind Hydrogen Grid Gas-Electric 85

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 25, 2022

And while coal plants still supplied over half of Australia’s power in 2021, change is afoot. The other glimmer of reality is a project in Gladstone to build one of the world’s largest electrolyzer-manufacturing plants, which promises to provide a local source of equipment amid ongoing chaos in global supply chains.

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Australia Hydrogen Green Renewable 145

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

The viability of battery-enabled applications is uncertain. This includes making sure the entire value chain is “circular”, whereby batteries are reused, repurposed or recycled at the end of their life cycle or simply used more efficiently.

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Climate Batteries Battery Climate Change 191

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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Parts Electric Vehicles Power Powered 290

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2014

In many respects, hydrogen FCVs could offer features that are similar to today’s gasoline cars and are more challenging to achieve in battery-powered vehicles, including good performance, large vehicle size, refueling time of 3-5 minutes and a range of 300-400 miles.

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Davis Hydrogen Transportation North America 250

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2019

This technology uses silicon carbide technology and is best-in-class for power density, power conversion efficiency and safety compliance, the company says. The OBC is installed in hybrid or electric vehicles to convert alternating current (AC) from the power grid to direct current (DC) for charging batteries.

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Batteries Battery Power Grid Volt 223

Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Vehicle owners would be able to fully charge them at night in their own garages, using an ordinary electric plug, and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Jon Wellinghoff suggested that they might earn up to $10 a day by having the vehicle hooked to a “smart&# electric-power grid to help utility operators regulate supply and demand.

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Volt Tax Credit Cash For Clunkers Tax 100

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2012

Large-scale energy storage is poised to play a critical role in enhancing the stability, security, and reliability of tomorrow’s electrical power grid, including the support of intermittent renewable resources. During charging, the battery consumes energy; upon discharge, the battery supplies energy.

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MIT Molten Salt Batteries Battery 301

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2017

SiC-Based Wireless Power Transformation for Data Centers & Medium-Voltage Applications. Eaton Corporation and its project team will develop and validate a wireless-power-based computer server supply that enables distribution of medium voltage (AC or DC) throughout a data center and converts it to the 48 VDC used by computer servers.

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Convert Power Powered DC 170