Remove Battery Powered Remove Renewable Remove Solar Remove Store
article thumbnail

Highview Power and Encore Renewable Energy to co-develop the first long-duration, liquid-air energy storage system in US

Green Car Congress

Highview Power Storage, Inc., a provider of long duration energy storage solutions, and Encore Renewable Energy, a developer of renewable energy generation and storage projects, jointly announced plans to develop the United States’ first long-duration, liquid-air energy storage system.

article thumbnail

Dept of Interior approves plan for largest solar project in US; 690 MW Gemini Solar with 380 MW battery system

Green Car Congress

The Department of the Interior (Department) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) have approved a proposal to construct and operate the largest solar project in United States history. The authorized solar facilities include 34.5 The authorized solar facilities include 34.5 The authorized solar facilities include 34.5

Las Vegas 248
article thumbnail

Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy and EV Modern Life

Setec Powerr

In any case, when we switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy, we reduce but do not eliminate environmental damage. Current versions of renewable energy such as solar cells and windmills do far less damage to the environment than oil rigs, fracking, and strip mining, but they do damage the environment.

article thumbnail

CESifo: EVs not the best option for reduction in on-road CO2 in Germany given power mix

Green Car Congress

They report that even with today’s technology, total emissions from a combustion engine powered by natural gas are already almost one-third lower than those of a diesel engine. —Professor Buchal.

Germany 406
article thumbnail

Stanford study quantifies energetic costs of grid-scale energy storage over time; current batteries the worst performers; the need to improve cycle life by 3-10x

Green Car Congress

Using a new metric—“Energy Stored on Invested, ESOI”—they concluded that batteries were the worst performers, while compressed air energy storage (CAES) performed the best, followed by pumped hydro storage (PHS). The Stanford study considered a future US grid where up to 80% of the electricity comes from renewables.

article thumbnail

Scania and Asko testing hydrogen fuel cell trucks

Green Car Congress

The hydrogen gas will be produced locally, using solar cells. Asko is Norway’s largest wholesaler and supplies convenience goods to NorgeGruppen’s chain stores but it is also an important supplier to institutional households and service trading companies.

Hydrogen 150
article thumbnail

Australia Begins PHEV Road Trials; Vehicle-to-Home Applications

Green Car Congress

CSIRO engineers modified Toyota Prius hybrids by removing the OEM battery pack and installing a larger 6 kWh, 30 Ah NiMH battery pack (five times the capacity of the original 1.2 Ah pack) and a battery charger to allow the cars to plug into and charge with electricity from the grid or from on-site renewable energy sources.

PHEV 186