Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Vattenfall, BMW and Bosch are testing the use of second-life EV batteries in a 2 MW, 2,800 kWh energy storage system in Hamburg, Germany, to keep the electricity grid stable. The electricity storage facility comprises 2,600 battery modules from more than 100 electric vehicles.

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Electrical Storage Grid BMW Batteries 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2022

In the joint pilot project supported by E-Bridge, optimized charging strategies will be tested taking into account both regional electricity generation from renewable energies and the available capacities in the distribution grid. In 2020 alone, about 6,200 GWh of green power had to be curtailed in Germany. 5 are involved.

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Grid Concept Power Grid Renewable 293

Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

BMW i announced a home stationary energy storage system solution integrating its BMW i3 vehicle battery at EVS 29 in Montréal. The system utilizes BMW i3 high-voltage batteries and can be expanded to incorporate second-life batteries as they become available in the market.

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Energy Storage BMW Energy Batteries 210

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 110

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Volkswagen executives have been hinting for awhile now about taking a different approach to high-energy-density electrical storage for long-range electric vehicles than the more “conventional” next-generation Li-ion or Li-metal battery pathways. Furthermore, electron transport allows for fast charge and discharge.

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Energy Storage Li-ion Energy Batteries 257

Wallbox

JANUARY 4, 2021

But, if householders and businesses can be flexible about when they charge their EVs, then they can help to balance the grid and support renewable power generation. Now countries’ electrical grids are increasingly powered by renewables. With grids increasingly powered by renewables, electrical demand has to follow supply.

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Renewable Power Powered Charging 52

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

The performance of the ReFactory will also relate to the ability to generate closed-loop supply flows with controlled costs (reuse, recycling for repair), and to develop new value-added skills (retrofitting, dismantling, fleet maintenance, preparation of batteries for the second life, etc.)

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Economy Re-Charge France Maintenance 397