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New long-duration, extended capacity Na-Al battery design for grid storage

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2023

Researchers led by the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have extended the capacity and duration of sodium-aluminum batteries. The new sodium-based molten salt battery uses two distinct reactions. The team previously reported a neutral molten salt reaction. of peak charge capacity. —Weller et al.

Molten Salt

Molten Salt Grid Design Sodium

Statkraft to install GE Rotating Stabilizers in grid-stabilization project in Scotland

Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2020

Statkraft, Europe’s largest generator of renewable energy, has agreed to a deal to help further decarbonize the UK’s power sector and deliver a new approach to managing the stability of the grid. GE Power Conversion will manufacture and install two Rotating Stabilizer synchronous machines at Statkraft’s site in Keith, Moray.

Grid

Grid Installation Conversion Wind

Advanced Propulsion Centre UK publishes automotive power electronics value chain

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

The Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) UK, with experts and stakeholders from industry, academia and funding and support bodies, has published an updated power electronics value chain which shows an end-to-end supply chain view of materials and components required for volume manufacturing of automotive inverters, converters, and onboard chargers.

Powered

Powered Power DC Convert

ORNL licenses high-power wireless vehicle charging technology to HEVO

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2021

The US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has licensed its high-power wireless charging technology for electric vehicles to HEVO. The system provides the world’s highest power levels in the smallest package and could one day enable electric vehicles to be charged as they are driven at highway speeds.

Powered

Powered Power Charging Vehicles

Paired Power: For EV charging at remote sites, a microgrid may be better than an off-grid solution – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

AUGUST 13, 2024

Off-grid charging solutions are a hot topic, and they’re not just for remote sites that have no grid access. Charged recently spoke with Paired Power CEO Tom McCalmont (watch for the full-length interview coming soon). For example, a parking lot that has a lighting circuit.

Grid

Grid Charging Powered Power

OptiFuel to repower Argentina’s 400 freight locomotive fleet from diesel-power to CNG and/or RNG

Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2022

The objective of this agreement is to develop a project to repower and put into service 400 switcher and line-haul freight locomotives, all 100% powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) and/or renewable natural gas (RNG) with low or zero emissions, in line with the Argentina’s decarbonization goals. The reason for this is that RNG requires 2.5

Diesel

Diesel Argentina Powered Power

Ideal Power, developer of new indirect power conversion technology, prices IPO

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Ideal Power Inc., the developer of a new approach to electric power conversion ( earlier post ), has priced its initial public offering (IPO) of 3,000,000 shares of common stock at an offering price of $5.00 If the total over-allotment is exercised, Ideal Power expects the gross proceeds from the offering to be $17.25

Conversion

Conversion Powered Power Price

Fraunhofer analysis finds battery-electric trucks have energy cost advantage over hydrogen trucks

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In a recent analysis, Fraunhofer ISI concludes that battery-electric drives will become established in heavy-duty applications in the commercial vehicle sector and that fuel cells will remain a niche application. The decisive factor for the switch to battery-electric vehicles is the energy cost advantage compared to hydrogen and diesel.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Energy Battery Batteries

Tesla Megapack-powered BESS at Moss Landing commissioned to PG&E’s grid

Teslarati

APRIL 18, 2022

megawatt Tesla Megapack battery energy storage system (BESS) located at Moss Landing, which officially certifies the project to join the company’s grid. The Elkhorn Battery at PG&E’s Moss Landing electric substation was officially fully energized and certified for market participation on April 7, the company announced.

Grid

Grid Powered Power Tesla

FreeWire Technologies raises $125M in Series D; battery-integrated ultrafast EV charging stations

Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2022

The new capital will be used to support FreeWire’s growth plans as the company accelerates commercial deployments of its battery-integrated ultrafast EV charging technology and increases manufacturing capacity to meet growing global customer demand, including high priority markets such as the UK, Canada, Japan, and Australia/New Zealand.

Charging

Charging Battery Batteries Energy Storage

Coritech Services orders Ideal Power’s bi-directional battery converters for DoD vehicle-to-grid program

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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.

Convert

Convert Grid Battery Batteries

ORNL demos 20 kW bi-directional wireless charging on UPS PHEV truck; 11" air gap, >92% efficiency

Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2020

The project is the first of its kind to achieve power transfer at this rate across an 11-inch air gap, advancing the technology to a new class of larger vehicles with higher ground clearance. The system transferred electricity from the power grid to the vehicle battery terminals at more than 92% efficiency.

Charging

Charging PHEV Grid Energy Storage

CEA and Renault Group develop a very high efficiency bidirectional on-board charger

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2023

The CEA and Renault Group have jointly developed a new electronic power converter architecture directly integrated into the vehicle’s charger. Due to the use of ferrite materials, dedicated to high frequency, and a shaping injection process called Power Injection Molding, the converter has become more compact.

Convert

Convert Conversion Recharge Grid

DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2022

billion to 21 projects to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and the electrical grid and for materials and components currently imported from other countries. Albemarle is finalizing the site selection for the lithium hydroxide conversion plant in the southeastern United States. Of that, $1.6

Parts

Parts Battery Batteries Lithium Ion

Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2014

Researchers at Harvard have demonstrated a metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery—a quinone–bromide flow battery (QBFB)—as an example of a class of energy storage materials that exploits the favorable chemical and electrochemical properties of a family of molecules known as quinones. Huskinson et al. Background.

Low Cost

Low Cost Grid Batteries Battery

Transphorm releases reference design for bidirectional GaN power supply for EV chargers – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

JULY 9, 2024

US-based GaN semiconductor producer Transphorm has released a new 300 W DC-to-DC GaN reference design for two- and three-wheeled EV battery chargers. It features convection cooling without forced air, output power of 300 W, output voltage of 48 V/6 A, 380 V/0.9 peak efficiency and power density of 36.5

Supplies

Supplies Design Powered Power

Enphase Energy to acquire EVSE pioneer ClipperCreek

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Enphase Energy, a global energy technology company and the leading supplier of microinverter-based solar and battery systems, has agreed to acquire EVSE company ClipperCreek. Accelerates the Enphase roadmap to enable bi-directional charging capability for vehicle-to-home and vehicle-to-grid applications.

Energy

Energy 2006 Grid Solar

PG&E, Calif. Energy Commission launch 4MW sodium-sulfur grid storage pilot in San Jose

Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2013

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and the California Energy Commission today unveiled a utility-scale sodium-sulfur battery energy storage system ( earlier post ) pilot project to better balance power needs of the electric grid. The system has a 4 megawatt capacity, and can store more than six hours of energy.

San Jose

San Jose Sodium Grid Energy

Hilux, Ranger EV ute conversions by Roev from $47,990 as company confirms 2023 production

EV Central

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Australian manufacturer Roev plans to do just that from 2023 by converting Toyota Hiluxes and Ford Rangers to electric, with conversions priced from $47,990. Roev will remove the ICE from Toyota Hiluxes and Ford Rangers and replace them with an electric motor and batteries. 2023 Roev electric Toyota HiLux.

Conversion

Conversion Boston Consulting Group Companies Production

Check out the ‘world’s first’ DC-to-DC solar-powered EV charger

Baua Electric

MAY 8, 2024

Photo: Enteligent California-based Enteligent is accepting pre-orders for what it claims is the world’s first DC-to-DC solar-powered EV charger. kW of DC charging – twice as fast as many AC EV chargers – and it allows at-home, at-work, and at-store charging powered directly by existing solar panels. Pre-orders can be placed here.

DC

DC Solar Powered Power

The EV Transition Explained: Can the Grid Cope?

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

There have been vigorous debates pro and con in the United States and elsewhere over whether electric grids can support EVs at scale. The city has provided incentives for the purchase of both EVs and charging ports, the installation of heat-pump water heaters , and the installation of solar and battery-storage systems.

Grid

Grid United States Charging Gas-Electric

Mitsubishi Heavy to supply 500 kWh (normal) containerized Li-ion energy storage system to power grid of Orkney Islands

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NOVEMBER 25, 2012

(MHI), jointly with SSE plc (formerly Scottish and Southern Energy plc), will begin an energy storage system demonstration project using the power grid in the UK’s Orkney Islands, which has a high proportion of renewable energy generation in relation to demand. In the project, Mitsubishi Power Systems Europe, Ltd.

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Power Grid Mitsubishi Li-ion

A123 Systems expands portfolio of grid storage solutions

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MAY 3, 2012

A123 Systems has expanded its portfolio of Grid Storage Solutions (GSS). A123’s GSS product line now includes high-rate and long-duration systems ranging from kilowatt-scale to hundreds of megawatts, enabling customers to deploy a complete, turnkey storage solution that meets their specific power and energy requirements.

Grid

Grid Energy Storage DC Conversion

Ideal Power and EnerDel partner on mobile hybrid power systems

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Ideal Power Inc., a developer of a novel indirect power conversion technology ( earlier post ), and EnerDel, Inc., Ideal Power Inc., a developer of a novel indirect power conversion technology ( earlier post ), and EnerDel, Inc., Ideal Power Inc.

Powered

Powered Power Hybrid Lithium Ion

Rhombus Energy Solutions use Wolfspeed’s SiC devices for faster EV charging infrastructure

Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2022

will supply 1200V Silicon Carbide MOSFETs to Rhombus Energy Solutions for its EV2flex line of charging infrastructure products, enabling greater efficiency, higher power density and faster charging times. Silicon Carbide technology leader Wolfspeed, Inc.

Energy

Energy Long Beach Charging Energy Storage

Volta/Imogen collaboration awarded $12M in ARPA-E funding to commercialize next-generation fast charging technology

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Volta, an electric vehicle (EV) charging and media company, announced that a project application it collaborated on with Imagen Energy, a developer of compact high-power EV chargers, was awarded a $12-million grant from the US Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Earlier post.).

Commercial

Commercial Charging Affordable Grant

DOE to award $89M for advanced manufacturing R&D, battery manufacturing a key focus

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2019

The FOA requests proposals in three areas: Topic 1 - Innovations for the Manufacture of Advanced Materials: Focuses on employing machine learning to develop better batteries, phase change storage materials for heating and cooling applications, and new semiconductors that convert temperature differences into electricity.

Manufacturer

Manufacturer Battery Batteries Energy Storage

China’s first large-scale sodium-ion battery charges to 90% in 12 minutes

Baua Electric

MAY 17, 2024

Photo: China Southern Power Grid Energy Storage China’s first major sodium-ion battery energy storage station is now online, according to state-owned utility China Southern Power Grid Energy Storage. That’s enough to power 35,000 households and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 50,000 tonnes annually.

Sodium

Sodium Energy Storage Power Grid Batteries

Southern Company commissions 1 MW/2 MWh grid energy storage system from LG Chem

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

A 1 megawatt (MW)/2 megawatt-hour (MWh) battery energy system powered by LG Chem batteries has been commissioned for Southern Company and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) at a solar photovoltaic (PV) facility in the Southeastern region of the US.

Energy Storage

Energy Storage EPRI Grid Companies

M5BAT 5MW storage system integrates multiple battery technologies

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.

Battery

Battery Batteries VRLA Lithium Ion

A123 Energy Solutions certifies grid Li-ion battery system safety with CE marking

Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2013

A123 Energy Solutions, a division of A123 Systems LLC and a part of Wanxiang Group, announced that its Li-ion Long Duration Grid Battery System (GBS-LD) meets the necessary requirements for CE Marking in the European Union (EU).

Li-ion

Li-ion Grid Energy Energy Storage

Hillcrest Energy and Tier 1 supplier sign MoU to carry out joint powertrain development project

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Hillcrest Energy Technologies, a developer of power conversion technologies and control system solutions for next-generation electrical systems ( earlier post ), signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a global Tier 1 automotive leader in mobility innovation. liters and anticipated power density of ± 50 kW/L.

Energy

Energy Commercial Volt Conversion

Study finds all-electric rideshare fleet could reduce carbon emissions, but increase traffic issues

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.

Fleet

Fleet All-Electric Carbon Emissions

SCAQMD awards AC Propulsion $300K grant for 3 electric service van conversions

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2010

AC Propulsion will launch the conversion program by developing the electric propulsion system and conversion process for the full-size vans that are used by service fleets nationwide. The converted vans will run on electricity only and will charge directly from the power grid. Earlier post.).

Conversion

Conversion Grant Los Angeles Delaware

Lishen and ZAP in strategic alliance; funding for several thousand EV conversions in US

Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2014

ZAP, over the last few years has been pursuing the EV fleet market in the US, and developed a custom designed power train for a US delivery fleet with the goal of becoming a supplier for the electric powertrain which will replace the gasoline ones currently being used.

Conversion

Conversion Li-ion Financing Lead Acid

Electrovaya selected by US utility for grid-scale Li-ion storage system

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2011

has been selected by a major US utility to provide a 1.5MWh capacity Lithium Ion SuperPolymer®Battery Energy Storage System for grid storage applications. The Electrovaya system will provide energy storage for renewable energy integration and the Smart Grid. Electrovaya Inc. Sankar Das Gupta, CEO of Electrovaya.

Grid

Grid Li-ion Energy Storage Lithium Ion

ARPA-E to award up to $130M in fourth round of funding; focus on biofuels, thermal storage, rare earth alternatives, grid controls, and solar power electronics

Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2011

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will make up to $130 million available to develop five new program areas including biofuels, thermal storage, rare earth alternatives, grid controls, and solar power electronics. Solar Agile Delivery of Electrical Power Technology (Solar ADEPT).

Grid

Grid Solar Powered Power

STEAG and thyssenkrupp planning joint green hydrogen project

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2021

The STEAG power station in Duisburg-Walsum, the site for the construction of a large-scale green hydrogen generation system. ©euroluftbild.de/Hans In the next few years, the company expects the conversion of one blast furnace to result in an annual demand of around 20,000 tonnes of green hydrogen. ©euroluftbild.de/Hans

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Green Climate Economy

What Does Battery Storage Mean for EV Drivers?

Blink Charging

JULY 27, 2023

Blink Charging recently announced our first battery energy storage system (also referred to as a BES system or BESS) in Pennsylvania that includes four direct current fast chargers (DCFCs). Here’s what battery storage means for you. Here’s what battery storage means for you. What is a battery energy storage system?

Battery

Battery Batteries Energy Storage Grid

DOE awards Eaton $4.9M to develop low-cost fast-charging solution; solid-state transformer, modular chargers

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded power management company Eaton $4.9 Eaton and its project partners aim to accelerate fleet electrification by providing a compact, cost-efficient and fully integrated solution that is factory optimized for local grid interconnection and immediate use.

Eaton

Eaton Low Cost North Carolina Charging

REV Building Four Converted Battery-Electric Vehicles for US Military TARDEC Program; Electric Ford Escape and F-150 Vehicles as Part of Micro-Grid Project

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2010

Canada-based Rapid Electric Vehicles (REV) has begun production of four converted electric bi-directional charging Ancillary Power Vehicles (APVs) ( earlier post ) as part of the US Army Tank Automotive Research Development Engineering Center (TARDEC) Micro-Grid project at Wheeler Air Base, Hawaii.

F-150

F-150 Escape Grid Convert

Calif. Energy Commission awards Satcon, A123 Systems, RES and SMUD $2M to develop energy storage system for grid-tied photovoltaics

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.

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Grid Energy Sacramento

DOE to award $89M for innovative manufacturing technologies

Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2019

Topic 1 - Innovations for the Manufacture of Advanced Materials: Focuses on employing machine learning to develop better batteries, phase change storage materials for heating and cooling applications, and new semiconductors that convert temperature differences into electricity. Innovative Manufacturing Processes for Battery Energy Storage.

Manufacturer

Manufacturer Energy Storage Conversion Grid

LG Chem providing batteries for 140 MWh ESS project in Germany

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2015

LG Chem is providing 140 MWh worth of batteries for use in ESS systems for STEAG power plants in Germany. As part of the world’s largest ESS (energy storage systems) project, STEAG GBS (Großbatterie-Systeme) plants belonging to the German power supplier in North-Rhine Westphalia and Rhineland Palatinate will be modernized.

Germany

Germany Energy Storage Batteries Battery

New long-duration, extended capacity Na-Al battery design for grid storage

Statkraft to install GE Rotating Stabilizers in grid-stabilization project in Scotland

Advanced Propulsion Centre UK publishes automotive power electronics value chain

ORNL licenses high-power wireless vehicle charging technology to HEVO

Paired Power: For EV charging at remote sites, a microgrid may be better than an off-grid solution – Charged EVs

OptiFuel to repower Argentina’s 400 freight locomotive fleet from diesel-power to CNG and/or RNG

Ideal Power, developer of new indirect power conversion technology, prices IPO

Fraunhofer analysis finds battery-electric trucks have energy cost advantage over hydrogen trucks

Tesla Megapack-powered BESS at Moss Landing commissioned to PG&E’s grid

FreeWire Technologies raises $125M in Series D; battery-integrated ultrafast EV charging stations

Coritech Services orders Ideal Power’s bi-directional battery converters for DoD vehicle-to-grid program

ORNL demos 20 kW bi-directional wireless charging on UPS PHEV truck; 11" air gap, >92% efficiency

CEA and Renault Group develop a very high efficiency bidirectional on-board charger

DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

Transphorm releases reference design for bidirectional GaN power supply for EV chargers – Charged EVs

Enphase Energy to acquire EVSE pioneer ClipperCreek

PG&E, Calif. Energy Commission launch 4MW sodium-sulfur grid storage pilot in San Jose

Hilux, Ranger EV ute conversions by Roev from $47,990 as company confirms 2023 production

Check out the ‘world’s first’ DC-to-DC solar-powered EV charger

The EV Transition Explained: Can the Grid Cope?

Mitsubishi Heavy to supply 500 kWh (normal) containerized Li-ion energy storage system to power grid of Orkney Islands

A123 Systems expands portfolio of grid storage solutions

Ideal Power and EnerDel partner on mobile hybrid power systems

Rhombus Energy Solutions use Wolfspeed’s SiC devices for faster EV charging infrastructure

Volta/Imogen collaboration awarded $12M in ARPA-E funding to commercialize next-generation fast charging technology

DOE to award $89M for advanced manufacturing R&D, battery manufacturing a key focus

China’s first large-scale sodium-ion battery charges to 90% in 12 minutes

Southern Company commissions 1 MW/2 MWh grid energy storage system from LG Chem

M5BAT 5MW storage system integrates multiple battery technologies

A123 Energy Solutions certifies grid Li-ion battery system safety with CE marking

Hillcrest Energy and Tier 1 supplier sign MoU to carry out joint powertrain development project

Study finds all-electric rideshare fleet could reduce carbon emissions, but increase traffic issues

SCAQMD awards AC Propulsion $300K grant for 3 electric service van conversions

Lishen and ZAP in strategic alliance; funding for several thousand EV conversions in US

Electrovaya selected by US utility for grid-scale Li-ion storage system

ARPA-E to award up to $130M in fourth round of funding; focus on biofuels, thermal storage, rare earth alternatives, grid controls, and solar power electronics

STEAG and thyssenkrupp planning joint green hydrogen project

What Does Battery Storage Mean for EV Drivers?

DOE awards Eaton $4.9M to develop low-cost fast-charging solution; solid-state transformer, modular chargers

REV Building Four Converted Battery-Electric Vehicles for US Military TARDEC Program; Electric Ford Escape and F-150 Vehicles as Part of Micro-Grid Project

Calif. Energy Commission awards Satcon, A123 Systems, RES and SMUD $2M to develop energy storage system for grid-tied photovoltaics

DOE to award $89M for innovative manufacturing technologies

LG Chem providing batteries for 140 MWh ESS project in Germany

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