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Nissan, Enel launch “Second Life” storage system with used electric car batteries for grid stabilization

Green Car Congress

Combining used Nissan electric vehicle batteries at a conventional power plant in Melilla, Spain, operated by the Enel Group’s Spanish subsidiary, Endesa, the project enhances grid stability to help meet the needs of an isolated network. The back-up generator is composed of 48 used Nissan LEAF batteries and 30 new ones.

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Sonnen & TenneT Power German Grid With Electric Cars

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TenneT and sonnen have announced that they’ve powered the German grid with electric cars. TenneT is a top electricity network operator in Europe, and sonnen produces and manages stationary battery storage systems. It did so when there […]

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SAE Adopts New Standards For Vehicle-To-Grid

CleanTechnica EVs

There is a delightful fantasy out there that says the batteries in all the electric cars in the world could. continued] The post SAE Adopts New Standards For Vehicle-To-Grid appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Elli and MITNETZ STROM publish concept for smart grid integration of EVs

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Elli, a brand of the Volkswagen Group, and MITNETZ STROM have launched a nationwide pilot project for smart grid integration of electric vehicles. An algorithm uses price incentives to compare the cars’ charging plans with regional electricity output from renewable energies and the available capacities in the distribution grid.

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Batteries on wheels: How to turn Australia’s EV fleet into a grid storage asset

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More and more people are recognising the huge opportunities of electric cars, buses and trucks for the grid. The post Batteries on wheels: How to turn Australia’s EV fleet into a grid storage asset appeared first on The Driven. Charging behaviours and tariffs will be key.

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Volkswagen’s Elli and Elia Group partner to integrate EVs into the grid

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The MoU underscores the signatories’ shared vision of integrating electric cars into the electricity system. The signatories Elli, Elia and re.alto say that the batteries of electric vehicles can help stabilize grids as the share of volatile, renewable energies increases.

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Porsche demos grid balancing capability of group of Taycan EVs with cloud-based pooling system

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A realistic pilot test conducted by Porsche, the grid operator TransnetBW and consulting firm Intelligent Energy System Services (IE2S), has demonstrated that electrical balancing power can be stored in the high-voltage batteries of an intelligent swarm of electric cars. —Dr Rainer Pflaum, CFO TransnetBW.

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