Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

The testing methodology, to be developed at SINTEF Ocean’s Trondheim-based laboratory, will use two Hydrogenics 30kW fuel cells, set up to model the operation and control of a complete marine power system in a megawatt-scale propulsion plant. —Jostein Bogen, product manager for energy storage and fuel cells at ABB Marine & Ports.

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Fuel Mariner Energy Storage Hydrogen 330

Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2012

Lithium polymer battery packs from Corvus Energy were recently installed in Europe’s first hybrid tugboat, the RotorTug RT Adriaan of KOTUG, an international maritime service provider headquartered in The Netherlands. The conversion features Corvus’ AT6500 48 volt lithium polymer battery packs. Corvus uses Dow Kokam cells.

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Polymer Mariner Hybrid Lead Acid 218

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2011

During his keynote speech at the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit in Washington DC this morning, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced that the Department of Defense (DOD) and ARPA-e will partner on two energy storage initiatives. Energy storage is a big part of that solution. The Navy and Marine Corps owns 3.3

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Energy Storage Energy Grid Mariner 231

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2021

In addition to energy storage, ABB will deliver a fully integrated electric power solution and an integrated marine and propulsion automation system. The new ferries will be powered by battery packs with a total capacity of 1,860 kWh each. The 10 new ferries will be operated by the public ferry company Transtejo, S.A.

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Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 8, 2021

Forsee Power begins light EV battery production in India. Forsee Power a European multinational producer of smart lithium-ion electric vehicle battery systems that had entered the Indian market in 2020 has started its production work for a series of EV batteries for electric two and three-wheelers at its Pune plant.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The new 12,500 square feet facility allows for team expansion and for the construction of a small pilot production line where South 8 plans to fill lithium-ion batteries with its LiGas electrolyte. LiGas is also being evaluated for applications that have historically been unsuitable for lithium-ion batteries due to extreme temperatures.

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Manufacturer Lithium Ion Gas Companies 186

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

The Norwegian Road Authorities’ strict requirement for emissions for these two ferry routes resulted in an electrical propulsion system using chargeable Li-ion batteries. Norwegian Electric Systems’ main DC system ensures the safe charging and discharging of the batteries. —Paul Winson, Senior Vice President Sales for NES.

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DC Grid Hybrid Energy Storage 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2017

The existing grid infrastructure sometimes proves inadequate to support faster charging. The new system being developed by FAST Charge consists of an energy storage system, using large-format lithium-ion batteries, along with multiple outlet charging units that can be charge several EVs at once.

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Canada Lithium Ion Charging Energy Storage 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

announced plans to acquire the assets of a battery manufacturing plant with annual capacity of about 0.5 The plant’s output, when converted into battery systems, has a revenue capacity of up to $250-$550 million. Revenue capacity of up to $250 million to $550 million for battery systems with 0.5 Electrovaya Inc.

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Li-ion Energy Storage Lithium Ion Mariner 231

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2015

XALT Energy and Efficient Drivetrains (EDI) announced a tentative agreement through which XALT will supply EDI with its NMC graphite Lithium-ion battery energy storage packs for use in EDI’s PHEV PowerDrive and electric power export solutions. The packs will be used for commercial truck fleet replacement orders.

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Li-ion PHEV Supplies Lithium Ion 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2021

From 2025, these will be used in power generation solutions—from balancing energy for compensating fluctuations in the public grid to continuous power and the provision of emergency power in, for example, hospitals and data centers. Switch to alternatives for combustion engines.

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2019 Engine Climate Power 418

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2012

The California Independent System Operator Corporation (ISO), California’s non-profit grid operator, released its new five-year (2012-2016) strategic plan. Between now and 2020, wind and solar generation will quadruple within the ISO transmission grid at the same time electric vehicle charging increases significantly.

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Grid Renewable California Electric Vehicles 244

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The studies will assess the issues associated with scaling up hydrogen infrastructure large enough to serve the Port of Seattle’s maritime-related and electrical grid uses. The research is part of Seattle City Light's “Utility Next” portfolio, a collection of 17 prospective projects to enable Seattle’s vision of a clean energy future.

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Seattle Hydrogen Renewable Fuel 186

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2015

This transformational acquisition brings Electrovaya best-in-class manufacturing, experienced management and a strong technical team, with the manufacturing capacity to enable Electrovaya to bid on larger energy storage system opportunities worldwide. Sankar Das Gupta, Chairman and CEO of Electrovaya.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Energy Storage North America 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2017

At the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) EXPO 2017 in Atlanta, XALT Energy introduced its first second-generation (Gen II) battery cell to its portfolio of lithium-ion cells. The 65Ah UHE cell will also be used in XALT Energy’s new XPAND XMOD module, the XMOD114E, said Richard Cundiff, CEO of XALT Energy.

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Li-ion Energy Mariner Atlanta 170

Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2009

GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt shows a sodium-metal halide battery cell at the press conference announcing the battery plant. GE will open a new battery manufacturing plant in Upstate New York that will serve as the main manufacturing facility for GE’s newly launched battery business. 1,000 kWh useable energy.

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Sodium New York Batteries Battery 191

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Novel Polymer-enhanced Rechargeable Aluminum-Alkaline Battery Technology – $2,000,000. Ionic Materials will develop a more energy dense (by volume and mass) rechargeable battery based on an aluminum-alkaline chemistry. Drop-In Replacement Materials from Abundant Resources to Double Energy in EV Batteries – $3,100,000.

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Engine San Diego Polymer Lithium Ion 247

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2014

Well-to-Propeller GHG emissions results for marine alternative fuels. While LNG is expected to be an early success, the picture becomes more diversified over time, as more than 20% of shipping could adopt hybrid propulsion solutions featuring batteries or other energy storage technologies, according to the paper.

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Alternative Fuels Fuel Gas-Electric Mariner 231

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Pierre Sames, Germanischer Lloyd’s Head of Research and Rule Development, examined the potential use of fuel cells in shipping, the use of renewable energy to produce hydrogen for use as fuel, the economics of the technology and looked at two concept designs for fuel-cell driven, hydrogen-fueled vessels. A battery system provides peak power.

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Hydrogen Emissions Fuel Industrial 294

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2009

An Axion Power PbC battery. has signed a definitive Memorandum of Understanding for a multi-year, global supply relationship with Alpharetta, GA-based Exide Technologies for the purchase of Axion PbC batteries—multi-celled asymmetrically supercapacitive lead-acid-carbon hybrid batteries ( earlier post )—and other Axion technologies.

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Lead Acid Supplies Power Powered 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2019

Integrated Power Block Heat Exchanger/Thermal Energy Storage System for CSP Plants, $348,000 CFOAM LLC, Triadelphia, W. Solar Energy Industries Association, Washington, D.C. Enabling Cobalt-Free Battery Solution for Behind The Mater Storage, $750,000 SPARKS, Castro Valley, Calif. Dominion Energy, Richmond, Va.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2010

The hybrid power electronics provide dynamic load sharing between the SOFC and a battery pack. It intelligently controls charging of the energy storage system by regulating the power output of the SOFC sub-system and dynamically distributing loads between the fuel cell and stored energy.

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Power Powered Fuel DC 210

Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2013

It is clearly worthy of further research and development effort to create a better understanding of its potential alongside more widely recognized potential future low carbon technologies such as advanced battery systems and hydrogen. Liquid Air in the energy and transport systems: Opportunities for industry and innovation in the UK.

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Energy Storage Transportation Energy Waste 268

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2014

Dina Star with Onboard DC Grid. ABB, the power and automation technology group, released third-party testing results showing that ABB’s Onboard DC Grid helps vessels reduce their fuel consumption, cut noise and trim their environmental impact. Onboard DC Grid system. ABB’s Onboard DC Grid concept. Click to enlarge.

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DC Grid Fuel Mariner 225

Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

After years of vehicle development, research projects and pilot deployments, major fleet operators around the world are beginning to place volume orders for medium- and heavy-duty battery-electric vehicles. Joe Colett is a Transportation Electrification Engineer on the Grid Edge Solutions Team for Portland General Electric (PGE).

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Future Electric Electrical Portland 106

Charged EVs

MAY 18, 2021

The battery packs were made by Williams Advanced Engineering, and a few other components such as motors, inverters and braking systems were made by undisclosed companies. The battery pack, developed and built by Williams Advanced Engineering, is enclosed in a rugged enclosure of carbon fiber composite, which weighs less than 400 kg.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us CalCars Frequently Asked Questions Jump to: Environmental Effects and Benefits Alternative Fuels Batteries PHEV Conversions Other Questions Note: This page is overdue for a major overhaul. Whats Vehicle-to-Grid and why would I like it?

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