CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 17, 2024

NASDAQ: ITRI), which is innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water, and The Mobility House, a leader in the battery charging and clean energy space, unveiled. The Fast & Flexible Interconnect (FIX) Program Enables Reliable Charging of EV Fleets in Constrained Distribution Systems Itron, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2023

The all-electric 2025 Ram 1500 REV—the first battery-electric light-duty pickup truck from Ram Truck—made its world debut at the New York International Auto Show. The STLA Frame is wider in the middle to efficiently incorporate the battery pack while still using protection afforded by the frame rails.

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Cars That Think

JULY 15, 2021

Dozens of solar farms in the country’s southeastern region are slated to use “ hydrogen batteries ” in coming years. The dual-purpose devices can fit inside of shipping containers and pack a bounty of technologies: lithium batteries, electrolyzers, fuel cells, and canisters of a hydrogen-metal compound.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2022

Volkswagen of America (VWoA) opened its Battery Engineering Lab (BEL) in Chattanooga, to test and optimize batteries for all electric vehicles in the American marketplace. With the BEL, Volkswagen is adding more highly-qualified jobs. The BEL’s focus on sustainability goes beyond its work, encompassing the facility's operation.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2012

Spider9 , a cleantech company launched in 2011 at the University of Michigan, has finalized the license agreement for patented dynamic control systems and plans to launch its first commercial integration at the historic Henry Ford Valve Plant, known as the Water Wheel Center, in Northville, Michigan. —Spider9 CEO Glynne Townsend.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2021

of hydrogen is currently produced via water electrolysis and only a fraction of this production is powered by renewable energy. Along with hydrogen production and use, an energy transition will involve the synchronous upscaling of renewable electricity, batteries, and energy use technologies. According to the IEA, less than 0.1%

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

As the number of EVs grows and especially as larger trucks and buses electrify with larger batteries, there will be opportunities to use those batteries also to support the grid. Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Lucid Group, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Researchers at MIT have improved a proposed liquid battery system that could enable renewable energy sources to compete with conventional power plants. The original system, which used magnesium for one of the battery’s electrodes and antimony for the other, required an operating temperature of 700 ?C. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

billion to boost production of the advanced batteries that are critical to rapidly growing clean energy industries of the future, including electric vehicles and energy storage. DOE intends to fund battery materials refining and production plants, battery cell and pack manufacturing facilities, and recycling facilities.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 26, 2024

This would allow it to provide the grid with a daily flexible power capacity of about 200 MW. Collection vehicles are ideally suited for V2G applications, says Veolia, because their batteries are six times larger than those in an average car, and the fleet is typically parked at peak energy consumption times. “By

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2021

The Mobile Power Station (MPS) is the first zero-emission modular platform that functions as both a multi-purpose off-road work vehicle and offers a grid-scale auxiliary power supply. accommodates all standard Caterpillar, Bobcat or John Deere attachments and is submersible in up to four feet of water. The DANNAR 4.00 The DANNAR 4.00

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 4, 2023

On the other hand, pure electric vehicles (meaning those powered only by batteries) were involved in just 25 fires per 100,000 sold. A citywide backlash against battery-powered vehicles followed, as reported by multiple sources. In the U.S., Yet, says, Paul A. 498 of the vehicles in its holds were electric cars.

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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.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

The world’s largest 2nd-life battery storage unit will soon go into operation in the Westphalian town of Lünen. The stationary storage unit, with a total capacity of 13 MWh, uses second-life battery systems from the second generation of smart electric drive vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2013

A plot of ESOI for 7 potential grid-scale energy storage technologies. Benson from Stanford University and Stanford’s Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) has quantified the energetic costs of 7 different grid-scale energy storage technologies over time. Credit: Barnhart and Benson, 2013. Click to enlarge. A new study by Charles J.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2011

Example of a lithium-water rechargeable battery. Researchers at the University of Texas, including Dr. John Goodenough, are proposing a strategy for high-capacity next-generation alkali (lithium or sodium)-ion batteries using water-soluble redox couples as the cathode. A typical Li-air battery discharges at 2.5-2.7

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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.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 11, 2024

Would you spend a week off-grid in this luxury electric RV ? The eTH electric RV features a luxurious interior, smart tech, and clean energy for a week of off-grid capabilities. The ETH also includes an Atmospheric Water Generator that converts moisture from the air into up to 50L of clean water daily.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2021

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed a sensor system called IntelliVent that can prevent dangerous conditions from developing in outdoor battery cabinets. IntelliVent is a patent-pending, deflagration-prevention system for cabinet-style battery enclosures.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2017

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced a trial for a new type of electrolyzer which could see excess renewable energy stored in the gas grid and used to decarbonize Australia’s gas supply. When hydrogen burns, it produces only water vapor and no carbon dioxide. —AGN CEO Ben Wilson.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2019

As the lithium-ion batteries that currently power most phones, laptops, and electric vehicles become increasingly fast-charging and high-performing, they also grow increasingly expensive and flammable. Moreover, the battery could be cycled at high rates; increasing the charge/discharge rate by an order of magnitude (0.5C–5C)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2020

Renewable energy output is subject to large fluctuations, so FH2R will adjust to supply and demand in the power grid in order to maximize utilization of this energy while establishing low-cost, Green hydrogen production technology. is responsible for EMS and SCADA and grid-related matters. Overview of FH2R system.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2011

Yi Cui has developed nanoparticle copper hexacyanoferrate (CuHCF) battery cathode materials that demonstrate long cycle life and high power for use in grid storage applications. Short-term transients, including those related to wind and solar sources, present challenges to the electrical grid. A team at Stanford led by Prof.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Screen shot of a Grid Command Distribution “heatmap” analysis for a neighborhood. Battelle recently unveiled its new Grid Command Distribution services and software for utilities. VVO seeks to optimize voltage at all points along the distribution feeder under all loading conditions, thereby increasing grid efficiency.). (VVO

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Sylvatex has developed and is commercializing a lithium-ion battery cathode production technology that uses a sustainable, waterless manufacturing process. SVX’s new method eliminates water use while delivering substantial cost reductions and using 80% less energy. Sylvatex recently secured Series A funding of $8.4 Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2019

Highview Power’s proprietary liquid air energy storage system, called CRYOBattery, relies on low-risk, proven technology, generates zero emissions, has zero water impact and can be delivered at a cost of approximately half of the current cost of traditional lithium-ion batteries.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

A vital component of the batteries at the heart of electric vehicles and grid energy storage, lithium is key to a clean energy future. Among them is the vast amount of land and time needed to extract lithium from briny water, with large operations running […]

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2021

Battery-electric AMG derivatives based on the new Mercedes Electric Vehicle Architecture (EVA) for luxury and premium-class vehicles. Added to this is the High Performance Battery we developed, which boasts twice the power density of conventional drive batteries and, like many other components, is inspired by technology from Formula 1.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

MWh capacity Leclanché Battery System and produces zero emissions. MWh Leclanché Battery System. MWh Leclanché battery energy storage system (BESS) located in port-side structures (one each in Millhaven and Stella). The backs of each module have an opening allowing water spray to enter in the event of any thermal events.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 26, 2024

Between my electric bikes, e-motorcycles, e-ATVs, electric tractors, and a few other things I’m probably forgetting, having a weather-sealed, solar-powered off-grid charging shed would be a big benefit. From there I had to get the wiring set up to feed my batteries. You can see it in more detail in my video of the project.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries power much of our digital and mobile lifestyle. Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries power much of our digital and mobile lifestyle. V) is too narrow to support most of the electrochemical couples used in Li-ion batteries. A paper on their work is published in the journal Science.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2017

GE and Southern California Edison (SCE) unveiled the first battery-gas turbine hybrid system in Norwalk, California: the LM6000 Hybrid Electric Gas Turbine (Hybrid EGT). In addition, demineralized water consumption will be reduced by approximately 45%, saving two million gallons of water annually and increasing the life of the equipment.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2014

Scientists at USC have developed a novel water-based Organic Redox Flow Battery (ORBAT) for lower cost, long lasting large-scale energy storage. ORBAT employs two different water-soluble organic redox couples on the positive and negative side of a flow battery. —Yang et al. —Yang et al.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2023

HADC is a special purpose energy company that will commercialize e1’s proprietary methanol-to-hydrogen generation technology for fuel cell applications within the aerospace sector including: Grid independent charging of electric aircraft. Grid independent charging of airport equipment, service vehicles and airport based rental cars.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

The partnership is part of Europe’s strategic industry initiative, the European Battery Alliance, aimed at building an independent, sustainable, and resilient battery industry in Europe. Europe is already the fastest growing lithium-ion battery production center in the world, with zero local supply of lithium hydroxide.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2016

The joint research initiative will study transformational energy innovations including integrating renewable energy sources into the current supply mix and advancing traditional energy sources in ways that improve efficiency and reduce impacts on water, air and climate.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2021

Hydrogen is produced on site by a 200kW electrolyzer that uses electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen components and has the capacity to produce up to 80kg of hydrogen per day.

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