Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Bi-directional charging technology means not only charging the Nissan LEAF, but also pulling energy stored in the LEAF's battery pack to partially power external electrical loads, such as buildings and homes. The system charges the connected electric vehicle, which then shares power with the home.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

The European Commission has awarded the H2FUTURE project consortium—comprising voestalpine, Siemens, VERBUND and Austrian Power Grid (APG) as well as the research-partners K1-MET and ECN—the contract for the construction of one of the world’s largest PEM electrolysis plants for producing green hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2021

In Europe alone, six gigafactories with a total production capacity of 240 GWh are to be established by the end of the decade. With this in mind, cooperations have been agreed in Europe with the energy companies BP (Great Britain), Iberdrola (Spain) and Enel (Italy). —Thomas Schmall.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

European electric-carmaker Renault plans to build the continent's largest stationary battery storage network next year using old electric-car batteries.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2011

Siemens is building power converter stations for a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system with a record capacity of 2 x 1,000 megawatts. This system, which is being partially funded by the EU, connects the French and Spanish grids between Baixas and Santa Llogaia.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2018

A UPS-led consortium has deployed new smart-grid charging technology in London that overcomes the challenge of simultaneously recharging an entire fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) without the need for the expensive upgrade to the power supply grid. —Peter Harris, director of sustainability, UPS Europe.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Capital cost to build a 10k metric-ton battery precursor plant. However, the raw materials for batteries are, in most cases, imported into China from Africa and refined before being exported to Europe. This is three times cheaper than what a similar plant in the US would cost. Source: BNEF.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2021

With renewable power technologies well developed, delivering cleaner power to buildings and manufacturing, and driving the electrification of road transport present the clearest initial path for decarbonization.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Jenkins has also helped push Congress to think more seriously about the power grid, releasing a report last year that showed that much of the 43 percent emissions reduction expected by 2030 would be squandered if the United States doesn’t double the pace of transmission upgrades. power-grid transmission.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2013

A living laboratory will be created in the next five years in the waterside district of Aspern, one of the largest urban development projects in Europe. Power supply, building systems, intelligent power grids, and information and communication technologies will interact optimally.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2017

Parker’s objective is to validate that series-produced electric vehicles—as part of an operational vehicle fleet—can support the power grid by becoming a vertically integrated resource, providing seamless support to the power grid both locally and system-wide.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Batteries that are no longer fit for vehicles can be reused in stationary energy storage systems, helping to integrate renewable energy into the public power grid, increase grid stability and lower energy costs for consumers. In 2021 they should account for a quarter of all vehicles sold by the BMW Group in Europe.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2013

Similar actions are being undertaken in Europe. In Poland, some SMR technology for commercial plants will probably not be selected before after 2022, while building permit for the first SMR plant will be issued around 2025, and the plant may be put into operation around 2030. Earlier post.)

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Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 16, 2021

Hitachi ABB Power Grids has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ashok Leyland and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) for an e-mobility pilot project. Wabtec is developing locomotives powered by electric batteries and hydrogen fuel cells to reduce carbon emissions.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Building every electrolyzer promised for 2030 would provide only about one-sixth of the green hydrogen required to meet climate targets, according to figures from the International Energy Agency in Paris. Hyzon Motors , one of the few firms working on ultraheavy trucks powered by fuel cells. Yet many more are actually needed.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

Most of the activity is in Europe , where there are at least 10 major offshore wind and hydrogen projects , including demonstration systems being built or planned in the North Sea, the Atlantic, and off the coast of Ireland. Sweden’s Vattenfall is aiming to build an offshore, hydrogen-producing wind-turbine demonstrator in the same area.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2013

The report is the third in a series that deals with aspects of electromobility in Europe. million), in order to assess which of the electric drive vehicles (EDV) challenges are addressed by these projects and to identify potential gaps in the RD&D landscape in Europe. Source: JRC. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2014

Recently, regional public-private partnerships have developed comprehensive strategies for coordinating early hydrogen infrastructure development with FCV rollouts in North America, Europe and Asia. These partnerships are bringing key stakeholders together. Transition issues. They find that perhaps 50,000 FCVs in a given region (e.g.

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Driivz

MARCH 23, 2022

V2X, meaning vehicle-to-everything, is the overarching term for transferring the electricity stored in electric vehicle (EV) batteries to the grid, buildings, houses, and other energy-consuming destinations. The use cases are: . It was the first use case for V2X and the terms are often used interchangeably. .

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2015

The two companies have agreed to collaborate on the following activities: Introduction of V2G services in the European market; Exploring the use of second-life EV batteries for stationary applications (including households, buildings, grid); and. —Paul Willcox, Chairman of Nissan Europe.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Speeding up the shift to e-mobility will help us to meet the extremely ambitious CO 2 targets that have been set in Europe, China and the USA. The MEB is not just the technical building block for all models in the Volkswagen ID. One step towards achieving this in Europe is the Ionity joint venture. —Thomas Ulbrich.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2013

The fact that German electricity prices are among the highest in Europe, despite relatively low wholesale prices, must serve as a warning signal ,” said IEA Executive Director Maria van der Hoeven as she presented the report, Energy Policies of IEA Countries – Germany 2013 Review. Climate Change Europe Policy Power Generation'

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2014

More than 300 megawatts of large, cargo container-sized sodium-beta batteries are running in the United States, Japan and Europe, according to Dupont Energy Consulting. Running at lower temperatures can make a big difference for sodium-beta batteries and may enable batteries to store more renewable energy and strengthen the power grid.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Honda has joined a demonstration project for experimental vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology aimed at providing a potentially valuable energy storage resource to the electrical grid while providing for more cost-effective ownership of plug-in electric vehicles. Electric (Battery) Plug-ins Smart charging Smart Grid V2X'

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Another study found that if people choose to charge their EVs during times when there’s less demand on the power grid, we could cut emissions by another 18% – and maybe even allow EVs to support the grid. mph” in the United States. Why does this matter? EVs also help reduce the “urban heat island” effect.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2011

Better Place and China Southern Power Grid Co. The Chinese government created the alliance of state-owned auto, battery, electric, and oil companies with the ultimate goal of building internationally competitive electric-car brands. CSG is the world’s eighth-largest utility, according to the Fortune Global 500.

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Driivz

AUGUST 21, 2022

Rapid growth in EV adoption, bolstered by government initiatives to reduce CO2 emissions, has created an immediate need to build EV charging infrastructure to support the growin g demand for EV charging. That means building out charger networks today to meet tomorrow’s future demand. . One study found that up to 6.8

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

The study—“A portfolio of powertrains for Europe: a fact-based analysis”—compares the economics, sustainability and performance of fuel cell, battery-electric, hybrid-electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in achieving the decarbonization goal. Medium- or heavy-duty vehicles were not included.

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Get Electric Vehicle

OCTOBER 29, 2021

To put things in perspective, even in Germany, Europe’s hydrogen leader, just 82 hydrogen stations are operating. According to Capgemini research, there are an estimated 144,000 charging points in Europe, but just 125 hydrogen stations are an even more striking indicator of how far BEV acceptance and investment has progressed.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2022

A Sea-Monster-Proof Internet The initial segment of what will be the first underwater fiber-optic link to skirt the North Pole, connecting Japan and Europe, will light up in early 2023. The wind part of the project plans a total of 3,000 megawatts from wind farms it will build in three counties in New Mexico.

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Drive Electric

AUGUST 9, 2022

Regardless of whether your car is an EV or ICEV, the process to manufacture any vehicle is energy-intensive and requires the extraction and refinement of raw materials to build parts. If it’s manufactured on a ‘dirty’ power grid it becomes a major source of emissions over the EV lifecycle. The New Zealand Power Grid.

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Driivz

MAY 3, 2021

They bring together visionary like minded individuals, companies, and NGOs to build the future of eMobility. They focus efforts across a range of activities, including bio-waste recycling, the built environment, the circular economy, green recovery, decarbonizing heat, power, and transportation, among others.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2010

ZAP and Jonway will jointly market and sell electric vehicles in China, North America and Europe to broaden market reach. In 2009, the company sold more than 120,000 vehicles internationally in the European Union and the United States and has a capacity to build up to 400,000 vehicles annually. Better World International, Ltd.,

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 24, 2023

president Barack Obama, the leadership program is for those from Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Europe who are working to improve public, private, and civic development through grassroots action. The project received support from Power Africa and USAID. Established by former U.S.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2017

ChargePoint, the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) charging network, is rapidly expanding both its technical capability with the introduction of its modular Express Plus EV fast-charging platform (up to 400 kW) ( earlier post ) as well as its geographic reach with its expansion into Europe ( earlier post ). Madjidian et al.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 4, 2023

A new start for decarbonizing chemical manufacturing DC-MUSE was conceived in the summer of 2020 in a workshop attended by over 40 companies and institutions, and organized by a planning grant from the National Science Foundation to build capacity in convergent research. Its aim is to develop technologies and strategies to help the U.S.

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Driivz

APRIL 3, 2024

Tools for Fleets and Commercial/Industrial Buildings – vertical-specific tools to manage and optimize EV charging for fleets and in commercial/industrial buildings. Level 2 – Standard Public Charging Stations Level 2 chargers are found at most public charging stations and also use AC power (208/240V in the US, 230/400 VAC in Europe).

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