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DOE awarding $4.8M to 5 BIRD Energy projects with Israel; H2 storage, biofuel, sustainable transportation

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The Department of Energy (DOE), in partnership with Israel’s Ministry of Energy (MOE) and the Israel Innovation Authority, announced $4.8 Rosh Ha’ayin, Israel) and Power Authority of the State of New York (White Plains, New York) will develop high temperature storage based in combined heat and power (CHP). CelDezyner Ltd.

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Chakratec partners with Premier Inn on first kinetic EV charging installation in Germany

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Israel-based Chakratec, a provider of kinetic energy storage technology for electric vehicle (EV) charging, has completed a project with Premier Inn, a British hotel chain and the UK’s largest hotel brand, enabling guests at the hotel’s Leipzig, Germany, location to charge their EVs throughout their stay.

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Volkswagen launches new research collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory & University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers work in the Extreme Fast-Charging Lab in ORNL’s Grid Research Integration and Deployment Center. Using Volkswagen’s expertise in vehicle integration, the teams also have been able to build from a charging power level of 6.6 Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S.

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Chevron invests in Prussian Blue battery tech company Natron Energy; stationary storage for EV charging stations

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This has allowed Natron to build the first battery in which chemistry does not limit the lifetime of the system, opening up new opportunities for energy storage to support EV charging, renewables such as solar and wind, and industrial applications. However, there are high electricity delivery costs for high power fast-charging stations.

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EV charging highway trial to start in Italy

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ElectReon Wireless an Israeli company is building a 0.6-mile-long The company is building the charging highway to test the technology for the widespread adoption of electric vehicles. Transfers the energy from the electricity grid to the road infrastructure and manages communication with approaching vehicles. Product overview.

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AMPECO CEO discusses the software that makes large-scale EV charging systems work in comprehensive Q&A

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For example, companies who sell and install charging stations for office buildings or for multi-apartment complexes. In most cases we need to ask permission to share our customers’ names, but I can mention one company: The Paz Group , one of the biggest, if not the biggest oil and gas company in Israel. They’re called Wattif.

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Better Place Debuts EV Services Platform and Partners at Frankfurt Motor Show

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Better Place introduced its electric vehicle (EV) services platform at the Frankfurt Motor Show, in conjunction with Renault’s unveiling of the Fluence ZE Concept with Quickdrop (switchable) battery system and an expanded agreement with Renault, committing both companies to a volume of at least 100,000 electric cars in Israel and Denmark by 2016.

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