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California Energy Commission adopts offshore wind goals: 5GW by 2030, 25 GW by 2045

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2022

The California Energy Commission (CEC) adopted a report establishing offshore wind goals and moving the state one step closer to development of the clean energy resource off California’s coast. Additional transmission infrastructure will be needed to deliver offshore wind energy from this region to the grid.

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Siemens Gamesa and Siemens Energy investing €120M over 5 years to develop fully integrated offshore wind-to-hydrogen system

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JANUARY 18, 2021

Siemens Gamesa and Siemens Energy are joining forces to develop an innovative solution that fully integrates an electrolyzer into an offshore wind turbine as a single synchronized system to produce green hydrogen directly. It is a prime example of enabling us to store and transport wind energy, thus reducing the carbon footprint of economy.

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IBM introduces new wind and solar forecasting system for utilities; big data analytics and weather modeling to predict output

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AUGUST 12, 2013

The solution combines weather prediction and big data analytics to forecast accurately the availability of wind power and solar energy. This will enable utilities to integrate more renewable energy into the power grid, the company says. This project builds upon another IBM smarter analytics initiative at Denmark’s Vestas Wind Systems.

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Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

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JANUARY 11, 2014

The technology could fundamentally transform the way electricity is stored on the grid, making power from renewable energy sources such as wind and sun far more economical and reliable. Solid-electrode batteries maintain discharge at peak power for far too short a time to fully regulate wind or solar power output.

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30 Years Later: The Port That Turned Batteries, Data, and Wind into New Profit

CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 25, 2025

This logical progression builds upon the successfulgroundwork established in the. continued] The post 30 Years Later: The Port That Turned Batteries, Data, and Wind into New Profit appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Stanford study quantifies energetic costs of grid-scale energy storage over time; current batteries the worst performers; the need to improve cycle life by 3-10x

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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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EPRI, 8 automakers and 15 utilities to create an open grid integration platform for plug-in electric vehicles

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JULY 29, 2014

The Electric Power Research Institute, 8 automakers and 15 utilities are working to develop and to demonstrate an open platform that would integrate plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) with smart grid technologies enabling utilities to support PEV charging regardless of location. Automakers and V2G. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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New nanoparticle copper compound cathode could enable low-cost, long-life and high-power potassium-ion batteries for grid storage

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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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NREL researchers evaluating blockchain for transactive energy applications

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MAY 15, 2020

Distributing grid operational decision-making is revolutionary. —Dane Christensen, a mechanical engineer in NREL’s Residential Buildings Research Group and a principal investigator on a blockchain pilot project. NREL is building on this work to study the benefits for building owners and utilities.

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CMU researchers find controlled charging of PHEVs can cut cost of integration into electricity system by 54-73%; higher benefits with wind power

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JANUARY 24, 2014

The magnitude of these savings is ~5% to 15% higher in a system with 20% wind penetration compared to a system with no wind power, and the savings are 50–60% higher in a system that requires capacity expansion. Controlled charging can also take advantage of the high levels of wind generation that commonly occur at night in the US.

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US$105M WESTKÜSTE100 green hydrogen project receives funding approval from German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs

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AUGUST 10, 2020

Starting from today, the WESTKÜSTE100 partners will be working together to create this green future and build an ecologically and economically sustainable business model. In building and commissioning an industrial-scale electrolysis plant on our site we will become an active part of the industry of tomorrow.

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Xcel Energy, INL to use nuclear energy for clean hydrogen production; HTSE

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DECEMBER 13, 2020

It builds on a project launched last year to demonstrate how hydrogen production facilities could be installed at operating nuclear power plants. It offers a view of the energy structures of the future, which will integrate systems to maximize energy use, generator profitability and grid reliability all while minimizing carbon emissions.

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VW to use old EV batteries to build massive grid battery to store wind and solar

The Driven EV News

JUNE 12, 2024

Volkswagen plans to install large battery storage capacities in northern Germany to store wind and solar power, using mostly second-hand EV batteries. The post VW to use old EV batteries to build massive grid battery to store wind and solar appeared first on The Driven.

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Wanxiang and NEC to form joint venture for grid energy storage in China

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JUNE 13, 2014

China Wanxiang Holding announced the planned formation of a joint venture between its wholly-owned subsidiary, Puxing Energy, and NEC Corporation to pursue grid energy storage opportunities in the Chinese market. A123 Energy Solutions has commissioned two installations of its Grid Storage Solution (GSS) product line in China in recent months.

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Exro unveils new application for Coil Driver motor controller: optimizing charging and V2G

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JULY 16, 2021

Exro Technologies is introducing a new application for its patented Coil Driver technology—enabling EVs to fast charge seamlessly and provide electricity back to the grid regardless of power source or charger type. This includes charging capabilities from renewable energy sources like solar and wind power. Earlier post.).

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Scuderi Group to build and to install LPG-powered split-cycle generator with compressed air storage capability

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

The signing of the agreement begins the process of building and installing the first LPG-powered Scuderi power generator and energy storage systems. Scuderi Group will design and build four liquid propane gas-powered generators with CAES capability that will be sized and optimized according to each building’s requirements.

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Rolls-Royce to supply 60 MWh battery storage to Semper Power to stabilize the Dutch power grid

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NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The order also includes general contractor services, as well as the construction of the building and other infrastructure. Semper Power develops and operates energy storage systems for wind and solar farm developers, distribution grid operators and industrial customers.

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Northvolt to build third gigafactory in Germany

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MARCH 16, 2022

The region hosts the cleanest energy grid in Germany, one which is characterized by a surplus of electricity generated by onshore and offshore wind power and reinforced by clean energy provided through grid interconnections to Denmark and Norway. The selection of Heide, Schleswig-Holstein, is key to fulfilment of this objective.

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H2@Scale project launched in Texas; renewable hydrogen for multiple end-use applications

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The project partners will generate zero-carbon hydrogen onsite via electrolysis with solar and wind power and reformation of renewable natural gas from a Texas landfill. It is first time that both sources of renewable hydrogen will be used in the same project. The project started on 1 July 2020 and will continue for three years.

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SGH2 building largest green hydrogen production facility in California; gasification of waste into H2

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MAY 21, 2020

It can also provide lowest-cost long-term storage for electrical grids relying on renewable energy. Fluor, a global engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance company, which has best-in-class experience in building hydrogen-from-gasification plants, will provide front-end engineering and design for the Lancaster facility.

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Fraunhofer IFF team designing hydrogen factory of the future

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APRIL 11, 2020

Electricity sourced from sun and wind is used to split water into hydrogen and oxygen in a process called electrolysis. The hydrogen produced during electrolysis can be injected into the gas grid, used as fuel, converted into methane or methanol, and made available as industrial feedstock. The hydrogen factory of the future.

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BloombergNEF: solar, wind, batteries to attract $10T to 2050; curbing emissions long-term will require other technologies

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JUNE 19, 2019

Deep declines in wind, solar and battery technology costs will result in a grid nearly half-powered by the two fast-growing renewable energy sources by 2050, according to the latest projections from BloombergNEF (BNEF). Wind and solar grow from 7% of generation today to 48% by 2050. This will attract $13.3

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EU Innovation Fund grants €108M to RWE’s waste-to-hydrogen project FUREC

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JANUARY 21, 2023

As part of the FUREC project, RWE plans to build a pre-treatment plant in Zevenellen, Limburg, to convert non-recyclable municipal solid waste (MSW) into solid recovered fuel pellets. For comparison: This is equivalent to the output of a 700-megawatt offshore wind farm with coupled electrolyzers. textiles, paper).

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BNEF ups forecast for global investment in stationary energy storage, sees majority of capacity likely to be grid-scale

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JULY 31, 2019

The report goes on to model the impact of this on a global electricity system increasingly penetrated by low-cost wind and solar. In the near term, renewables-plus-storage, especially solar-plus-storage, has become a major driver for battery build. —Logan Goldie-Scot, head of energy storage at BNEF.

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Tevva and Vattenfall collaborate to develop zero-emission transport solution; electric with hydrogen range extender

Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2021

While the main energy source to Tevva’s electric trucks is grid electricity, the company optimizes hydrogen and fuel cell (H 2 FC) range extension to support the unique full-day, long-distance duty cycles of freight trucks.

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GM and ABB demonstrate community energy storage system built from 5 used Volt batteries; Duke Energy testing

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NOVEMBER 15, 2012

GM and ABB partnered to produce a prototype back-up power storage unit that repackages five used Volt batteries into a modular unit that becomes an uninterruptible power supply and grid power balancing system. Click to enlarge. a community energy storage system—built from five used Chevrolet Volt batteries.

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NSF awards UCSD team $39M to improve integration of distributed energy resources into grid; EV batteries also

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

The major driver for the project is the need to decarbonize the electrical grid, protect it from cybersecurity attacks and make it more resilient. We will be replicating the entire California power grid on one campus. Solar panel output depends on the weather, for example, as do wind turbines.

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Rystad Energy expects strong growth in hydrogen pipelines through 2035

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APRIL 11, 2023

Globally, Europe is at the forefront of efforts to produce and import green hydrogen and its attention is now turning to building the necessary infrastructure to get it to demand centers. Europe, with its extensive gas grid, is well placed to make the jump. Switching infrastructure from gas to hydrogen is possible and cost effective.

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ARPA-E awards $35M to 12 new projects to support medium-voltage devices for grid, industry and transportation

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

The US Department of Energy announced $35 million in awards for 12 projects that find new ways to harness medium-voltage electricity for applications in industry, transportation, on the grid and beyond. GE Global Research, Inline Gas Discharge Tube Breaker for Meshed MVDC Grids – $4,350,686.

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Bloomberg NEF forecasts falling battery prices enabling surge in wind and solar to 50% of global generation by 2050

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JUNE 19, 2018

BNEF predicts that lithium-ion battery prices, already down by nearly 80% per megawatt-hour since 2010, will continue to tumble as electric vehicle manufacturing builds up through the 2020s. trillion of that going to wind and solar and a further $1.5 trillion of that going to wind and solar and a further $1.5 NEO 2018 sees $11.5

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JRC study finds 8 metals for low-carbon energy technologies at risk of shortages; EVs, wind and solar, and lighting the applications of most concern

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NOVEMBER 4, 2013

The applications, i.e. technologies, of particular concern as a result are electric vehicles, wind and solar energy, and lighting. Dysprosium was identified as being the most at risk, as the EU is expected to require 25% of the expected world supply in 2020-2030 to meet the Union’s demand for hybrid and electric vehicles and wind turbines.

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Audi involved in EEBUS standard for intelligent connection of EVs and buildings

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JANUARY 30, 2019

Because of this, the new power consumers not only present an additional load on the power grid, but can potentially serve as flexible storage devices in the context of the variable availability of solar and wind power. It is conceivable that EEBUS devices will interact with the power grid to an even greater extent in the future.

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NREL researchers point toward building energy efficiency instead of long-term storage

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NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Incorporating energy efficiency measures can reduce the amount of storage needed to power the nation’s buildings entirely with renewable energy, according to analysis conducted by researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). —William Livingood.

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Volkswagen outlines coming changes to charging for its EVs

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DECEMBER 16, 2021

Charging and energy are becoming a core business for Volkswagen; the company is building a universal and seamless eco-system for charging its electric models. This means, for example, that wind turbines won’t need to be shut down because there isn’t anyone using them. It is planned to build around 20 new installations by 2025.

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

To help California mitigate its ever-growing wildfires, this year CalSEED has included companies that are innovating in technologies that will build wildfire resiliency into the grid. This novel technology would deliver safe, reliable, resilient, and cost-effective electric power in the grid.

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H2FUTURE building world’s largest green hydrogen pilot plant; targeting the steel industry

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APRIL 16, 2018

The European H2FUTURE project consortium, comprising voestalpine, Siemens, VERBUND, and Austrian Power Grid, together with the research partners K1-MET and ECN, officially gave the green light to the construction of a 6 MW “green” hydrogen pilot production plant—the world’s largest—at a voestalpine Linz steel plant.

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EGEB: Sweden’s Vattenfall commits to wind turbine blade landfill ban

Electrek

OCTOBER 15, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Vattenfall says it will recycle all of its wind turbine blades by 2030. The US Department of Energy spends $61 million on 10 grid-interactive efficient buildings pilot projects. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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Snam and RINA team up to accelerate the development of hydrogen sector

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APRIL 9, 2020

The biggest potential is in transport, buildings and industrial applications where some players use grey hydrogen today (e.g., Blending hydrogen in the grid (up to a 10-20% mix) for building heating is another area of wide possible adoption that could take place in the short- to mid-term. refining, high-heat processes).

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Get H2 partners propose green hydrogen pipeline in Europe

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MARCH 13, 2021

Seven companies from the GET H2 initiative in Europe want to build a cross-border pipeline for green hydrogen. Most of the transport will take place via existing gas grid lines (shown in orange), which will be converted to hydrogen transport. In Lingen (Emsland) RWE produces green hydrogen via an electrolysis plant.

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JANUARY 28, 2025

Modern power grids cant run without transformers, which step voltages up and down for distribution from power plants to power stations and on to homes and businesses. Whats worse, the way we use the power grid is stressing transformers even more. As Andrew Moseman reports in Engineers Transform Transformers to Save the Power Grid [p.

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Nissan and Endesa collaborating to deliver vehicle-to-grid systems to market

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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. Designing and evaluating potential affordable energy and mobility pack offers.

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Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The United States is not building enough transmission lines to connect regional power networks. The deficit is driving up electricity prices, reducing grid reliability, and hobbling renewable energy deployment. grids demands public scrutiny and accountability. Their grip over the backbone of U.S.

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2nd-life Chevrolet Volt batteries help power new IT building

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JUNE 16, 2015

A new solar array and two wind turbines feed the administration building’s circuit breaker panel, where the five Volt batteries work in parallel to supply power to the building, delivering net-zero energy use on an annual basis. Excess energy is sent back to the grid that supplies the Milford campus.

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M5BAT 5MW storage system integrates multiple battery technologies

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FEBRUARY 24, 2014

electric utility company, battery manufacturers Exide and beta-motion and inverter manufacturer SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA) have joined forces to build the first multi-technology, modular large-scale 5MW battery storage system. Batteries Power Generation Solar Wind' Energy Research Center at RWTH Aachen University, E.ON

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California Energy Commission adopts offshore wind goals: 5GW by 2030, 25 GW by 2045

Siemens Gamesa and Siemens Energy investing €120M over 5 years to develop fully integrated offshore wind-to-hydrogen system

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IBM introduces new wind and solar forecasting system for utilities; big data analytics and weather modeling to predict output

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Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

30 Years Later: The Port That Turned Batteries, Data, and Wind into New Profit

Stanford study quantifies energetic costs of grid-scale energy storage over time; current batteries the worst performers; the need to improve cycle life by 3-10x

EPRI, 8 automakers and 15 utilities to create an open grid integration platform for plug-in electric vehicles

New nanoparticle copper compound cathode could enable low-cost, long-life and high-power potassium-ion batteries for grid storage

NREL researchers evaluating blockchain for transactive energy applications

CMU researchers find controlled charging of PHEVs can cut cost of integration into electricity system by 54-73%; higher benefits with wind power

US$105M WESTKÜSTE100 green hydrogen project receives funding approval from German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs

Xcel Energy, INL to use nuclear energy for clean hydrogen production; HTSE

VW to use old EV batteries to build massive grid battery to store wind and solar

Wanxiang and NEC to form joint venture for grid energy storage in China

Exro unveils new application for Coil Driver motor controller: optimizing charging and V2G

Scuderi Group to build and to install LPG-powered split-cycle generator with compressed air storage capability

Rolls-Royce to supply 60 MWh battery storage to Semper Power to stabilize the Dutch power grid

Northvolt to build third gigafactory in Germany

H2@Scale project launched in Texas; renewable hydrogen for multiple end-use applications

SGH2 building largest green hydrogen production facility in California; gasification of waste into H2

Fraunhofer IFF team designing hydrogen factory of the future

BloombergNEF: solar, wind, batteries to attract $10T to 2050; curbing emissions long-term will require other technologies

EU Innovation Fund grants €108M to RWE’s waste-to-hydrogen project FUREC

BNEF ups forecast for global investment in stationary energy storage, sees majority of capacity likely to be grid-scale

Tevva and Vattenfall collaborate to develop zero-emission transport solution; electric with hydrogen range extender

GM and ABB demonstrate community energy storage system built from 5 used Volt batteries; Duke Energy testing

NSF awards UCSD team $39M to improve integration of distributed energy resources into grid; EV batteries also

Rystad Energy expects strong growth in hydrogen pipelines through 2035

ARPA-E awards $35M to 12 new projects to support medium-voltage devices for grid, industry and transportation

Bloomberg NEF forecasts falling battery prices enabling surge in wind and solar to 50% of global generation by 2050

JRC study finds 8 metals for low-carbon energy technologies at risk of shortages; EVs, wind and solar, and lighting the applications of most concern

Audi involved in EEBUS standard for intelligent connection of EVs and buildings

NREL researchers point toward building energy efficiency instead of long-term storage

Volkswagen outlines coming changes to charging for its EVs

CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

H2FUTURE building world’s largest green hydrogen pilot plant; targeting the steel industry

EGEB: Sweden’s Vattenfall commits to wind turbine blade landfill ban

Snam and RINA team up to accelerate the development of hydrogen sector

Get H2 partners propose green hydrogen pipeline in Europe

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Nissan and Endesa collaborating to deliver vehicle-to-grid systems to market

Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion

2nd-life Chevrolet Volt batteries help power new IT building

M5BAT 5MW storage system integrates multiple battery technologies

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