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Duke Energy partnering with Ford in V2G pilot

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The pilot program will allow Duke Energy to draw energy up to three times per month during higher peak winter and summer months, and one time per month during the remaining months of the year, for testing and research purposes and to support the energy grid during peak usage hours.

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Consumers Think Renewable Energy Inadequate for EV Charging

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Consumers Think Renewable Energy Inadequate for EV Charging Are They Right? Zero-emissions cars now populate the roads where they were once rare, and new models emerge regularly, but this growth calls the charging infrastructure into question. Renewable energy currently accounts for just 17% of electricity sources in the U.S.,

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Partners begin work on Energiepark Mainz; hydrogen from renewable sources; power-to-gas

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Germany’s Minister of Economics and Technology, Sigmar Gabriel, together with representatives of power utility Stadtwerke Mainz AG, Siemens AG, The Linde Group and RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, inaugurated the construction of the Energiepark Mainz. This makes it possible to store electricity from renewable energy sources.

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What is V2X?

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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. Although there have been a number of successful V2X pilots, it is still considered an emerging technology. .

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Tesla car batteries are being used in a study on how EVs could help power the grid

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In an announcement on Wednesday, the University of Queensland (UQ) in Australia stated that it would be recruiting Tesla owners across the globe to analyze if the all-electric vehicles’ spare battery capacity could be utilized to support the energy grid — and perhaps even power homes in the near future.

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UC Riverside opening Sustainable Integrated Grid Initiative; integration of solar energy, battery storage and electric and hybrid vehicles

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The testbed, which is located at UC Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT), includes: Four megawatts of solar photovoltaic panels. Two megawatt-hours of battery energy storage. 27 electric vehicle charging stations. Solar carport. Click to enlarge.

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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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DERConnect will address an outstanding national need for large-scale testing capabilities across universities, national labs, industry, utility companies and Independent System Operators to validate future technologies for autonomous energy grids in real-word scenarios.

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