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UPA installs 500 kWh containerized Li-ion system from BYD for grid storage

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The 40-foot unit is located in south Charlotte and has several BYD-vertically integrated components including a 200 kW bi-directional, UL-compliant BYD inverter with BYD’s 500 kWh Iron Phosphate battery. Expected service life of the Iron-Phosphate batteries is more than 25 years. —a new benchmark for the ESS industry, according to BYD.

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New Tesla Superchargers blocked by union efforts in Sweden: report

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These plans appear to have been put on hold for now since Seko’s members have stopped connecting Tesla’s Superchargers to local power grids. As per Dage ns Arbete , the electricity grids are run as local monopolies in Sweden. They simply will not be connected to the electricity grid,” Kling said.

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Duke Energy partnering with Ford in V2G pilot

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Duke Energy and Ford Motor Company are partnering on a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) pilot. In exchange, customers will allow their EVs to feed energy back to the grid, helping to balance it during peak demand. Stored energy drawn from the electric vehicles’ batteries will help balance the power grid during periods of highest energy demand.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Laredo Bus Facility Solar Canopies: Provide shade structures with integrated, grid tied photovoltaic cells to be erected on the bus storage lot at the Laredo Bus Maintenance Facility. The largest PV installation in Georgia. City of Charlotte/Charlotte Area Transit System, North Carolina: $3,000,000.

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BMW Announces National Adaptive EV Charging System Expansion

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The proclamation coincides with the launch of the brand’s all-electric i5 and is supposed to incentivize customers into “aligning their vehicle charging with times when renewable energy is highest on the grid.” Managing the electrical grid has always been ticky and using vehicle data will make regional energy needs easier to anticipate.

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