Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2022

Global investment in renewable energy totaled $226 billion in the first half of 2022, setting a new record for the first six months of a year, according to Renewable Energy Investment Tracker 2H 2022, a new report published by research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). Wind project financing was up 16% from 1H 2021, at $84 billion.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2011

Li-ion battery manufacturer A123 Systems will supply a 500kW Li-ion energy storage solution to Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC), the third largest manufacturer of wind turbines in the People’s Republic of China and the country’s largest exporter of power equipment.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2012

A123 Systems will supply a 2MW grid Li-ion energy storage system to Ray Power Systems Co. The project in China will be designed to validate the technical capabilities and benefits of energy storage as a fast-ramping, accurate and clean resource for providing frequency regulation services.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Altairnano has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Shenhua Science & Technology and its research affiliate, the National Institute of Clean and Low-carbon Energy (NICE), jointly to develop, deploy and promote industrial applications of lithium titanate-based energy storage systems in China.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 31, 2011

BYD and the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) have finished construction on what may be the world’s largest battery energy storage station. Although BYD manufactures 1GW of solar panels annually, their role in this project was primarily providing energy storage batteries in arrays larger than a football field.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2022

The world will need more than twenty times the amount of lithium than was mined last year to meet demand by mid-century, driven by growth in energy storage and electric vehicles, according to new analysis from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. Annual production of 11.2 —Simon Moore.

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Teslarati

JUNE 23, 2021

Tesla China announced earlier that it has launched a solar-powered Supercharger facility in Lhasa, the administrative capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region. The announcement was originally made by the Tesla China Charging Team, who shared details and photos of the new Supercharger stalls in Lhasa.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 12, 2024

CNESA forecast improvements in the economics of battery energy storage in China this year, without providing specifics. Growth in China’s battery storage capacity could slow down in 2024, according to an industry association, as energy storage struggles with low profitability.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 11, 2024

Growth in China’s battery storage capacity could slow down in 2024, according to an industry association, as energy storage struggles with low profitability. That estimate lags the expected growth in sales of energy storage products, which will rise 35% year-on-year globally, according to the white paper.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2013

IBM has developed an advanced power and weather modeling technology that will help utilities increase the reliability of renewable energy resources. The solution combines weather prediction and big data analytics to forecast accurately the availability of wind power and solar energy.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2021

Together with Aalborg University, among others, and with grants from the Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program (EUDP), MHO-Co will test fuel cells and new battery technology on the shipping company's advanced hybrid vessels. million comes from grants from the Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program (EUDP).

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Green Fuel Batteries Battery 312

Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2017

Maxwell Technologies and Nesscap Energy Inc., leading developers and manufacturers of capacitive energy storage and power delivery solutions, have entered into an agreement in which Maxwell proposes to acquire substantially all of the assets and business of Nesscap for a total purchase price of $23.175 million, or about 1.1

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2021

Researchers in China led by a team from Fudan University have demonstrated the electrochemical reduction of CO 2 toward C 2+ alcohols with a faradaic efficiency of ~70% using copper (Cu) catalysts with stepped sites. C 2+ alcohols are desirable due to their high energy densities and large global market capacities.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Those high magnetic fields may one day enable nuclear fusion energy, which I wrote about recently [see “ This Fusion Reactor Is Held Together With Tape ”]. But the materials could show up sooner in a wide array of practical applications, including wind power, energy storage, and nuclear magnetic-resonance machines.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

General Motors plans to generate or source all electrical power for its 350 operations in 59 countries with 100% renewable energy—such as wind, sun and landfill gas—by 2050. Establishing a 100 percent renewable energy goal helps us better serve society by reducing environmental impact. Other automakers in RE100.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The Consortium, which includes more than 90 member companies worldwide supporting pre-competitive research into lead battery technology, is preparing for a surge in demand for energy storage in the next decade. I expect worldwide demand for energy storage to jump significantly in the next decade.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2021

2021 was a big year for energy-related news, what with the ongoing hunt for new forms of energy storage and cleaner if not carbon-free electricity and events and research that spotlighted the weak links in our power grid. China Says It's Closing in on Thorium Nuclear Reactor Also getting a second look: nuclear power!

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2012

a manufacturer of wind turbine power control systems in Suzhou, China. This effort helps meet the wind power generation development requirement in China toward large power and offshore wind turbines. The main control system is applicable for 1.5MW and 2.5MW wind power generation equipment.

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Wind Energy Storage Installation China 199

Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2023

The amount is just a fraction of the estimated $35 trillion needed to be spent on the energy transition by 2030, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency. This includes spending on renewables such as wind and solar as well as grid and other infrastructure. trillion in 2022, IRENA said. The cost of geopolitics.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Photo: China News Service Renewable energy costs in Asia last year were 13% cheaper than coal and are expected to be 32% cheaper by 2030, according to a new study. This is significant because it marks a shift toward making renewables increasingly competitive with coal, a mainstay in APAC’s energy mix.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2022

China is the leading graphite producer, dominating the entire supply chain for lithium-ion batteries. According to the European Carbon and Graphite Association (ECGA), there are only two small mines in the EU—located in Austria and in Germany—but the mined grades are not suitable for energy storage applications.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2011

a manufacturer of premium performance ultracapacitor technology for transportation, alternative energy, medical, industrial and consumer product markets ( earlier post ), has increased its presence in China with a new entity in Hong Kong, Ioxus Asia Limited. Ioxus, Inc., and Asiacom Technology. Earlier post.)

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The hope is, these floating leviathans will collaborate with satellites to detect hypersonic missiles, like those being developed by Russia and China. China's Big Hydro Plans China is in the midst of a gigantic buildup of hydro-energy capabilities. As a bonus, the tech onboard the balloons runs on solar power.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 7, 2023

RMI experts Sam Butler-Sloss and Kingsmill Bond distill the energy transition down to five crucial concepts.

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Energy Concept Energy Storage Wind 132

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2011

“ Why do you need energy storage on the grid, when the grid is full of power plants that generate all the energy that is needed? Due to the inherent capital costs and characteristics of the leading alternative energy mediums: Hydro, Wind and Solar, Solar deployment has started to emerge as the leading candidate of choice.

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Store Grid Energy Storage Wind 279

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

recently reached a definitive agreement whereby China-based Canon Investment Holdings Limited would purchase newly issued common shares of Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. Headquartered in Zhuhai, China, Canon is the holding company of Yintong Energy Company Ltd. Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. The agreement provides up to $6.6

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2016

The US Department of Energy is soliciting applications ( DE-FOA-0001542 ) for the formation of a Consortium to pursue five identified R&D topic areas related to improving the operating efficiency of medium- and heavy-duty trucks. Overall energy management (system level efficiency improvements). Energy storage systems.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The primary energy fallacy is the assumption that all of the energy in all of the oil, gas and coal we burn today must be replaced. We don't need to replace it, we need to replace the unwasted energy services.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 11, 2022

The narrative that Americans and many Europeans share about China and themselves is not aligned with observable reality, and the USA is in significant danger of economic decline even as the world improves.

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

On the other hand, the two-way charging technology will further promote the transition of cars to clean energy while redefining the functions and application scenarios of electric vehicles. As freezing winds blow across his construction site in northern China every morning, Liu Jianhong gathers his workers for hot tea.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2015

A team of scientists at Virginia Commonwealth University has synthesized a powerful new magnetic material that could reduce the dependence of the United States and other nations on rare earth elements produced by China. Nearly 70 to 80 percent of the current rare earth materials are produced in China. El-Gendy, Ahmed A.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 2, 2023

Japan will either figure it out or suffer the consequences of being completely unable to compete internationally and see their economy collapse to the point that they can't afford to import energy any more.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2013

As both established and developing countries adopt electricity market structures and rules to make the grid more energy-efficient rather than energy-intense, greater opportunities for V2G business models and technologies will emerge, Navigant suggests. Earlier post.).

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 24, 2023

I see this study as part of a strategy on China's part to deliver the energy economy of the future in Sub-Saharan Africa, bringing the region out of energy poverty over the coming decades.

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Africa Economy China Energy 81

Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2022

The magnets—and thus the rotor—follow the rotating alternating current field in the stator windings. In the EQS SUV, Mercedes-Benz uses a pull-in winding for a particularly strong magnetic field. The motor on the rear axle is particularly powerful due to its six-phase design: it has two windings with three phases each.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2013

The technology can be also used to store surplus energy in the gas pipeline system and to balance energy supply against demand. Clariant is also part of iC 4 , a R&D cooperation of major participants from the chemical and energy sectors. Fuels Hydrogen Natural Gas Power Generation Wind'

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Advanced biofuels, concentrated solar power (CSP), and solar photovoltaic power (PV) will see accelerating adoption and growth and are on track to change the global energy mix far earlier than is often assumed, according to a new report from The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The report, “What’s Next for Alternative Energy?,”

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