Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

Widely ignored, although gaining attention, is China’s strategic positioning as a crucial gatekeeper to several key “green” technologies, including battery energy storage to support electric vehicles (EVs)—specifically, battery electric vehicles (BEVs)—along with stationary storage for power grids.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Just over a year ago, a group of American researchers released a report warning that China possessed the capability to conduct an EMP attack against the United States. would face catastrophic consequences from an EMP attack given its growing dependence on electronics of all forms and complete reliance upon the electrical grid.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2021

and China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec Group) have formed a 50:50 joint venture: Cummins Enze (Guangdong) Hydrogen Technology Co., Cummins Enze, located in Foshan, Guangdong Province in China, will initially invest $47 million (RMB 300 million) to locate a manufacturing plant to produce proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzers.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2014

A123 Energy Solutions announced today that a new 2-megawatt Grid Storage Solution for Ray Power Systems Co. Located in Beijing, this is A123 Energy Solutions’ first deployment in China in commercial operation. a Beijing-based energy services company, is now in commercial operation providing frequency regulation services.

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Green Car Congress

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. Puxing Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Wanxiang Holding Co.,

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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 The announcement was originally made by the Tesla China Charging Team, who shared details and photos of the new Supercharger stalls in Lhasa.

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Electrek

DECEMBER 27, 2021

China’s largest offshore wind farm was connected to the grid at full capacity on Saturday, December 25. It transmitted power through undersea cables. more… The post China’s largest offshore wind farm is now fully connected to the grid appeared first on Electrek.

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Electrek

MAY 17, 2024

China’s first major sodium-ion battery energy storage station is now online, according to state-owned utility China Southern Power Grid Energy Storage.

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Teslarati

MARCH 19, 2024

As detailed in a press release from TagEnergy on Tuesday, the Jamesfield Megapack project outside of Abernathy, Scotland is now fully operational, offering 49MW of power and 98MWh of energy storage. TagEnergy also says that sections of the project began powering on in November 2023, as the system was progressively brought online.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2019

BP’s venturing business, BP Ventures, has invested in PowerShare, an integrated hardware and software solutions provider for electric vehicle (EV) charging in China. The investment is part of PowerShare’s Series A round, which was led by BP Ventures and draws support from DETONG Capital Partners, a leading private equity firm in China.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has developed a technology for efficiently managing photovoltaic (PV) and other power-generation systems and also the charging/discharging of electric vehicles (EVs) parked on company campuses. This November, Mitsubishi Electric and its affiliate Mitsubishi Electric (China) Co.,

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 1, 2022

As the number of electric vehicles on the world’s roads explodes, electric utilities are grappling with increasing demand while simultaneously having to stabilize their grids where more intermittent renewable-energy sources like wind and solar are coming online. That’s the promise of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology. million sold.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2011

China Southern Power Grid (CSG) and Better Place opened their Switchable Electric Car Experience Center in Guangzhou’s Pearl River New Town. Earlier this year, CSG and Better Place signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement in Guangzhou to develop EV infrastructure in China. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2022

Rhombus offers a broad portfolio of Underwriters Laboratory (UL)-certified DCFC charging solutions, including Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) capabilities. BorgWarner has just added Rhombus Energy Solutions, a provider of charging solutions in the North American market. Earlier post.)

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Electrek

AUGUST 22, 2022

According to a recent Weibo post, EV automaker NIO is testing its latest generation of battery swap stations in China. The post NIO is testing swap stations that reduce peak demand by sending energy back to the grid appeared first on Electrek.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 4, 2024

Photo: CGTN The world’s largest solar farm, in the desert in northwestern Xinjiang, is now connected to China’s grid. The state asset regulator’s website that cited the Power Construction Corp of China said it came online on Monday. billion kWh could power 2.03 The solar farm will generate about 6.09

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2016

National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB (Nevs) and State Grid Electric Vehicle Service Co., have signed a Strategic Cooperation Framework agreement under which State Grid will use Nevs as a preferred partner for mobility solutions and as a supplier of electric vehicles. State Grid Electric Vehicle Service Co., million employees.

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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. The State Grid system is demonstrating a stable solution for transferring vast amounts of renewable electricity safely to the grid on an unprecedented scale. billion RMB).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

New investment in wind, solar, and other clean energy projects in developing nations dropped sharply in 2018, largely due to a slowdown in China. The findings suggest that developing nations are moving toward cleaner power but not nearly fast enough to limit global CO 2 emissions. The decline was not confined to China, however.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2022

GWP processing routes using both grid-mix electricity and renewable electricity were evaluated in-line with LCA best-practice and Global Battery Alliance requirements for the battery passport. HPMSM produced via EMM dissolution has a carbon footprint 59% lower at Chvaletice compared to HPMSM produced in China.

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AUGUST 18, 2022

Tesla’s Gigafactory Shanghai currently gets a lot of its supply from local companies, but amidst China’s power cuts in Sichuan province, some suppliers are at risk of having their lights turned off. Tesla China is yet to issue a direct statement on the matter. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

Photo: Shenzhen Government Online Shenzhen, the home of Chinese EV giant BYD, says it’s become the first in China to have more supercharging plugs than gas pumps. So, the city has to plan carefully so as not to overburden the grid as both EVs and superchargers rapidly come online. The city of 12.5 The city of 12.5 Get started here. –

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2011

Better Place and China Southern Power Grid Co. The agreement, which focuses on joint electric car and infrastructure projects in CSG’s service areas, will further advance electric cars with switchable batteries in China. —China Southern Grid Chairman Zhao Jianguo.

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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. —Eldon Mou, CEO of Ray Power.

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Teslarati

MAY 30, 2022

Elon Musk has given credit to China for its hard work in renewable energy and electric vehicles. Few seem to realize that China is leading the world in renewable energy generation and electric vehicles. Whatever you may think of China, this is simply a fact,” Musk noted. . Whatever you may think of China, this is simply a fact.

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JUNE 27, 2022

Unlike those you may have grown accustomed to seeing, many of these stations don’t just charge electric cars—they can also send power from vehicle batteries to the local utility grid for use by homes and businesses. Debates over the feasibility and value of such vehicle-to-grid technology go back decades. Kempton and Letendre’s.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2016

The Changji-Guquan UHVDC link will transmit power from the Xinjiang region in the Northwest to Anhui province in eastern China and will set a new world record in terms of voltage level, transmission capacity and distance. —Claudio Facchin, President of ABB’s Power Grids division.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

The US and China jointly announced greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets. At the same time, President Xi Jinping of China announced targets to peak that country’s CO 2 emissions around 2030, with the intention to try to peak early, and to increase the non-fossil fuel share of all energy to around 20% by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2019

These include energy shifting (moving in time the dispatch of electricity to the grid, often from times of excess solar and wind generation), peaking in the bulk power system (to deal with demand spikes), as well as for customers looking to save on their energy bills by buying electricity at cheap hours and using it later.

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MAY 28, 2024

Credit: Tesla | LinkedIn Tesla has been steadily increasing production and deployment of its energy products over the last few years, especially its grid-scale Megapack batteries. Along with the grid-scale Megapacks, Tesla sells its Powerwall home batteries , which are able to store backup power generated from solar.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

A study by researchers at Harvard University and Tsinghua University shows that there is enough wind in China to generate electricity to supply the nation's entire projected demand for 2030 (about twice what is used now) at reasonable prices per kilowatt-hour. Nielsen, Yuxuan Wang (2009) Potential for Wind-Generated Electricity in China.

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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. China leads the pack with a 40-70% cost reduction in utility-scale solar, onshore wind, and offshore wind compared to other Asia Pacific markets.

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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

AUGUST 6, 2013

Source: “Electric Vehicle Grid Integration”. Bradley & Associates, commissioned by the Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) and the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), examines key drivers of EV adoption in the US, Europe and China, with an emphasis on vehicle charging scenarios and infrastructure. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2022

Among alternative powertrains, consumer interest in battery electric vehicles (BEVs) is highest in the Republic of Korea (23%), China (17%) and Germany (15%), while Japanese consumers showed the highest preference towards hybrid electric vehicles (HEV/PHEV) (48%) followed by the Republic of Korea (35%).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2021

As part of this effort, by the early 2030s every all-new Nissan vehicle offering in key markets—Japan, China, the US and Europe—will be electrified. Nissan anticipates increased collaboration with the energy sector to support the decarbonization of power grids; and.

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Baua Electric

MAY 17, 2024

Photo: China Southern Power Grid Energy Storage China’s first major sodium-ion battery energy storage station is now online, according to state-owned utility China Southern Power Grid Energy Storage. Its initial storage capacity is said to be 10 megawatt hours (MWh). The system comprises 22,000 cells.

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