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OCTOBER 20, 2022

billion to 21 projects to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and the electrical grid and for materials and components currently imported from other countries. billion will go to 11 projects in the materials separation and processing segment of the supply chain. Earlier post.) Of that, $1.6

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

ClearFlame Engine Technologies, a company developing net-zero engine technology ( earlier post ), has hit a number of key milestones through multiple partnerships with customers, manufacturers, and fuel providers. The commencement of ClearFlame’s first pilot fleet trial with Beck’s, highlighting strong interest from commercial fleets.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2022

product—LiGas( earlier post )—recently expanded its manufacturing facility, corporate offices and team of experts as interest grows in LiGas. South 8 Technologies, Inc., the developer of a novel liquefied gas electrolyte. The LiGas electrolyte also provides expanded functions in extreme environments.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

This includes making available $2 billion in grants and up to $10 billion in loans to support automotive manufacturing conversion projects that retain high-quality jobs in communities that currently host these manufacturing facilities. Converting and Retrofitting America’s Manufacturing Plants.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2022

billion in a new battery cell manufacturing plant, called ONE Circle, in Van Buren Township, Michigan. This more sustainable approach to cell manufacturing is further supported by ONE’s partnership with DTE Energy to operate a grid-tied factory with utility-scale energy storage.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2022

The station will serve as a proof of concept for the future commercialization of a power generation unit for use as a zero-emission backup power source for facilities such as data centers, which require reliable and clean auxiliary power generation to continue operations even in emergency situations. Plant, Cooling Tower, Grid Inverter.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2022

DOE intends to fund battery materials refining and production plants, battery cell and pack manufacturing facilities, and recycling facilities. billion to fund research and development within electric vehicle battery processing and increase domestic battery manufacturing. Open Topic.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2023

Westinghouse Electric Company, Front-End Engineering Designs and Investigative Studies for Integrating Commercial Electrolysis Hydrogen Production with Selected Light-Water Reactors. The Electric Power Research Institute will demonstrate advanced manufacturing of small modular reactor components to support the US supply chain.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2017

Nissan, Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, PSA Groupe, NUVVE, Frederiksberg Forsyning, Enel, Insero and DTU (Technical University of Denmark) Electrical Engineering (PowerLabDK) are partnering in the Danish project Parker to develop a universal definition for grid integration for electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2022

billion to 21 projects to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and the electrical grid and for materials and components currently imported from other countries. Of that, $75,000 will go to one project in the recycling segment of the supply chain. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE)’s Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO) renewed funding for PowerAmerica , DOE’s first Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute. Raleigh-based PowerAmerica commercialized more than 10 WBG technologies over five years.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2021

DANNAR manufactures the DANNAR Mobile Power Station (MPS), a configurable platform that serves as both a multi-purpose work utility vehicle as well as a mobile power supply. Nuvera is a developer of fuel cells for commercial power, especially for motive applications. Nuvera is a subsidiary of Hyster-Yale Group, Inc.,

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APRIL 11, 2023

Hydrogen pipelines are already used to supply industrial hubs (at petrochemical plants for example). Europe, with its extensive gas grid, is well placed to make the jump. Mt of local supply with startup by 2030 (or only 2.1 Switching infrastructure from gas to hydrogen is possible and cost effective. Additionally, 3.4

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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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MAY 6, 2021

Demand outlooks and supply vulnerabilities vary widely by mineral, but the energy sector’s overall needs for critical minerals could increase by as much as six times by 2040, depending on how rapidly governments act to reduce emissions. Source: IEA. However, in climate-driven scenarios, these positions are reversed well before 2040.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Following the start of series production of fuel cells in December 2022, the Danish fuel cell developer and manufacturer Blue World Technologies is now launching the CellPack Stationary, a methanol fuel cell-based power generator. When powered by renewable methanol, CellPack Stationary has carbon-neutral operation.

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JUNE 29, 2022

In an update to a 2020 study, the Faraday Institution predicts that there will be demand for ten UK-based gigafactories (large, high volume battery manufacturing facilities) by 2040, each producing 20 GWh per year of batteries. Inclusion of additional battery demand from commercial vehicles, HGVs, buses, micromobility and grid storage.

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OCTOBER 22, 2021

Founded by industry veteran and former US Department of Energy executive Sanjiv Malhotra, SPARKZ will begin commercialization of a cobalt-free, US-made Lithium-ion battery, while continuing its research and development focused on re-engineering the rest of the battery supply chain.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Two UK-based companies—Williams Advanced Engineering and Unipart Manufacturing Group—have formed a new joint venture—Hyperbat Limited—to produce batteries for future hybrid and electric vehicles. What will be the UK’s largest independent vehicle battery manufacturer will open in early 2019 in Coventry.

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MARCH 5, 2023

marking the company's first step toward future commercialization of zero-emission backup power generation. Now fully operational as a demonstration program, Honda’s fuel cell power station supplies clean and quiet emergency backup power to the data center on the campus of American Honda Motor Co.,

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JANUARY 24, 2023

The local grid near the company’s headquarters in Southern California provides 2 MW of power, while its fifth-generation fusion research reactor, Norman, operates at up to 750 MW. Background. The path to Power Solutions began with TAE solving a power problem for fusion. billion.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Photo: Paired Power Meet PairTree – a solar-powered canopy that charges EVs off-grid – that’s made by US-based solar charging infrastructure manufacturer Paired Power. In September 2023 , Paired Power supplied a PairTree to be used by a Monarch electric tractor at California’s Kaerskov Vineyard and Carr Winery.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

A rugged, injection-molded thermoplastic polymer exterior provides an optimized structure into which the electrodes are inserted—the Z3 design requires just 20 of them—minimizing materials, manufacturing, and maintenance while eliminating the risk of any external leaking.

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APRIL 26, 2018

The project is a first step toward realizing the 2030 vision of a low-carbon hydrogen supply chain formulated by the Aichi Low-carbon Hydrogen Supply Chain Promotion Association, a body which includes the Aichi prefectural government, companies operating within the prefecture, municipal authorities, and experts. Background.

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JUNE 28, 2023

HADC is a special purpose energy company that will commercialize e1’s proprietary methanol-to-hydrogen generation technology for fuel cell applications within the aerospace sector including: Grid independent charging of electric aircraft. Grid independent charging of airport equipment, service vehicles and airport based rental cars.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Ford revealed the production version of the new Transit Custom plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) at IAA Commercial Vehicle show in Hannover, Germany. Ford is the first volume manufacturer to offer PHEV technology in this segment of the van market. The PHEV model will enter volume production in the second half of 2019.

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JULY 15, 2021

Operators can use the systems to store energy from solar panels and deliver power to the grid during cloudy days or at night. Or, they can supply the green hydrogen to other industries, such as cargo shipping and steel production. The initiative comes as the global electricity sector is clamoring for grid-storage solutions.

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DECEMBER 2, 2013

has developed a container-type energy storage system as a core energy product for ensuring the stable use of distributed renewable energy such as wind and solar power, while maintaining the power supply-demand balance. Hitachi, Ltd. s battery-related expertise. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2013

A vehicle-to-grid (V2G) project between the University of Delaware and NRG Energy has begun selling power to PJM Interconnection for the power grid. Frequency regulations is used to balance supply and demand on the grid second-by-second. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Kormos, senior vice president of PJM Operations.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

Researchers at WMG at the University of Warwick (UK) have developed a method to assess the maximum current for commercial 18650 Li-ion batteries, using novel instrumentation methods enabling in operando measurements. times higher than the manufacturer-stated maximum. 2018.01.076.

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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. This is good for the grid.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2018

Volvo Trucks introduced its first battery-electric truck for commercial use: the Volvo FL Electric for urban distribution and refuse operations, among other applications. AC charging is via the mains grid (22 kW) or DC fast charge via CCS/Combo2 for up to 150 kW. Max torque from the electric motor is 425 N·m.

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APRIL 30, 2022

In 2021, Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen) launched a call for proposals to support R&D projects for zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) manufacturing, systems, components, and batteries in Canada. The selected projects are: Advanced Manufacturing Process Innovations – Flex-Ion Battery Innovation Center. Lead: Ventra Group Co.;

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JUNE 9, 2021

The Federal Consortium for Advanced Batteries (FCAB) ( earlier post ) has released the National Blueprint for Lithium Batteries 2021–2030 to guide investments in the urgent development of a domestic lithium-battery manufacturing value chain. Stimulate the US electrode, cell, and pack manufacturing sectors.

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JULY 17, 2020

Vulcan will pump hot lithium-rich brine from production wells up to the surface, then use the co-generated geothermal energy to drive lithium extraction using its proprietary technique, with excess renewable energy as a saleable by-product that can be fed back into the grid. Batteries are a key technology of our time.

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JULY 22, 2021

announced a battery and power electronics development and supply agreement and an investment in eNow, Inc., a provider of solar and battery power systems that enable fully-electric Transport Refrigeration Units (eTRUs) for Class 8 commercial trailers. XL Fleet Corp.

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AUGUST 11, 2016

the giant Japanese integrated trading company, will start selling fuel cells for commercial vehicles via a partnership with California-based US Hybrid. Sumitomo, which is strengthening its automobile business and expects growth in the fuel cell market, plans to supply mostly Japanese commercial vehicle makers, according to the report.

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