Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2013

A plot of ESOI for 7 potential grid-scale energy storage technologies. Benson from Stanford University and Stanford’s Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) has quantified the energetic costs of 7 different grid-scale energy storage technologies over time. Credit: Barnhart and Benson, 2013. Click to enlarge.

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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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NOVEMBER 25, 2022

—Steve Scrimshaw, VP at Siemens Energy UK & Ireland and a member of the UK Government’s Hydrogen Advisory Council. It can be used for storing large amounts of hydrogen in a liquid form that builds on existing global supply chain infrastructure. The ammonia is stored, before being used for electricity generation.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2015

Bloomberg reports that the Volkswagen Group will decide by July how to proceed with solid state energy storage technology under development by Quantumscape ( earlier post) , citing Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Board of Management, who spoke outside a press conference in Stuttgart. Progress has been made, ” he said.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Citroën Cactus concept with Airbumps (not related to the Hybrid Air powertrain). At the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show, Citroën will showcase its Cactus C-segment concept car, featuring, among other technologies, the Hybrid Air powertrain co-developed by PSA Peugeot Citroën and Bosch. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Australia-based Ecoult has been awarded a Hydro Tasmania contract to supply the largest battery-based renewable energy storage system in Australia for the King Island Renewable Energy Integration Project (KIREIP). The storage system will have the capacity to power the entire island for up to 45 minutes. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

At first glance, renewable-energy sources like solar power and energy-storage battery packs seem like a logical match. Energy storage allows excess power collected by solar panels to be stored for later use, addressing the intermittent nature of solar power.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2009

Siemens earlier this year launched a new hybrid energy storage system for streetcars that combines a double-layer capacitor (DLC) and NiMH battery pack. Streetcars equipped with the Sitras HES hybrid energy storage system can be driven up to 2,500 meters (1.6 miles) without an overheadcontactt line (OCL).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

International Battery (IB), a US manufacturer and developer of large-format lithium-ion rechargeable batteries, has been chosen as the battery system provider for the first-of-its-kind Community Energy Storage (CES) systems, developed by S&C Electric Company for American Electric Power (AEP).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2010

RWE, GE, Züblin, and Germany’s National Research Center for Aeronautics are cooperating in the ADELE project, which is developing large-scale adiabatic compressed air energy storage. To implement this project, not only advanced turbo machines but also an innovative high-temperature thermal energy storage concept has been required.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2019

Professor Kondo-Francois Aguey-Zinsou and his team at UNSW’s School of Chemical Engineering have developed a system that provides cheap storage and transportation of hydrogen which they expect will provide a new alternative for energy storage within two years. with a particle size below 10 nm). with a particle size below 10 nm).

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

But the materials could show up sooner in a wide array of practical applications, including wind power, energy storage, and nuclear magnetic-resonance machines. Once the coil is charged, the energy can be stored nearly indefinitely with little to no decay, provided that the cooling is maintained.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Researchers from Purdue University and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland are proposing a new integrated process involving the co-production of hydrogen and electricity from solar thermal energy—a concept they label “hydricity”. —Gençer et al.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2012

Basic concepts of using Artemis Digital Displacement technology in a hybrid application. We believe that the Artemis Digital Displacement technology is ideally suited both to railway driveline applications requiring highly efficient fluid power, and to use with an advanced mechanical energy storage system such as Ricardo’s Kinergy.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2023

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Sandia National Laboratories, co-leads of the Heliostat Consortium , announced seven awardees from a request for proposals (RFP) aimed at achieving DOE’s goals for heliostat cost reduction, sustained multifaceted innovation, and improved solar field performance.

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JUNE 29, 2023

The BMW iX5 Hydrogen developed on the basis of the current BMW X5 was first unveiled as a concept at the IAA show in 2019. In coasting overrun and braking phases, the motor also serves as a generator, feeding energy back into a power battery.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Hydrogen as a direct energy storage medium is also ruled out for these ship types, as its low volumetric energy density would require it to be stored in huge hydrogen tanks in a cryogenic or highly compressed state. This is not a sustainable option for the maritime industry, Freudenberg says.

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JULY 19, 2009

The national energy company of Greenland, Nukissiorfiit , has launched the H2KT project to establish a demonstration hydrogen and fuel cell plant in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, for storage of renewable energy. Concept of the H2KT project. Click to enlarge. In addition to the electrolysis unit (19.4 Nm 3 /hour, max.)

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JULY 1, 2022

The holistic concept for sustainability also includes the extensive use of renewable energy in the production of the BMW i3. In addition, BMW i high-voltage batteries are used as stationary energy storage systems for electricity generated from renewable sources such as wind or solar power.

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JULY 31, 2014

In the journal Nature Materials , the team led by professor Keith Stevenson reports a new energy storage mechanism for pseudocapacitor electrodes that promises to boost the energy density and power density of pseudocapacitor devices. —Mefford et al. —Tyler Mefford, graduate student and lead author. Resources.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Researchers from Imperial College London and their European partners, including Volvo Car Corporation, are developing a prototype multifunctional structural composite material composed of carbon fibers and a polymer resin which can store and discharge electrical energy and which is also strong and lightweight enough to be used for car parts.

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JULY 22, 2021

From 2025, these will be used in power generation solutions—from balancing energy for compensating fluctuations in the public grid to continuous power and the provision of emergency power in, for example, hospitals and data centers. This is not yet relevant for Rolls-Royce applications. but also second-generation biofuels).

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JANUARY 18, 2019

Energy Secretary Rick Perry announced the launch of a Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Prize and the establishment of an associated Battery Recycling R&D Center. cobalt and lithium) from lithium-based battery technology used in consumer electronics, defense, energy storage, and transportation applications.

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JULY 3, 2018

Showcasing the merits of this technology is the Concept Sprinter F-CELL. Left to right: eVito, eSprinter, Concept Sprinter F-CELL. The energy storage units are located underneath the vehicle and do not impinge on cargo space in any way. Concept Sprinter F-CELL showcases expansion of eDrive@VANs strategy.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Daimler AG, with its wholly owned subsidiary ACCUMOTIVE, and enercity (Stadtwerke Hannover AG) will begin construction of a new stationary energy storage system (ESS) this year; the facility also functions as a spare parts storage facility for electromotive battery systems. Battery health.

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MARCH 27, 2024

The alliance, including India, aims to secure 5 GW of battery energy storage by 2024, aligning with the long-term goal of developing 90 GW of storage capacity worldwide. Electric vehicles (EVs) equipped with battery technology not only reduce emissions but also contribute to a more resilient energy ecosystem.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2020

Currently, hydrogen is mainly produced centrally from fossil resources and compressed or liquefied in an expensive and energy-intensive process in order to be able to supply it to filling stations. Additionally, expensive infrastructure with high investment costs is needed there to store large quantities of hydrogen. OSOD H2 generator.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2021

For batteries to fit into narrow and crooked spaces and to store more energy for e.g. electric mobility, flexibly adaptable cells are required. AgiloBat1 started in 2020 as a mere development and concept phase of the Innovation Campus “Future Mobility” (ICM) funded by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry for Science, Research, and the Arts.

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APRIL 13, 2015

This will be the first demonstration of this energy storage system concept in the US, and will provide data on the dynamics of electrolyzers in a renewable energy system. To address large scale energy storage requirements, Proton has launched a new commercial megawatt (MW) scale electrolyzer platform, the M Series.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 14, 2022

The California-based Hyperlight Energy will be piloting an installation where they plan to use existing oil wells as solar thermal wellsprings, with the stored energy being converted back to clean electricity when required. The Tectonic Sun and Hylux system combines concentrated solar power with underground thermal storage.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2010

The Oshkosh Extreme Racing team Light Concept Vehicle (LCV) M2. Oshkosh Corporation ran two Light Concept Vehicles (LCV) through the 43 rd Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 off-road race course in Mexico, 18-20 November; one crossed the finish line of the 1,061-mile desert course. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 30, 2023

These appliances are part of the broader concept of the Internet of Things (IoT), where everyday objects are connected to the internet, enabling them to collect and exchange data for improved functionality and user convenience. Flow Batteries: These batteries store energy in liquid electrolytes.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Rather than a lithium-ion battery, the Sián uses supercapacitors—a technology pioneered originally in the Lamborghini Aventador but significantly enhanced to store ten times the power. The Sián energy storage is three times more powerful than a battery of the same weight and three times lighter than a battery producing the same power.

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DECEMBER 6, 2017

Honda has invested in advanced bi-directional charging technology at its European R&D site in Offenbach, Germany, which is helping to balance demand and store energy more efficiently across the facility. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2015

The case for using Power-to-Gas solutions to store renewable energy is compelling for a number of important use cases, according to a new white paper released by the California Hydrogen Business Council (CHBC). Power-to-Gas concept. Click to enlarge. The duck curve.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 15, 2022

Scientists have been looking for solutions in gravity energy storage , thermal or geothermal storage , and also molten-salt batteries. In their proof of concept, the researchers reported that the battery retained 92 percent of its capacity over three months. A long road, in other words, lies ahead.

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JULY 15, 2020

UNO MK3 allows CO 2 to be withdrawn and stored as solid potassium bicarbonate during high energy demand, eliminating stripper energy and enabling profitable regeneration. Synergistic Heat Pumped Thermal Storage and Flexible Carbon Capture System - $1,000,000. Colorado State University.

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