Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The increasing penetration of EVs has implications for home energy management, as households not only consume significantly more power with an EV, but also have a large battery that can be used for both backup and grid services. Launches Enphase into the rapidly growing EV sector with a respected brand and industry-leading products.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Under the three-year program, Eaton will develop and demonstrate a novel, compact and turnkey solution for DC fast-charging infrastructure that is anticipated to reduce costs by 65% through improvements in power conversion and grid interconnection technology, charger integration and modularity, and installation time.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

the developer of a new approach to electric power conversion ( earlier post ), has priced its initial public offering (IPO) of 3,000,000 shares of common stock at an offering price of $5.00 has developed a novel, patented power conversion technology it calls Power Packet Switching Architecture (PPSA). Ideal Power Inc., Ideal Power Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2014

developer of a power conversion technology called Power Packet Switching Architecture (PPSA), received a purchase order for ten of its PPSA-enabled 30 kW battery converters from Coritech Services, a provider of custom engineering solutions for a variety of applications including electric vehicle charging. Ideal Power Inc., Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

There have been vigorous debates pro and con in the United States and elsewhere over whether electric grids can support EVs at scale. grid, but the rising number of EVs will test the local grid’s reliability at many of the 3,000 electric-distribution utilities in the United States , which themselves own more than 5.5

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2011

to provide EV conversion technology and integrated vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and vehicle-to-site (V2S) networking solutions under the Aloha Micro Grid program for the U.S. These vehicles all have built-in connectivity to REV’s AutoGrid Network. So demand is there, and we’re prepared to scale quickly.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2010

Canada-based Rapid Electric Vehicles (REV) has begun production of four converted electric bi-directional charging Ancillary Power Vehicles (APVs) ( earlier post ) as part of the US Army Tank Automotive Research Development Engineering Center (TARDEC) Micro-Grid project at Wheeler Air Base, Hawaii.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Hydrokinetic energy is an abundant renewable resource that can boost grid resiliency and reduce infrastructure vulnerability, but it is currently a cost prohibitive option compared to other energy generating sources. The turbine will be designed for power delivery to remote and local grids. Emrgy, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2022

The goal is to make the investment decision in late 2023, subject to environmental permitting process and extension of the electricity grid connection. Going forward they will design the technology integration and engineer the facility, in close collaboration with Sundsvall Energi.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2019

Specific subtopics include: Accelerate the Manufacturing Process Design and Development Cycle for Advanced Energy Conversion and Storage Materials. Specific subtopics include: Medium-Voltage Power Conditioning Systems to Enable Grid-Dispatchable and Resilient Manufacturing Facilities. Thermal Process Intensification.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2015

Eguana Technologies, a supplier of power control and conversion solutions for distributed energy storage systems and Li-ion manufacturer LG Chem have combined their technologies under a multi-year agreement to deliver a certified, fully integrated energy storage system (ESS) Eguana calls “AC Battery”. Batteries Smart Grid Solar'

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Saft is supplying a lithium-ion battery system to provide energy storage for one of the Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems (SEGIS) projects funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE). Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems concept paper (2007). The SEGIS concept. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2019

It also seeks new ideas on process intensification to reduce overall heating energy. It also seeks advancements in combined heat and power that result in higher electrical efficiencies. The DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Advanced Manufacturing Office will lead this initiative.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Fermata Energy: Fermata provides a complete solution that lets electric vehicles receive power from and provide power back to the grid and to buildings by integrating software, hardware options and knowledge, turning electric vehicles into energy storage assets that combat climate change, increase resilience and dramatically lower cost of ownership.

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Setec Powerr

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Wireless charging is to automatically connect to the grid for charging and discharging through the wireless charging source board embedded in the road and parking space without using wires and cables. Pass current through the battery and “charge it” Connect the terminals to the circuit and discharge.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 25, 2024

The re-powered mining machine was commissioned at Fortescue’s Christmas Creek mine site in Western Australia – but what’s more significant is that the conversion was done during the standard service life of the machine.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2011

AC Propulsion has delivered an AC Propulsion-powered eBox to the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), where it will be used to evaluate Vehicle to Grid (V2G) operation as part of a research program. Integration between the power grid and electric vehicles will become essential and beneficial as EV numbers increase over the next decade.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

a developer of a novel indirect power conversion technology ( earlier post ), and EnerDel, Inc., a developer of a novel indirect power conversion technology ( earlier post ), and EnerDel, Inc., has developed a novel, patented power conversion technology called Power Packet Switching Architecture (PPSA). Ideal Power Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2014

Honda’s HEMS leverages the battery to balance, shift and buffer loads to minimize the home’s impact to the electric grid. The system will also enable Honda to evaluate the second life, or re-use, of EV batteries in grid applications, home-to-grid (H2G) connectivity and other concepts. Photo by Dorian Toy.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2016

The energy storage market is expanding as utilities adjust to manage increased levels of intermittent renewable power generation supplying the electric grid. Efficient conversion of power to hydrogen is the first step of the solid oxide energy storage system, using hydrogen as an energy carrier.

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Electric Auto Association

APRIL 6, 2022

Regardless of how or where you charge, not all the electrical energy pulled from the grid—those watts—will make it into the “fuel tank” (battery). That means somewhere in the process of moving watts from the electric grid to the EV battery, AC power must be converted into DC power. More info) 3. Why does battery temperature matter?

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

As more power stations adopted the clocks, the frequency regulation allowed them to share electricity and create an interconnected power grid. And Warren, who eventually solved the grid-frequency problem, was actually working on a different puzzle when he came across the answer. How Warren’s clocks regulated grid frequency Henry E.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2015

Transphorm Inc, an early stage power conversion semiconductor company, announced a $70-million investment round led by global investment firm KKR. Similarly, when applied to power conversion, GaN components enable significantly more efficient, compact, and cost-effective products.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

Then, as now, wind farms are operating off the world’s coasts—but not all of these offshore sites are connected to the mainland via underwater power cables. Because there’s no grid connection, the platforms will basically operate as small, isolated power grids and therefore have to handle any sudden surges in power.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In diesel-electric trains, a diesel engine is connected to an alternator that then supplies electricity to electric motors connected to the locomotive axles. Conversion of the US freight rail sector to battery-electric would generate about 220 gigawatt-hours of mobile storage. Popovich, N.D., Rajagopal, D.,

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Blink Charging

JULY 27, 2023

In 2030, McKinsey estimates that there may be as many as 48 million EVs plugging into the US power grid, which means that utility providers are already preparing for the increased load. Conversely, off-peak utility rates include evenings, overnight, weekends, and holidays when people are asleep or most businesses are closed.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2013

The stored, compressed air will be used to generate electricity on an “on demand” basis to meet the facility’s needs, including periods of high demand or grid outages. The conversion process will also produce biochar, a soil amendment that can be used for agricultural purposes.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2011

Power conditioners are used for direct current (DC)/alternating current (AC) conversion and their input/output control. Each container unit can be moved by container trailers. The system has a capacity of 408 kWh and is designed to have a system efficiency of 90%.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 31, 2024

Essentially, it acts like a translator, taking the language of the grid (AC) and turning it into the language of the EV battery (DC). While heavier chargers may offer faster charging speeds, this advantage comes with a trade-off – the potential inefficiency arising from increased energy losses during the conversion process.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 30, 2024

Essentially, it acts like a translator, taking the language of the grid (AC) and turning it into the language of the EV battery (DC). While heavier chargers may offer faster charging speeds, this advantage comes with a trade-off – the potential inefficiency arising from increased energy losses during the conversion process.

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Wallbox

JANUARY 4, 2021

Whilst with unidirectional (one-way) EV chargers, electricity flows from the electric grid into the electric vehicle, with bidirectional (two-way) EV chargers, electricity can flow both ways. This conversion is carried out by either the car’s own converter or a converter located in the charger. V2G: Vehicle to Grid.

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EV Connect

MAY 4, 2023

Conversely, EVs contain fewer moving parts, and software plays a much more important role. Everything around EV charging–including energy management, grid/utility interaction, and real-time charger and vehicle operations data–manifests through data flows and digital transactions.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The industry, academic, and government partners in this open JIP help to guide the test activities and move the technology from the lab to the field. Developing and maturing the technology at pilot scale spurs the development of designs, materials, components, and systems necessary for larger-scale sCO 2 power systems.

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EV Match

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Arcadia and EVmatch partner to offer customers a new and easy way to connect to clean energy at home. At EVmatch , we envision a distributed, equitable, and carbon-free clean energy economy that connects and elevates all people. It’s an easy way to add clean energy to the grid and reduce fossil fuel consumption.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2009

Conventional approaches to frequency regulation—balancing grid power generation with load—vary the power output from fossil-fuel or hydro generators connected to the electric grid. This project will help fully utilize electricity generated from renewable power sources, which is often generated at times when demand is low.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2012

A123 Systems expects the full investment from Wanxiang will provide it with the capital necessary to strengthen its competitive position in the global vehicle electrification and grid energy storage markets. Lazard served as financial advisor to A123 for the above-described transactions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2019

Remote Area Modular Monitoring for Critical Facilities, $300,000 Embedded Planet, Cleveland, Ohio Simulation Tool for Energy-Efficient Connected and Automated Vehicle Control Development, $600,000 Hyundai America Technical Center, Superior Township, Mich. TerraPower LLC, Bellevue, Wash. El Centro, Calif. National Energy Technology Laboratory.

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