Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The winds had barely died down when electric-power specialists and others began calling for a radical overhaul of Puerto Rico’s electricity networks, one that would emphasize renewable energy, distributed generation, and, critically, microgrids. A microgrid is like a miniaturized, tightly controlled version of a power grid.

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Blink Charging

JULY 27, 2023

Blink Charging recently announced our first battery energy storage system (also referred to as a BES system or BESS) in Pennsylvania that includes four direct current fast chargers (DCFCs). Here’s what battery storage means for you. Here’s what battery storage means for you. What is a battery energy storage system?

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Batteries Battery Energy Storage Grid 52

Cars That Think

JANUARY 29, 2022

That need for balance is true of electric power grids, too. Spiking demand for electric heat collided with supply problems created by frozen natural-gas equipment and below-average wind-power production. That would mean installing vast amounts of energy storage, such as. unprecedented and deadly winter freeze.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

Wind and solar parks produce a large portion of their energy. 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. US $5 PER KILOGRAM Cost of green hydrogen today. Conventional, or gray, hydrogen: $1.50

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Given the high cost of battery production, a BEV that approaches affordability (with generous tax credits) has a driving range of about 70-100 miles on a full charge. In this regard, PHEVs may be closer than BEVs to overcoming the valley, since the current energy storage capabilities for BEVs are inadequate.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

that substantially reduce costs of the motor. Ames Laboratory, Electron Energy Corp, United Technologies. the cost of wind turbines and electric vehicles by developing a. potential to substantially reduce the costs of an electric. potential to efficiently power a next generation class of. storage material.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2017

CIRCUITS projects will establish the building blocks of this class of power converter by advancing higher efficiency designs that exhibit enhanced reliability and superior total cost of ownership. Grid-Connected Modular Soft-Switching Solid State Transformers. SiC-Based Direct AC-AC Power Converter for Motor Drives.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2015

Simultaneous conversion and storage of solar energy marks a significant advance toward practical solar energy usage. However, challenges with hydrogen storage and the cost of fuel cells make those systems complicated and difficult for implementation. Various kinds of solar fuels have been actively explored.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Despite this, a 2003 EPRI study , assuming only $2/gallon gas , zero buying incentives, and a PHEV premium of $3-$5,000 more than standard hybrids, shows that the total lifetime cost of ownership for a PHEV will be lower than that of any other vehicle type -- so the payback will be there. Whats Vehicle-to-Grid and why would I like it?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The utility.will get a Ford plug-in hybrid vehicle by the end of this year and as many as 20 by some time in 2009 to test their durability, range and impact on the power grid, said Susan M. Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle technologies are not yet competitive due primarily to the high cost of advanced batteries.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Automakers in Europe can lower their emissions by shortening the transport distance and capitalizing on the DRC’s hydroelectric powered grid and proximity to raw materials. —James Frith, head of energy storage at BNEF. —Kwasi Ampofo, lead author of the report and BNEF’s head of metals and mining.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

. “The more fluctuating energy you have from renewables, the more it makes sense to have a smart grid,&# said Markus Ewert from the new technologies team of German utility E.ON “It would help stabilize the energy flows, so you don’t come up against the limits of the grid. While utilities such as E.ON

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