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Jaguar Land Rover partners with Pramac to create charging unit using second-life Jaguar I-PACE batteries

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Called the Off Grid Battery Energy Storage System (ESS), Pramac’s technology—which features lithium-ion cells from Jaguar I-PACE batteries taken from prototype and engineering test vehicles—supplies zero-emission power where access to the grid supply is limited or unavailable.

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Mitsubishi Heavy, Hitachi and Mitsubishi Corp. to begin $65M project on EV transportation infrastructure for smart community system demo project in Spain

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and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) as contractors for the Smart Community System Demonstration Project in Spain, as the result of a feasibility study which was conducted from March through October 2011 by the three companies. Spain’s largest power supplier; Telefonica Investigacion y Desarrollo, S.A. (MHI), Hitachi, Ltd. an ICT provider.

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Toshiba to supply Li-ion battery energy storage system for frequency regulation project in US

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The project will be carried out by Sumitomo Corporation, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas and Renewable Energy Systems Americas, a US renewable energy developer. Demand for such measures has increased with the growth of renewable generation. In Europe, Toshiba has supplied BESS to projects in Italy, Spain, and the UK.

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Why Bidirectional Charging is The Next Big Thing for EV Owners

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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 is done using data connections between the EV and the charger. V2G: Vehicle to Grid. But how does this work? V2H: Vehicle to Home.

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Solar and Battery Companies Rattle Utility Powerhouses

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It's being marketed as the " Tesla Energy Plan ," and is available to any individual household in this region of 24 million people that has a solar panel system, a grid connection—and a Tesla powerwall, the Palo Alto firm's gigafactory-made 13.5 For bigger national grids it gets more complicated. kWh battery wall unit.

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Exploring the adoption of EVs in the US, Europe and China; charging scenarios and infrastructure

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Source: “Electric Vehicle Grid Integration”. The report identifies insights about the choice of charging infrastructure in each region that will both maximize benefits to consumers (thus helping to drive EV adoption) and maximize benefits to the grid from greater EV use. —“Electric Vehicle Grid Integration”.

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How Do EVs Compare To Gas Cars?

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For instance, in Spain, SEAT’s recommended list price for its Mii electric is just €17.900 and the Nissan Leaf, one of the most popular EV models on the market, is available for €25.900. As energy production from renewable sources typically varies by day or season, EVs offer another advantage. Electric vehicles are future-proof.

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