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The British military just bought these off-grid solar EV chargers

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Photo: BEAM Global The British military has placed a $1 million order for San Diego-based Beam Global’s (Nasdaq: BEEM) off-grid solar EV chargers. It’s the first big order for Beam Global’s Europe factory, but it’s already sold “hundreds” of US-manufactured off-grid solar EV chargers to the US military. Get started here. –ad*

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Mercedes-Benz Trucks opens charging park for customers in Wörth

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The installation of an MCS charging station (megawatt charging system) is possible as a next step. At the same time, the eTruck Charging Park also tackles important issues such as grid connection, local energy generation, energy storage, and intelligent management of charging processes.

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This off-grid island will switch from diesel to tidal energy [video]

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Photo: Hydrowing The UK’s Inyanga Marine Energy Group is going to build Southeast Asia’s first tidal energy plant, which will power an off-grid island. The 1 megawatt (MW) tidal power plant, the project’s first stage, will be connected into a microgrid network, along with solar and battery storage. Get started here. –ad*

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Here’s how – and why – EVs and solar are connected

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NREL’s Shivam Sharda, lead author of the paper, said, “Both EVs and PVs have a complementary nature, which might play a pivotal role in energy systems resiliency, addressing concerns regarding grid stability and power management strategies.” Get started here. – ad* FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Check out the ‘world’s first’ DC-to-DC solar-powered EV charger

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EV owners usually plug their cars into home chargers that are powered by an alternating current (AC) flow of energy generated from the electric grid. It can be connected to an existing home PV string inverter solar installation, but not to a microinverter installation.) The TLCEV T1 solar EV charger can supply up to 12.5

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Norwegian Electric Systems to provide hybrid electric systems for three new ferries; Odin’s Eye DC grid system

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The ferries—with capacity for 50 cars and 199 persons—are designed by Multi Maritime. Diesel engines, capable of pure biodiesel operation, will be installed as well, enabling hybrid and plug-in hybrid operation. Odin’s Eye is a DC grid solution which allows for the use of variable speed generator sets.

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Porsche to Install 2MW Photovoltaic System on Roof of Parts Warehouse

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Porsche is making a 40,000-square-meter area on the roof top of its central spare parts warehouse in Sachsenheim (Baden-Wuerttemberg) available to the firm Goldbeck Solar GmbH, Hirschberg an der Bergstrasse, in order to install and operate approximately 8,500 photovoltaic modules there. The system has a nominal output of two megawatts.

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