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Corvus Energy’s marine lithium polymer battery pack used in Europe’s first hybrid tugboat

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The conversion features Corvus’ AT6500 48 volt lithium polymer battery packs. Corvus’ lithium polymer batteries last up to 10 times longer and have up to 10 times more power and energy storage than lead acid batteries. This diesel-to-hybrid retrofit represents Europe’s first low emissions hybrid tugboat. Earlier post.).

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Mitsubishi Heavy develops containerized large-scale Li-ion energy storage system

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Power conditioners are used for direct current (DC)/alternating current (AC) conversion and their input/output control. The power storage system is capable of providing electricity for some 100 households for three to eight hours. Each container unit can be moved by container trailers.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

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In order to achieve the goals for energy efficiency, energy flexibility and grid stability, the opportunities arising from the digitization of energy networks must be consistently exploited. However, today’s production grids are powered by alternating current—which has to be converted.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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ENERGY STORAGE. Planar Na-beta Batteries for Renewable Integration and Grid Applications. Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I In effect, cars would be acting like tiny power stations. But a large-scale system of electric cars and smart grids is unlikely to be ready soon.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Also, besides giving you the ability to charge at night when most utility rates are lower, future vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology may allow you to sell some of your stored energy back to the utilities. The demands on the grid would require a lot of infrastructure work without some sort of "energy reservoir" in place.