Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2011

International Battery has been awarded a $730,441 contract from the US Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) to develop a hybrid energy storage solution for combat tanks and Stryker armored vehicles. International Battery’s new NATO 6T-compatible battery is a hybrid 12-volt system.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2011

Ricardo reports that a significant improvement in the magnetic coupling and gearing system in its Kinergy hermetically-sealed high-speed flywheel energy storage device ( earlier post ) has now taken the system efficiency to better than that of a conventional geared-drive system. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2014

The study, which provides a joint industry analysis of how different types of batteries are used in different automotive applications, concludes that lead-based batteries will by necessity remain the most wide-spread energy storage system in automotive applications for the foreseeable future. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2018

Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) and BAE Systems have delivered the first 39 Enviro400H double-deck buses with Series-E hybrid technology to launch customer Go-Ahead London. Series-E maintains the series hybrid system architecture—proven in more than 1,300 existing Enviro400H hybrid buses—in which the diesel engine (4.5-liter

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

The US Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for projects around the country to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems. The selected projects include advanced battery systems (including flow batteries), flywheels, and compressed air energy systems. Pecan Street Project (TX).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The Wärtsilä 31SG engine further reduces the total cost of ownership and the environmental footprint for vessels operating in regions where there is a developed gas infrastructure. The increasing adoption of hybrid propulsion offers additional opportunities for pure gas engines.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

The Ricardo Kinergy high-speed, hermetically-sealed flywheel energy storage system. Across all of these vehicle categories, Kinergy offers the prospect of enabling effective hybridization extending into market sectors where the use of conventional electro-chemical battery systems technology would be prohibitively expensive.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2013

has introduced the new PPA 300-689 Vigor+ Energy Storage System (ESS) as part of its aftermarket and service business strategy. The ESS is designed as a retrofit to replace the nickel metal hydride (NiMH)-based energy storage system currently used in Allison hybrid buses. Li-ion battery maker EnerDel, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Low-cost 14V micro hybrid systems and full (strong) hybrid (i.e., The 170-page report also finds that while the combined global EV and plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) market share is expected to grow to about 1.5% Energy storage technology solutions for advanced vehicles by vehicle category. billion in 2015 and $9.2

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2010

The California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE) will lead a joint research study of how the useful lifespan of electric vehicle batteries could be extended by repurposing them as household electric storage devices with a $992,000 grant from the University of California. of Monrovia, Calif.; Flux Power of Vista, Calif.;

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2014

According to a new forecast by Lux Research, the likely 48 V micro-hybrid market will exceed 7 million vehicles in 2024, with the first adoption year beginning in 2015 and more focused on premium vehicles, in which cost sensitivity in order to reach regulation targets without sacrificing performance is lower. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2018

Researchers at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering in China have developed new hybrid electrolytes to support high-voltage Li-ion batteries (e.g., ~5 O 4 /Li batteries are improved by using the hybrid electrolytes. O 4 /Li batteries are improved by using the hybrid electrolytes. —Xu et al.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Leclanché SA reported that year-long testing of its 60 Ah G/NMC battery cells has shown them to be both high energy density and high cycle life—critical characteristics for a wide range of automotive and e-transportation energy storage solutions. Stable cells cycled between 3.00 - 4.35

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The ultracapacitors’ two-times higher energy density is enabled by Skeleton’s latest material technology innovation, making them a valuable addition to hydrogen fuel cells in emissions-free transportation. Combining ultracapacitors and fuel cells will speed up the market adoption of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2020

The auxiliary system stores enough energy to provide all-day power to operate hydraulics, power tools, and multiphase worksite power without idling. Available as an accessory to replace a traditional hydraulic system on a work truck, Stellar Industries is offering the Hybrid Power System (HPS) through its American Eagle brand.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2013

These funds will be invested, in part, in analyzing multiple stand-alone energy storage technologies to further improve the microgrid. It provides a crucial real-life demonstration of technology that can help to provide California a future of clean, sustainable and reliable energy. —Energy Commission Chair Robert B.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2015

Two Saft Seanergy systems will be at the heart of the diesel-electric hybrid propulsion system and energy management system for “ Hybrid III ”, a Roll On Roll Off (RORO) passenger and vehicle ferry designed for use on Scotland’s short sea crossing routes around the Clyde and Hebrides.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2012

Micro-hybrids will grow nearly eight-fold to 39 million vehicles in 2017 and create a $6.9 billion market for energy storage devices, according to a Lux Research report titled, “Every Last Drop: Micro- And Mild Hybrids Drive a Huge Market for Fuel-Efficient Vehicles.”. million vehicles in 2017, accounting for 1.6%

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2012

A123’s Engine Start Battery is designed as a replacement for absorbent glass mat (AGM) and other lead acid batteries, providing a lighter-weight, longer-lasting solution for micro-hybrid functionality that enhances vehicle performance, improves fuel economy and lowers total cost of ownership. billion market for energy storage devices.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2018

Canada-based Loop Energy’s heavy-duty fuel cell range extender ( earlier post ) will power two new zero-emission hybrid-electric Class 8 drayage trucks that will operate for a one-year period as part of a FAST TRACK Fuel Cell Truck Project in southern California. —Ben Nyland, President and CEO of Loop Energy.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2010

AFS Trinity Power Corporation has been awarded a patent for its Extreme Hybrid drive train that combines ultracapacitors and other power electronics and energy storage devices with off-the-shelf chemical batteries in plug-in hybrid vehicles. Earlier post.). AFS Trinity Chief Executive Officer Edward W.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2012

Pike Research forecasts that the global market for all electric-drive buses—including hybrid, battery electric, and fuel cell buses—grow steadily over the next. The Africa/Middle East countries will see very little uptake due to the high cost of electric buses and infrastructure, the report finds. from 2012 to 2018.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2019

The researchers also concluded that the energy market sector and its use of the lead-acid battery will continue to grow with significant expansion in use for storage in renewable energy systems. That will see an uptake of more hybrid-, plug-in hybrids and BEVs in the EU.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2012

The primary transportation application where this is noteworthy is in the micro-hybrid space ,” said Jeff Kessen, A123’s director of global marketing for the Automotive Solutions group. “ A123 has identified two key high-volume markets for the EXT technology, Kessen said: micro-hybrids (i.e., billion market for energy storage devices.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

But the materials could show up sooner in a wide array of practical applications, including wind power, energy storage, and nuclear magnetic-resonance machines. Hybrid storage systems that combine the superfast discharge of SMES with the higher energy densities of batteries are a promising area of research.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2012

By 2020, Pike Research forecasts that advanced lead-acid batteries will capture roughly 25% of the global battery-based grid storage market, a small subset of the broader energy storage market. The market value for advanced lead-acid batteries in grid storage will be approximately $6.8 billion in 2020, according to Pike.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

The Flybus consortium has successfully integrated prototype flywheel hybrid hardware into an Optare Solo Midibus. Flywheel hybrids, just like electric hybrids, recycle the kinetic energy that would otherwise be wasted when the vehicle brakes. Earlier post.). —John Fuller.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Comparison of Fuel Consumption, Fun to Drive and System Cost of the different powertrain concepts. full hybrid (power-split) system delivered a 36% compared to the baseline. full hybrid (power-split) system delivered a 36% compared to the baseline. higher (better) than both the conventional vehicle and the full hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Global automotive Li-Ion battery production capacity is outstripping demand five-to-one as automakers refocus on hybrids and away from full electric vehicles, according to Dr. Menahem Anderman’s recently released xEV Industry Insider Report. Conversely, those of HEVs are in line with plans.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2018

This is achieved with a smart-grid which uses a central server which is connected to each EV charge post as well as the grid power supply and the on-site energy storage. A key part of this initiative is the use of onsite energy storage batteries.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2011

At the Department of Energy’s 2011 Hydrogen and Fuel Cells and Vehicle Technologies Programs combined annual merit review being held this week in Washington, DC, researchers presented results of two ongoing studies exploring the costs of three classes of battery packs: LEESS (Lower-Energy Energy Storage Systems—i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) will deliver two technical papers at SAE World Congress in April on its SpeedStart torque assist and kinetic energy recovery system ( earlier post ) and TIGERS turbine integrated gas energy recovery system ( earlier post ) for 48V mild hybrid vehicles. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The selected projects, sponsored by private companies across seven different states, will develop novel technologies that enhance existing clean energy infrastructure, such as aircraft electrification, rapid electric vehicle (EV) charging, and advanced floating offshore wind turbine technologies. Quidnet Energy, Inc. municipal utility.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2020

The post-combustion outlet gas is more easily separated into water and CO 2 to the pipeline, thereby lowering the electricity costs of grids with high levels of VRE. Synergistic Heat Pumped Thermal Storage and Flexible Carbon Capture System - $1,000,000. Natural Gas/Direct Air Capture Hybrid Plant - $800,283. 8 Rivers Capital.

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JUNE 17, 2011

(A) Energy storage potential (ESP) based on annual production of the elements. C) Extraction costs of the elements in the couples, calculated from the USGS prices of the elements. energy and energy density. What is the energy storage potential (in TWh) based on annual production. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2021

A team at MITEI (MIT Energy Initiative) has found that hydrogen-generated electricity can be a cost-competitive option for backing up wind and solar. Their hybrid technological and economic analysis is based on a detailed inventory of California’s power system. Gençer and Drake D. —Drake Hernandez.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

India is now being recognised across the world with the pace at which we are doing pioneering work in technologies like advanced energy storage and e-mobility and green hydrogen. There is also a production-linked incentive scheme for advanced chemistry cell manufacturing, which is expected to reduce the cost of batteries.

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