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JERA and Toyota deploy first large capacity Sweep Energy Storage System with second-life batteries

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JERA, the largest power generation company in Japan, responsible for about 30% of Japan’s electricity, and Toyota Motor have built and deployed the first large-capacity “Sweep Energy Storage System”. The project plans to operate grid storage batteries for recharge and discharge operations, connected to the Chubu Electric Power Grid Co.,

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EPRI Report Shows That DC Superconductor Cable is Feasible for Development Using Todays Technology

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The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has published a report that describes the design of a superconducting direct current (DC) cable system capable of moving thousands of megawatts of electricity between regions, and which is practical and ready for commercial development, using today’s technology. Resources.

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Sandia, national lab partners studying vulnerabilities of electric vehicle charging infrastructure

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We have been studying potential impacts to the power grid. They looked at conventional AC chargers, DC fast chargers and extreme fast chargers. We are focused on larger impacts to critical infrastructure as we electrify more of the transportation industry. The survey noted several vulnerabilities on each interface.

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Researchers Aim to Decarbonize Chemical Industry by Electrifying It

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André Taylor (center), Center Director for DC-MUSE, working with students from the unit operations senior lab course at NYU Tandon. That’s what DC-MUSE is addressing.” In their analysis of decarbonization methods, DC-MUSE researchers identified pathways including resistive, microwave, and inductive heating strategies.

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ABB wins orders of over $300 million for world’s first 1,100 kV UHVDC power link in China

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This will also help extend the transmission distance from around 2,000 kilometers (km) to more than 3,000 km and play a key role in integrating remote renewables on a large scale, transmitting power over greater distances and facilitating a more interconnected grid. —Claudio Facchin, President of ABB’s Power Grids division.

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

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This includes optimized resource consumption through the most efficient use of energy and heat. 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.

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The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

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Jenkins has also helped push Congress to think more seriously about the power grid, releasing a report last year that showed that much of the 43 percent emissions reduction expected by 2030 would be squandered if the United States doesn’t double the pace of transmission upgrades. power-grid transmission.

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