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Massive solar array to power airside electric ground service vehicles at JFK Airport’s New Terminal One

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The New Terminal One will have what its creators have said is the largest solar array at any US airport, which will power a fleet of electric vehicles used at the terminal both landside and airside. Construction of the massive array, consisting of more than 13,000 solar panels on the terminals roof, began in 2024.

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BMW Group and Toyota agree to mid-to-long-term research collaboration in next-generation Li-ion batteries; BMW to supply 1.6L and 2.0L diesel engines to Toyota Europe

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liter diesel engines to TME starting in 2014. Next-generation lithium-ion battery power could allow for powering cars with clean energy from solar cells and from wind turbines. It could even allow for integrating cars into intelligent power grids for optimizing power supply and demand. liter and 2.0-liter

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Opinion: Reinventing fuel-based power for a more secure and resilient grid

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It is, however, a challenge that is being made all the greater as we continue to decentralize power generation with more distributed, variable and inflexible sources, such as wind and solar. This is to ensure that electricity is always there to safely power everything from industrial plants to the wall sockets in our homes and offices.

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SwRI to demonstrate use of electric vehicles as part of emergency power microgrid under US Army SPIDERS program

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Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is a member of a team that was recently awarded a $7-million contract from the US Army Corps of Engineers to demonstrate integration of electric vehicles, generators and solar arrays to supply emergency power for Fort Carson, Colo. Demonstration (JCTD) called the Smart Power Infrastructure.

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Burns & McDonnell develops bi-directional fast chargers for SPIDERS program

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The bidirectional charging units are capable of providing up to 300 kW of power to plug-in electric vehicles and also can discharge a like amount of stored energy from the vehicle batteries to the grid or microgrid via Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) standard J1772-compliant bidirectional charging cables.

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ABB opens new plant for battery systems for mobility applications in Baden

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Integration of energy storage systems makes it possible to convert diesel trainsets into diesel hybrid vehicles, thus cutting CO 2 emissions by 30% with the possibility of achieving significant energy savings through recuperation. Unlike in Switzerland, many other European countries still have countless non-electrified railway lines.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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The new ARPA-E selections focus on accelerating innovations in clean technology while increasing US competitiveness in rare earth alternatives and breakthroughs in biofuels, thermal storage, grid controls, and solar power electronics. Solar ADEPT: Solar Agile Delivery of Electrical Power Technology ($14.7

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