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Vattenfall contracts with BMW for up to 1,000 new 33 kWh Li-ion batteries this year for storage projects in wind farms

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The batteries—each with a capacity of 33 kWh—are equipped with a BMW-owned battery management system and are also used by the car manufacturer in the BMW i3. Vattenfall will purchase the new batteries from the BMW plant in Dingolfing and use them in all storage projects. Earlier post.). Earlier post , earlier post.).

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

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The direct current generated from sunlight can be used directly in production or temporarily stored in industrial energy storage systems to compensate for the volatile availability of renewable energies. This ensures a reliable power supply even in fluctuating grids.

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

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Thesen said that a factory in Turkey was being refurbished to be able to produce 100,000 electric vehicles a year. But a large-scale system of electric cars and smart grids is unlikely to be ready soon. “It would help stabilize the energy flows, so you don’t come up against the limits of the grid.

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