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Vattenfall, BMW and Bosch test second-life EV battery electricity storage in Hamburg for grid stabilization

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Vattenfall, BMW and Bosch are testing the use of second-life EV batteries in a 2 MW, 2,800 kWh energy storage system in Hamburg, Germany, to keep the electricity grid stable. The electricity storage facility comprises 2,600 battery modules from more than 100 electric vehicles.

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Liquid Metal Battery Corp secures patent rights from MIT

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Liquid Metal Battery Corporation (LMBC), a Cambridge, Massachusetts company founded in 2010 to develop new forms of electric storage batteries that work in large, grid-scale applications, has secured the rights to key patent technology from MIT. antimony and magnesium), and one layer of a salt.

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The Role of Power Utilities in Turning EVs into a Grid Asset – Part 2

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Utilities will play a pivotal role in turning EVs into energy storage assets that can return power to the grid when it is needed for grid balancing and boosting grid reliability and stability. In the not-so-distant future, the batteries in millions of EVs can become an integral component of a renewable energy ecosystem.

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