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Volkswagen commissions fast-charging park with 570 kWh of second-life MEB cell modules

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At the Zwickau vehicle plant, Volkswagen commissioned the first fast-charging park in Saxony supplied with energy largely from a power storage container (PSC). The PSC is an electricity storage unit and consists of 96 cell modules with a net capacity of 570 kWh.

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DOE announces 15 Phase 1 semifinalists of Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize

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Lithium, a critical material used in high-charge-density batteries for electric vehicles and grid-scale electricity storage, is a crucial element in the clean energy supply chain. Nearly all of the US lithium stock is imported.

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Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

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The whole world of electricity storage has been using metal ions in various charge states, but there is a limited number that you can put into solution and use to store energy, and none of them can economically store massive amounts of renewable energy. The quinones are dissolved in water, which prevents them from catching fire.

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Liquid Air Energy Network forms in UK; focus on transportation and energy storage

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LAEN, which was an outcome of the report, will serve as the global hub where new ideas are demonstrated and shared, and promote liquid air as a potential energy solution among researchers, technology developers, manufacturers, energy producers and consumers, and government.

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Electric Vehicles Open-up New Business Opportunities

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We have been talking about electric vehicles for a while. You shall find the importance of electric vehicles , advantages, disadvantages, other technical aspects, electric vehicle reviews, project ideas, and more here on this blog. Electric vehicles are relatively new in the field even though they were developed first.

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Roev’s electric ute plans explained: Conversions now, manufacturing its own vehicle by 2026

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The long-term idea is that we can source battery cells directly from Australia,” he says. “We Roev plans power all its models via a single electric motor. “EV The Nissan Leaf is the only EV currently on sale that can be used as a mobile electricity storage device to power a house or send electricity back to the grid.

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A Driver-Centric Approach Is Essential to Broad Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Adoption

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That means millions of electricity storage units – the batteries – are available to the electric grid to serve peak demand, with the vehicles recharging during non-peak hours. The thinking goes like this: Most vehicles are stationary 95 percent of the time. It’s a technology worth our attention.

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