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Volkswagen launches PowerCo for global battery business; €20B investment; standard factories

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Looking ahead, further products such as major storage systems for the energy grid are planned. Standard factory. Standardization will not only cover equipment, buildings and infrastructure but also products, processes and IT. Following Salzgitter, the next cell factory is to be established at Valencia.

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EnerG2 nano-structured hard carbon boosts Li-ion anode capacity by >50% compared to standard graphite

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A chart from EnerG2’s 2012 DOE Merit Review presentation shows different pore profiles for different energy storage applications. These properties can be tailored and modified for adaptation to the specific requirements of a given energy storage application. Click to enlarge. Aaron Feaver.

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myenergis Insight Into the CMA Report and the EV Charging Market

My Energi

OEMs and dealerships currently have a lot of control over the market, exclusively recommending and partnering with selected EV charger manufactures. According to the CMAs report, these manufacturers hold between 65% and 95% of the market already. Market centralisation. Smart Charging. Smart charger installation. What is a zappi?

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

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According to its slogan— digital, flexible, green—it will set standards within the worldwide automobile production. The production hall uses renewable energy and reduces water consumption and waste significantly. The plant will start operating in 2019. The “Factory 56” is currently built in the Sindelfingen plant (Germany).

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131. ELECTRIFYING EVERYTHING IN THE 2020s

Qnovo

Car manufacturers and Tier-1 suppliers that will not adapt in the next couple of years risk becoming irrelevant. Electric utilities will implement more energy storage projects on their grids — partly driven by regulations as well as the proliferation of clean-energy grids with distributed wind and solar generation.

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AMSC Power Electronics Support Nearly 10% of Global Wind-Generated Electricity

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With nations around the world seeking to derive a greater percentage of their energy needs from renewable energy sources, we believe we have only begun to scratch the surface of the renewable energy grid interconnection market’s potential. the world’s third largest wind turbine manufacturer); China’s Dongfang Turbine Co.

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Energy 2030 outlines steps to double US energy productivity by 2030; spend $166B a year to net savings of $327B

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The Commission includes members from the power sector, environmental groups, the financial community, manufacturing, transportation and government. Steadily and aggressively increase the stringency of building energy codes, with quick adoption and effective compliance measures.

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