Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2018

The energy control stations at BMW Group Plants Dingolfing and Landshut are stepping up their activities in the balancing-power market in Germany. Together with other highly-flexible controllable systems in the BMW Group production network, they will contribute to the stability of the public grid outside of the plant.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The major driver for the project is the need to decarbonize the electrical grid, protect it from cybersecurity attacks and make it more resilient. We will be replicating the entire California power grid on one campus. Solar panel output depends on the weather, for example, as do wind turbines.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Nexamp and National Grid announced today that, to keep up with the increased energy demand at the Coffeen substation, it was building a new solar + storage facility that eliminates the need for additional transmission lines or substation upgrades through a Non-Wires Alternative, or NWA. megawatts (MW) of renewable energy.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 27, 2024

This project, unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a video conference on February 24, 2024, marks a pivotal moment in India’s commitment to renewable energy adoption. However, beyond celebrating this achievement lies a broader recognition of the crucial role batteries play in driving clean energy transitions worldwide.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) and its National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced the Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF) in Golden, Colorado, as the latest Energy Department user facility and the only one in the nation focused on utility-scale clean energy grid integration.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 30, 2022

“I can envision wide-scale urban power generation with solar on every roof and wind turbines on tall buildings, as well as rural, large, power farms,” Flanagan said in response to the same question. “The: 2020: 25% renewables, 70% gas, 5% fossil fuels. .

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2014

IBM Research is launching a 10-year project to support China in transforming its national energy systems and protecting the health of citizens. Renewable energy forecasting. The Chinese government recently announced increased investment in solar, wind, hydro and biomass energy in a bid to decrease its dependency on fossil fuels.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2012

UniEnergy Technologies LLC has signed a license agreement with Battelle to further develop and commercialize a vanadium redox flow battery developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) that holds promise for storing large amounts of renewable energy and providing greater stability to the energy grid.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

The remarkable advantage for BMW customers in using BMW i3 batteries as a plug and play storage application is the ability to tap into an alternative resource for residential and commercial backup power, thus using renewable energy much more efficiently, and enabling additional revenues from the energy market.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Tesla and leading renewable energy company Arevon have signed a new master supply agreement that will supply the Scottsdale, Arizona-based entity with another 2 GW/6 GWh supply of Tesla Megapacks for an ongoing energy storage operation in California. Credit: Tesla.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2011

IBM Research has teamed with EKZ, the electricity utility provider of the Canton of Zurich in Switzerland, on a new pilot project that will allow consumers conveniently to charge electric vehicles and monitor their energy costs, using mobile devices. If less solar energy is being generated, the charging process can adapt automatically.

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Get Electric Vehicle

DECEMBER 30, 2023

This not only helps users save on costs by avoiding peak energy periods but also aids in balancing the grid’s load and integrating more renewable energy sources. For instance, AI can schedule charging when there is a surplus of solar or wind energy available, leading to a more sustainable energy consumption pattern.

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Blink Charging

APRIL 20, 2023

The source of the electricity – whether renewable sources like wind, solar, or water, or nonrenewable sources like coal – is also important. And while the energy grid is slowly becoming more “clean” as suppliers switch to renewable sources, business owners can also make a difference.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2012

and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) on a new pilot project that will allow communication between electric vehicles (EVs) and the power grid. This project will demonstrate and test an electric vehicle’s ability to receive and respond to charge instructions based on the grid condition and the vehicle’s battery state.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The solicitation was designed as a call for early-stage clean energy innovations that fall within five defined technology areas: energy efficiency; energy storage; AI/machine learning; advanced power electronics/power conditioning; and zero- and negative-carbon emission generation. Leap Photovoltaics Inc.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

As in the first phase of the pilot, BMW will ensure participant-drivers’ expressed mobility needs are always met, while using remaining flexibility to create grid value. If a customer does not opt-out, the vehicle charging can be shifted to meet the needs of the energy grid.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The upstream, “well to wheel” emissions of the EV are linked to electricity generation and the electrical grid, with lower emissions in regions that use more renewable energy sources. They can be charged using clean energy, reducing their environmental impact. Let’s not forget our carbon footprint.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Should the market demands for hydrogen fuel increase with the introduction of fuel cell electric vehicles, the US will need to produce and store large amounts of cost-effective hydrogen from domestic energy sources, such as natural gas, solar and wind, said Daniel Dedrick, Sandia hydrogen program manager. Resources.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 26, 2023

Rahman, a power expert and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech , is the former chair of the IEEE ad hoc committee on climate change. Countries that continue to burn coal should do so in high-efficiency power plants, he said. One type is the ultrasupercritical coal-fired steam power plant.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The business will be known as ChargeScape and, according to the automakers' press release, seeks to “create a single platform that will seamlessly connect electric utilities, automakers and their interested EV customers to manage energy usage for a broad pool of EVs.”

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

The 8 BREAKERS projects will work to develop new direct current (DC) devices to better manage power by eliminating electrical faults, improving efficiency and reaction times, and potentially enabling greater proliferation of energy storage and renewable resources.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Elcora’s methodology in processing, along with mining and battery experience, creates an opportunity to leverage battery metals and minerals critical to energy storage applications. Vanadium’s role in the growing energy grid storage will increase over the coming years. Therefore, the need for energy storage is crucial.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2015

After debuting the first solar air battery—a photo-assisted charging Li-O 2 battery—last fall ( earlier post ), researchers at The Ohio State University led by Professor Yiying Wu have now developed a new system combining a solar cell and a battery into a single device. Credit: ACS, Yu et al. Click to enlarge.

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Driivz

MAY 31, 2022

Why Driivz for Smart EV Charging and Smart Energy Management? Smart EV charging uses intelligence to manage when and how an electric vehicle plugged into a smart charger will receive power for charging based on the cost of electricity, its availability, and the needs of the driver. What is EV Smart Charging?

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Blink Charging

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Future generations will increasingly rely on the grid to power their vehicles. Consequently, power grid stability and resilience have caught the public’s attention as the demand for electricity and energy-consuming technologies continues to rise.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Map of the 100 smart grid awards. Speaking at Florida Power and Light’s (FPL) DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center, President Barack Obama announced $3.4 Major elements in the announcement include: Empowering Consumers to Save Energy and Cut Utility Bills: $1 billion. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge.

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Driivz

APRIL 18, 2021

The global power generation and delivery infrastructure has generally remained unchanged for the better part of a century. As more aspects of life have been electrified, the strain on the power delivery system has grown – rolling blackouts have already become the norm in some areas when demands are too great.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Many future owners may be driving EVs in an effort to reduce their carbon footprint and charging at home could give them the opportunity to control the source of the energy that goes into their car. For instance, they may have solar panels on their roof or could, via their utility, opt for energy from renewable sources.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding more than $145 million to 69 projects in 24 states to help shape the next generation of solar energy technologies. —Energy Secretary Steven Chu. Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems: Advanced Concepts: Eight projects to receive $25.9

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