Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2020

American shipbuilding company Vigor Fab LLC has selected ABB as the hybrid-electric propulsion and energy storage system provider for the newest additions to the Washington State Ferry fleet—the largest US ferry system. The first hybrid-electric Olympic Class ferry will join Washington State Ferries’ fleet in 2024.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

As the number of EVs grows and especially as larger trucks and buses electrify with larger batteries, there will be opportunities to use those batteries also to support the grid. A bidirectional fleet could also create new revenue opportunities for EV owners or fleets.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

The US Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for projects around the country to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems. Smart grid regional demonstrations involving plug-in vehicles include (ranked by DOE funding): Columbus Southern Power Company (doing business as AEP Ohio).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2015

Advanced Microgrid Solutions (AMS) has selected Tesla as the primary technology provider for its utility-scale energy storage projects. Under the agreement, AMS will install up to 500 MWh of Tesla batteries in its energy storage projects.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2020

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in late February demonstrated a 20-kilowatt bi-directional wireless charging system installed on a UPS medium-duty, plug-in hybrid electric delivery truck. ORNL’s bidirectional technology is fully compliant with grid power quality standards.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The company’s president, Tom Gage , dubbed the system “vehicle to grid” or V2G. And EV owners would become entrepreneurs, selling electricity back to the grid. And indeed, that’s how promoters of vehicle-to-grid technology perceive the EV.

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Driivz

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Public and private fleet owners are under increasing environmental and government pressure to reduce carbon emissions by switching to electric vehicles (EVs). EVs of all classes offer fleet owners significant advantages over internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. and can include penalties for exceeding peak demand limits.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2022

The installation of an MCS charging station (megawatt charging system) is possible as a next step. At the same time, the eTruck Charging Park also tackles important issues such as grid connection, local energy generation, energy storage, and intelligent management of charging processes.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2015

Eguana Technologies, a supplier of power control and conversion solutions for distributed energy storage systems and Li-ion manufacturer LG Chem have combined their technologies under a multi-year agreement to deliver a certified, fully integrated energy storage system (ESS) Eguana calls “AC Battery”.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2016

They found that for an 80% RPS in 2050, immediate charging of PEVs requires the installation of an aggregate energy storage system with a power capacity of 60% of the installed renewable capacity and an energy capacity of 2.3% BEV fleet size was based on the percentage of vehicle miles trav-eled.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2015

AES Energy Storage and LG Chem have entered a multi-year agreement that provides access to a gigawatt-hour (GWh) of lithium-ion battery capacity with the option to procure additional capacity for the AES Advancion energy storage solution. regulation, reserves, renewable ramping, energy delivery, voltage control, etc.),

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

BMW i announced a home stationary energy storage system solution integrating its BMW i3 vehicle battery at EVS 29 in Montréal. In 2011, batteries which were previously used in the MINI E test fleet were successfully implemented in a stationary project.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2023

ACCURE Battery Intelligence , a developer of predictive analytics software to ensure battery safety, performance and extended life for energy storage, electric vehicles, and other applications, secured a €7.2-million million ($7.8-million) million) investment.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Tesla Energy seems to be well on its way to ending 2023 on a strong note. This was hinted at by a rather large fleet of 337 Megapack batteries that was recently sighted at the Megafactory in Lathrop, California. The Tesla Megapack is the electric vehicle maker’s flagship battery storage system. MWh of energy.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2020

It will provide 840 MW of reliable energy to the IPA purchasers it serves, including Los Angeles and municipalities in other parts of California and Utah. The power plant is connected to the Los Angeles power grid by an existing high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission line. and Hitachi, Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2022

FreeWire recently broke ground on a new 66,000-square-foot R&D facility in Newark, California to develop and manufacture new ultrafast charging and energy storage product offerings. FreeWire has installed nearly 5 MWh of energy storage capacity through battery-integrated charging to date, with more than 30 MWh booked.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

A fleet of plug-in electric vehicles sits ready to roll at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, California. (US The Air Force unveiled the Department of Defense’s first non-tactical vehicle fleet composed entirely of plug-in electric vehicles at Los Angeles Air Force Base today. US Air Force photo by Sarah Corrice/RELEASED.)

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The size of the Megapack fleet suggests that the production of the flagship batteries is running smoothly. Being the company’s largest battery storage unit, the Megapack is designed for grid use, and it has successfully been deployed in key projects in Australia and the United States, among others. MWh of energy.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2022

GM Energy’s services will also enable the sale of energy from EV and stationary storage batteries back to utilities during peak, high energy consumption periods, unlocking even more potential value for customers and increasing resiliency for the electrical grid.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2018

California’s grid is facing an era of rapid change. There are a lot of complex issues for Californians — especially policymakers—to consider as we work toward a clean energy future. Framework of Electric Mobility - Infrastructure - Charging - Grid Nexus.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2013

A vehicle-to-grid (V2G) project between the University of Delaware and NRG Energy has begun selling power to PJM Interconnection for the power grid. Frequency regulations is used to balance supply and demand on the grid second-by-second. installing UD control technology into the EVs and others. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2013

These funds will be invested, in part, in analyzing multiple stand-alone energy storage technologies to further improve the microgrid. It provides a crucial real-life demonstration of technology that can help to provide California a future of clean, sustainable and reliable energy. —Energy Commission Chair Robert B.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Tesla has launched its Powerwall home energy storage systems in two new countries over the past couple of months, most recently including in Taiwan. On Wednesday, the Tesla Energy account on X posted that the Powerwall is now available in Taiwan, including a link to the Taiwanese page for the energy storage product.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Tesla Energy is poised to end 2023 on a strong note. This was hinted at by a fleet of 270 Megapack batteries that were recently sighted at the Megafactory in Lathrop, California. Without installation charges, the 2-hour Megapack is listed with a price of $1,454,540, while the 4-hour version is listed with a price of $1,378,030.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Daimler AG, with its wholly owned subsidiary ACCUMOTIVE, and enercity (Stadtwerke Hannover AG) will begin construction of a new stationary energy storage system (ESS) this year; the facility also functions as a spare parts storage facility for electromotive battery systems. Further, noted Madeleine Herdlitschka, from Daimler’s.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Innovative EV charging developer FreeWire Technologies is improving its flagship lineup of Boost chargers to offer an even more flexible and capable lineup that now includes bidirectional capabilities, power sharing, and site backup should the local grid encounter any power outages.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2011

The California Energy Commission awarded $227,000 to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) for a research project demonstrating how energy storage can be integrated into local microgrids. SMUD plans to set up two demonstration sites using Premium Power Corporation ’s energy storage system.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Working with Fermata Energy, a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) systems company, Nissan North America is launching a new pilot program under the Nissan Energy Share initiative which leverages bi?directional Leading the industry, Nissan has also received certification for second-life LEAF batteries to be used in stationary energy storage.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2020

The investment will help Electrify America reduce its overall energy-related costs and lower the company’s impact on Sacramento’s electrical grid. This first-of-a-kind program will help address peak energy demands, minimize impacts to the grid and support the expansion of EV charging in our community.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

installations—Joint Base Pearl. independent from the bulk power grid (i.e., SPIDERS uses the conceptual designs of an Energy Surety Microgrid developed by Sandia National Laboratories, and has four specific goals for electric power surety at US military installations: To protect critical. Carson, Colorado; and Camp.

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Blink Charging

JULY 27, 2023

Blink Charging recently announced our first battery energy storage system (also referred to as a BES system or BESS) in Pennsylvania that includes four direct current fast chargers (DCFCs). Here’s what battery storage means for you. What is a battery energy storage system?

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2019

“We will be creating a seamless, sustainable ecosystem that addresses the main applications and provides answers to all the energy questions raised by electric car users and fleet operators. destination – charging at the destination: fleet customers and chain outlets. —Thorsten Nicklaß. Charging on the road.

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Driivz

MAY 3, 2022

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first installment in our two-part blog series on the role of utilities in turning EVs into a grid asset. We set the stage by examining EV adoption trends, the impact of EV charging on the grid, and the risks of unmanaged EV charging. . The impact of EV charging on the grid. Utilities in the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2011

Total Smart Grid costs. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has released a broad assessment of the costs and benefits to modernize the US electricity system and deploy the smart grid. The analysis updates EPRI’s 2004 EPRI assessment, which estimated the cost of implementing a smart grid at $165 billion. Source: EPRI.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

As more fleets of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles go electric, there’s a growing awareness that building the necessary charging infrastructure will be a complex proposition, requiring specialized expertise and considerable capital. Neha Palmer: My background has been energy my entire career.

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Blink Charging

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Last year, Blink introduced a new demand response feature, enhancing grid management alongside existing local load management capabilities. Load management facilitates cost reduction by sharing power among multiple chargers, while demand response enables hosts to engage in grid optimization programs. What is Demand Response?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

A team of Burns & McDonnell engineers, along with subcontractor Coritech Services, has developed a system of bidirectional, fast-charging stations for a fleet of plug-in electric vehicles at Fort Carson, Colo. Focused on three distinct military installations—Joint Base Pearl Harbor/Hickam, Hawaii; Fort Carson, Colorado; and Camp H.M.

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