Cars That Think

AUGUST 1, 2022

As the number of electric vehicles on the world’s roads explodes, electric utilities are grappling with increasing demand while simultaneously having to stabilize their grids where more intermittent renewable-energy sources like wind and solar are coming online. That’s the promise of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology.

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Grid Netherlands Sweden Renewable 97

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2021

Based in the United Kingdom, Connected Energy uses end-of-life EV batteries to create energy storage systems. With E-STOR commercial scale energy storage systems, end users can generate new revenues, save energy costs and make better use of renewable energy generation.

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Connect Connected Energy Energy Storage 186

Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2023

Skeleton Technologies is a manufacturer of high power, fast charging energy storage for transportation, grid, automotive and industrial applications. Skeleton’s SuperBattery modules will sharply increase fuel cells’ performance and lifetime by reducing the requirement for peak power from the fuel cell.

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Mariner Hydrogen Norway Energy Storage 170

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2013

Controls and energy storage top the list. The study found that the majority of ongoing or recently concluded R&D projects are co-funded by, in rank order, Germany (38.5%), the European Union (27.3%), France (10.7%), the Netherlands (5.9%), and the UK (3.7%). HI-WI, iKRAVT); controls for energy storage systems (i.e.

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Energy Storage Energy Vehicles Li-ion 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2017

Dutch grid technology and services company Alfen has delivered a 3MW stationary storage system using BMW batteries to Nuon’s Prinses Alexia Windpark in Zeewolde, the Netherlands. The system will be expanded to 12 MW over the coming period, making it the largest storage project in the Netherlands.

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BMW Netherlands Batteries Battery 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Fastned has built and is operating 63 fast charging EV stations in the Netherlands. Leclanché will provide scalable battery energy storage systems (BESS) for Fastned, using large-format lithium-ion batteries. The battery acts as a buffer between the electricity grid and the vehicles charging.

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Charging Batteries Battery Lithium Ion 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2017

Vattenfall will purchase the new batteries from the BMW plant in Dingolfing and use them in all storage projects. The first energy storage from the BMW-i3 batteries is being built at the 122 MW onshore wind farm “Princess Alexia” near Amsterdam. megawatts (MW), it is Vattenfall’s first large storage project in the Netherlands.

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Wind BMW Li-ion Mini E 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2012

Lithium polymer battery packs from Corvus Energy were recently installed in Europe’s first hybrid tugboat, the RotorTug RT Adriaan of KOTUG, an international maritime service provider headquartered in The Netherlands. This diesel-to-hybrid retrofit represents Europe’s first low emissions hybrid tugboat. Corvus uses Dow Kokam cells.

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Polymer Mariner Hybrid Lead Acid 218

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

The European Commission has awarded the H2FUTURE project consortium—comprising voestalpine, Siemens, VERBUND and Austrian Power Grid (APG) as well as the research-partners K1-MET and ECN—the contract for the construction of one of the world’s largest PEM electrolysis plants for producing green hydrogen.

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Building Production Hydrogen Austria 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2014

Synthetic fuel production from fuel-combustion-based energy and CO 2 (top) and from atmospheric CO 2 using solar electricity (bottom). That solar fuels offer the promise of solar energy storage—a key challenge in a world predominantly relying on renewables. Credit: ACS, van der Giesen et al. Click to enlarge.

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Fuel Energy Solar CO2 236

Driivz

AUGUST 21, 2022

That’s the fear there won’t be a functioning charger available at the right time and place to charge an EV, potentially leaving a driver stranded with no power. . In the EU there are more than 330,000 public charging points, but 69% are concentrated in the Netherlands, Germany, and France, and only about 10% are fast charging stations.

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