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OCTOBER 17, 2013

A composite blend of carbon fibers and polymer resin is being developed that can store and charge more energy faster than conventional batteries can. This material can then be used around the vehicle, replacing existing components, to store and charge energy. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2013

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) have identified two compressed air energy storage methods for the temporary storage of the Northwest’s excess wind power and two eastern Washington locations to put them into practice.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2012

GS Battery (USA) Inc., , the US subsidiary of Japan-based battery maker GS Yuasa, announced the deployment of its Hybrid Energy System (HES) for renewable energy storage and EV charging. Rated NEMA 3R, the cabinet is built of outdoor grade aluminum and has a green power coat finish.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2011

“ Why do you need energy storage on the grid, when the grid is full of power plants that generate all the energy that is needed? Due to the inherent capital costs and characteristics of the leading alternative energy mediums: Hydro, Wind and Solar, Solar deployment has started to emerge as the leading candidate of choice.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2019

Supported by a new five-year, $500,000- grant from the National Science Foundation, a researcher from the University of Kansas is developing machine learning technology to monitor and prevent overheating in lithium-ion batteries. During the past decade, lithium batteries have become the most popular batteries for energy storage.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2014

Overview of the three vehicle classes identified in the study, and their corresponding battery technologies. Their low cost and ability to start the engine at cold temperatures sets them apart in conventional and basic micro-hybrid vehicles, and as auxiliary batteries in all other automotive applications, according to the report.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2015

Among its many other changes, the hybrid Audi R18 e-tron quattro that placed third at the Le Mans 24 Hours this past weekend featured a new generation of the Gyrodrive flywheel hybrid energy storage system, developed by GKN in collaboration with Audi Sport. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

ABB officially opened a new plant for energy storage systems for mobility applications today in Baden, Switzerland. The energy storage systems will be used in railways, e-buses/trolleybuses and e-trucks. ABB has already received orders for energy storage systems from several vehicle manufacturers from different countries.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2016

Described in a paper published in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science , the smart membrane separator could enable the design of a new category of rechargeable/refillable energy storage devices with high energy density and specific power that would overcome the contemporary limitations of electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Maxwell Technologies, Inc. is supplying ultracapacitors to Caterpillar for a high-efficiency energy management system that supports Caterpillar’s fuel-saving hydra-electric technology in the industry’s largest-ever hydraulic mining shovel, the new Cat 6120B H FS. 6120B H FS. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2014

introduced its new HB215LC-2 hybrid hydraulic excavator. This third-generation model is based on iterations of Komatsu hybrid experience; Komatsu was the first in the industry to introduce a hybrid excavator in 2008. Since then, the company has sold more than 2,500 hybrid excavators worldwide. Komatsu America Corp.

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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. The selected projects include advanced battery systems (including flow batteries), flywheels, and compressed air energy systems.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Citroën Cactus concept with Airbumps (not related to the Hybrid Air powertrain). At the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show, Citroën will showcase its Cactus C-segment concept car, featuring, among other technologies, the Hybrid Air powertrain co-developed by PSA Peugeot Citroën and Bosch. Hybrids Hydraulic Hybrid'

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2011

Porsche Motorsport announced the entry of the 911 GT3 R Hybrid Version 2.0 ( earlier post ) in the ModSpace American Le Mans Series Monterey presented by Patrón. Components of the hybrid system are tinted in red. This will mark the second test under race conditions of the new version of the hybrid racer. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2021

By 2030, the Rolls-Royce business unit is to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 35% compared to its 2019 level through the use of new net zero and zero carbon technologies. —Dr Otto Preiss, Chief Technology Officer and COO of Rolls-Royce Power Systems. electricity from fossil-fired power plants).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2011

MAN introduced the Lion’s City Hybrid at the UITP Congress at Vienna in June 2009. Its series hybrid drive saves up to 30% of fuel in city traffic. MAN Truck & Bus is consolidating all its R&D activities in the field of hybrid technology in a newly created Center of Competence, which at the same time is expanding.

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JANUARY 22, 2016

The network is designed to use stored energy to power trains as they accelerate from stations and can provide emergency generation for trains in the event of a power outage. Saft will provide the lithium-ion battery technology. —Gary Fromer, senior vice president of distributed energy at Constellation.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2010

The flywheel-hybrid system bolts directly onto the automatic transmission. Construction has begun on the first “Flybus” prototype vehicle, designed to demonstrate the viability of a cost-effective alternative to battery-hybrid buses by using flywheel energy storage. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Under the FOCUS program, projects will develop advanced solar converters that turn sunlight into electricity for immediate use, while also producing heat that can be stored at low cost for later use as well as innovative storage systems that accept both heat and electricity from variable solar sources. b) Hybrid storage system.

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JULY 13, 2022

These kits will include OptiFuel’s zero emission CNG/RNG engines pods in a hybrid configuration (1500hp - 4500hp); locomotive control modules; and onboard CNG/RNG storage pods that can carry up to 2,000 diesel gallon equivalents (DGEs) of natural gas. Then there was the challenge of new technology.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Fortunately, though, at wearables’ modest power budgets, energy is effectively everywhere. And today, technology is maturing to the point that meaningful amounts of these energy giveaways can be harvested to liberate wearables from ever needing a battery. Not least of those considerations is energy storage [and generation].”

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2013

Scientists from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in the UK have developed a new lead-free, high-temperature ceramic capacitor that could improve the efficiency and reliability of electric and hybrid vehicles. Gregg (2012) Increasing recoverable energy storage in electroceramic capacitors using “dead-layer” engineering.

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MAY 15, 2014

Schematic of the “New Grid Testbed” components, including renewable energy generation, energy storage, smart distribution and electric transportation Click to enlarge. Two megawatt-hours of battery energy storage. Balqon Corporation; SolarMax Technology; and Winston Battery. Solar carport. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Automotive lithium-ion battery maker EnerDel is entering the utility-scale energy storage market, supplying batteries for one of the 16 new smart grid regional demonstration projects recently awarded funding by the US DOE. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2012

Artemis Digital Displacement technology represents a new approach to hydraulic pump-motors that combines robust mechanics, ultra-fast valves and digital controls. Basic concepts of using Artemis Digital Displacement technology in a hybrid application. —Ricardo head of rail vehicle technology, Jim Buchanan.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2011

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) announced a grant solicitation for the $1,000,000 Advanced Technology Demonstration Project for the demonstration of advanced hybrid technologies in school buses. This solicitation covers administration and demonstration of advanced hybrid. The ARB believes that direct.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2011

The system will be integrated with a 750-kilowatt energy storage facility that can store 2 million watt-hours of energy using batteries. The project will also include a 50-kilowatt-hour facility to demonstrate the potential reuse of vehicle electric batteries for stationary energy storage.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

a developer of a novel indirect power conversion technology ( earlier post ), and EnerDel, Inc., a developer of a novel indirect power conversion technology ( earlier post ), and EnerDel, Inc., has developed a novel, patented power conversion technology called Power Packet Switching Architecture (PPSA). Ideal Power Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2014

UK transport operator Go-Ahead Group has ordered 500 electric flywheel Gyrodrive systems from GKN Hybrid Power for use in buses. The Gyrodrive Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) system (featured in Audi’s LeMans-winning R18 e-tron quattro) harvests braking energy normally lost as heat. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

the developer of advanced lead­carbon PbC batteries and energy storage systems ( earlier post ), announced that its PowerCube battery energy storage and battery system is being integrated as a power resource for the PJM Regulation Market, which serves 58 million people in all or parts of 13 states and the District of Columbia.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2013

Elements of the “Hybrid Air” hydraulic hybrid powertrain under development for B, C, and D vehicles. Following the introduction of the Bosch electric axle-split hybrid in PSA Peugeot Citroën diesel vehicles ( earlier post ), the two companies are now planning to develop a hydraulic hybrid powertrain for passenger cars.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2012

Bombardier EnerGstor wayside energy storage unit. Bombardier Transportation, a leading producer of rail vehicles and rail transportation equipment, systems and services, has selected Maxwell ultracapacitors as the energy storage element of the Bombardier EnerGstor braking energy recuperation system.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2022

With its model-specific technology developments, the BMW i3 has also become an innovation driver for the BMW and MINI brands in numerous other areas. Originally developed for the BMW i3, the fifth generation of BMW eDrive technology is now being produced. The BMW Group plant in Leipzig also has such an energy storage farm.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2013

The energy in the flywheel can then be used to accelerate the vehicle when it is time to move off again or to power the vehicle once it reaches cruising speed. The flywheel’s stored energy is sufficient to power the car for short periods. Fuel Efficiency Hybrids Vehicle Systems' Volvo Car’s flywheel KERS system.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The US Department of Energy’ (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) is awarding $100 million to eight clean energy technology projects through the Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy technologies with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) program. Award amount: $9,000,000).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2009

Vycon Energy has developed a flywheel energy storage technology for rubber tired gantry cranes (RTG) that can either be retrofit to existing RTG cranes or included as part of a new build. Flywheels provide significant fuel and emissions reductions via the capturing of braking energy generated when a container is lowered.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Researchers from Imperial College London and their European partners, including Volvo Car Corporation, are developing a prototype multifunctional structural composite material composed of carbon fibers and a polymer resin which can store and discharge electrical energy and which is also strong and lightweight enough to be used for car parts.

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