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90 kW solar-to-EV project in San Diego Zoo completed

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Smart City San Diego and City of San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders unveiled the completed Smart City San Diego Solar-to-EV Project—a 90kW solar photovoltaic canopy that directly charges up to 5 electric vehicles (EVs) in the San Diego Zoo parking lot.

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BMW i home energy storage system integrates 2nd-life i3 vehicle batteries

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BMW i announced a home stationary energy storage system solution integrating its BMW i3 vehicle battery at EVS 29 in Montréal. The system has been designed to be integrated into the house energy supply chain. In 2013, BMW and the University of San Diego installed a micro grid application with Battery 2nd Life MINI E batteries.

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Temperature-resilient batteries: Pioneering the functionality of EVs

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A research team from the University of California, San Diego, have developed temperature-resilient batteries that perform well at both cold and hot temperatures, whilst storing abundant amounts of energy.

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NSF awards UCSD team $39M to improve integration of distributed energy resources into grid; EV batteries also

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At the other end of the grid, electric vehicles need charging for only a certain amount of time every day, and when not in use could be used as temporary batteries to store energy from renewables. It will also entail the construction of a new energy storage testing facility on the East Campus.

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California Energy Commission awards more than $1.8M additional funding to further UCSD microgrid project; energy storage, EV charging and V2G services are components

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The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved funding to advance further the development of its pioneering 42 MW peak microgrid and expand electric vehicle charging at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). The return on this investment extends far beyond the San Diego campus. Weisenmiller.

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Nissan LEAF helps power company’s NA facilities with V2G; Nissan Energy

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directional EV charging technology to partially power its North American headquarters in Franklin, TN, and its design center in San Diego, CA. Leading the industry, Nissan has also received certification for second-life LEAF batteries to be used in stationary energy storage. Nissan Energy Home.

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UCSD, South 8 team report improved liquefied-gas electrolytes for Li-metal batteries

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The research, published in the journal Joule , builds on innovations first reported in Science in 2017 by the same research group at the University of California San Diego and the university spinout South 8 Technologies. C, the team demonstrated lithium-metal anode cycling efficiency of 98.4%.

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