Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2010

SAE International has published the J2836/1 standard: Use Cases for Communication between Plug-In Vehicles and the Utility Grid. The standard establishes use cases for two-way communication between plug-in electric vehicles and the electric power grid, for energy transfer and other applications. Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

To provide 50%—or more—of power from clean energy sources, power grids will have to be able to leverage distributed energy sources, and reliably manage dynamic changes, while minimizing impact on customer quality of service. We will be replicating the entire California power grid on one campus.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2020

ORNL’s wireless charging technology transferred power between the truck and a charging pad across the 11-inch gap using two electromagnetic coupling coils at the demonstration. The system transferred electricity from the power grid to the vehicle battery terminals at more than 92% efficiency. —Omer Onar.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2009

The US Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded EnerNex Corporation a contract to help NIST sustain the accelerated development of the hundreds of compatible standards that will be required to build a secure, interoperable smart electric power grid.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2012

The aim of the project will be power-grid load-equalization and the establishment of an optimized vehicle-charging scheme. The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is standardizing these kinds of communication technologies so that automotive manufacturers can use them globally.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Rendering of the Grail Engine. Grail Engine Technologies , the designer of a two-stroke engine using forced semi-homogeneous charged compression ignition (FS-HCCI) combustion, has adopted the Pulstar pulse plugs from Enerpulse ( earlier post ). Elements of the Grail Engine. Click to enlarge. Matthew Riley.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The IEEE member is an electrical design engineer at Arkansas Nuclear One , in Russellville. Our nuclear plant is like a river that meets the ocean, supplying power to the larger electric power grid that provides electricity across North America,” Ansari says. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

SoCalGas) to examine the proposed 100% Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) and explore options that can help achieve emission reduction goals more efficiently and at lower costs. State officials have approved requirements for the power grid to consist of 50% renewable energy by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Jay Johnson, an electrical engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, has been studying the varied vulnerabilities of electric vehicle charging infrastructure for the past four years. We have been studying potential impacts to the power grid. It’s impossible to create solutions if you don’t understand the state of the industry.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 6, 2024

In addition to the heat, voltage transients, and electromagnetic interference (EMI) in the automotive environment, the on-board charger must interface with the AC power grid, requiring protection from AC line disturbances for reliable operation. The challenge for design engineers? 2002 Standard 1.2/50 The IEEE C62.41.2-2002

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

It recognizes young engineers for contributions to the technical community and IEEE’s fields of interest. A jet-setting career After receiving his bachelor’s degree in power engineering in 1948 from Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Hissey joined Leeds and Northrup (L&N) in Philadelphia as an applications engineer.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2009

Active standards work. During the SAE 2009 World Congress in Detroit, Gary Kissel of General Motors presented an update of hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric vehicle standards being revised or developed by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Hybrid Standards Committee. by Jack Rosebro. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 13, 2018

The new charging station is suitable for electric models of all brands with the European standard Type 2 variant of the widely used Combined Charging System (CCS), and is now available for use free of charge. The industrial consortium includes automotive manufacturers the BMW Group and Dr. Ing. 450 kW, the second gives up to 175 kW.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is a member of a team that was recently awarded a $7-million contract from the US Army Corps of Engineers to demonstrate integration of electric vehicles, generators and solar arrays to supply emergency power for Fort Carson, Colo. Demonstration (JCTD) called the Smart Power Infrastructure.

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AUGUST 14, 2019

The new BMW 330e plug-in hybrid features the latest generation of BMW eDrive technology paired with a four-cylinder gasoline engine. Making its debut appearance in a BMW, the standard-fitted XtraBoost raises the system output of the plug-in hybrid to a maximum 215 kW/292 hp. The plug-in hybrid system pools the abilities of a 2.0-liter

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The 260-kilometer, 320-kilovolt high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission system, based on technology from Hitachi Energy , in Zurich, marks a milestone in an ongoing transformation of the European power grid: It will plug into the first truly dynamic multiterminal HVDC network in Europe. electrical engineers with HVDC expertise.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. 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.

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MAY 18, 2011

JFE Engineering Corporation, Sharp Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd., have been selected as contractors for a joint US-Japan collaboration supporting a Smart Grid project on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Smart Grid Model at a Substation with One Distribution Grid Level in Kihei (Hitachi). Hitachi, Ltd.,

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EV Connect

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

If you’re filling up a car that has an internal combustion engine (ICE), you only need to distinguish between the gas and diesel pump. That’s because on the one hand, the nascent EV sector is still on a path to standardization, and on the other because different charging speeds and power loads require more than one type of EV plug.

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MARCH 30, 2018

mi lower than that of an automated fleet composed of any currently available hybrid or internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEV). The standard now is 200 miles. per revenue mile—an order of magnitude lower than the cost of service of present-day Manhattan taxis and $0.05–$0.08/mi We suspected you wouldn’t need as much for taxis.

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MARCH 26, 2013

The Sustainable Nuclear Energy Technology Platform is an association of power reactor manufacturers, NPP operators, Nuclear Regulatory Commission bodies from various countries, and R&D institutions formed to stipulate engineering works conducted in such collaborations as EUROPAIRS, ARCHER, or NC2I-R.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

House of Representatives that would prevent California from receiving federal waivers to set standards limiting the sale of gasoline-driven automobiles. This winter, residents in the Sierra Nevada mountains lost power for days due to heavy snow storms. People with electric vehicles couldn't charge them to evacuate or heat their homes.

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JULY 19, 2016

The transformers will be among the most powerful in the world, meeting the most stringent performance, reliability and safety standards. —Claudio Facchin, President of ABB’s Power Grids division. Each transformer weighs 800 tons, measuring 32 meters in length.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Among the most articulate and almost certainly the wonkiest is Jesse Jenkins , a professor of engineering at Princeton University, where he heads the ZERO Lab—the Zero-carbon Energy systems Research and Optimization Laboratory, that is. How fast can you ramp your power plants up and down to handle the variability from wind and solar?

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Setec Powerr

APRIL 10, 2024

Establishing an energy resilience strategy has become crucial, not only to ensure your charging station business remains unaffected by power grid disruptions but also to help you navigate the risks posed by market and regulatory changes. Microgrids In engineering terms, microgrids represent the most complex solution for resilience.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Ford, Honda, and BMW have announced plans to create a new “vehicle-to-grid company” that’s aimed at standardizing vehicle charging via a singular platform. The service also seeks to return excess energy to the electrical grid, effectively converting EVs into publicly shared batteries.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Once validated, these procedures could become the basis for testing standards for V2G applications. The test plan does not include all the tests required to meet the 1547 standard due to the uniqueness of the battery-based V2G power electronics that makes some of the IEEE Std. Example of V2G test setup. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2014

The traction battery can be charged from the electric power grid or while driving. Porsche Car Connect is standard on this vehicle, and allows the driver to pull relevant vehicle data from a smart phone. They are located behind the center air intake and are controlled by engine management. The Cayenne Diesel features a 3.0

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Research will be led by Daniel Steingart, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment. Walton III '74 Professor in Engineering, and professor of chemical and biological engineering. 78 and William H.

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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. Smith, Hawaii—SPIDERS is to enable those facilities to operate independent from the bulk power grid (i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

The project will be fully cognizant of past and current efforts to develop communication standards and protocols such as Open Automated Demand Response (OpenADR); Smart Energy Profile2.0 SEP2); Zigbee; Society of Automotive Engineers J1772; International Standards Organization 15118; etc.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2014

Integration of renewable hydrogen and the power grid through development, optimization and validation of technologies that enable distributed generation of renewable hydrogen in a broader energy ecosystem.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2013

Renault recently made public the findings of an internal study, published first in October 2011, detailing and comparing the lifecycle assessments (LCAs) of the battery-electric and two internal combustion engined versions (gasoline and diesel) of the Renault Fluence. Emission standard. Renault assessed the diesel Fluence dCi (1.5L

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 25, 2023

However, the worldwide demand for energy is expected to increase by 20 percent in 10 years, with a large majority of that demand supplied by sustainable energy sources like wind power. These networks include cables that connect wind farms to the shore and supply electricity to our power grid infrastructure (Figure 3).

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Green Cars News

APRIL 25, 2009

At the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) 2009 World Congress, an update was presented of hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electric vehicle standards that are being revised by the SAE Hybrid Standards Committee. A separate standard will be developed for the European market.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2011

GE unveiled the FlexEfficiency 50 Combined Cycle Power Plant, engineered to deliver a combination of flexibility and efficiency in power generation. The FlexEfficiency 50 Combined Cycle Power Plant. The FlexEfficiency 50 Combined Cycle Power Plant is rated at 510 megawatts and offers fuel efficiency greater than 61%.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

The Boosted Range Extender combines a two-cylinder combustion engine with an electric motor, alternator and power-shiftable two-speed transmission. At a low state of charge for the energy storage system, the internal combustion engine starts and provides the energy supply via the alternator connected to it in serial operation.

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