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APRIL 10, 2022

A realistic pilot test conducted by Porsche, the grid operator TransnetBW and consulting firm Intelligent Energy System Services (IE2S), has demonstrated that electrical balancing power can be stored in the high-voltage batteries of an intelligent swarm of electric cars. —Dr Rainer Pflaum, CFO TransnetBW.

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JANUARY 24, 2014

The magnitude of these savings is ~5% to 15% higher in a system with 20% wind penetration compared to a system with no wind power, and the savings are 50–60% higher in a system that requires capacity expansion. —Weis et al.

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JUNE 16, 2010

American Superconductor Corporation ( AMSC ), a global power technologies company, announced in conjunction with Global Wind Day 2010 on 15 June that it has achieved a significant milestone by supporting the production of more than 15,000 megawatts (MW) of wind power worldwide with its proprietary power electronic solutions.

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MAY 15, 2020

—Dane Christensen, a mechanical engineer in NREL’s Residential Buildings Research Group and a principal investigator on a blockchain pilot project. —Tony Markel, a senior engineer in the Energy Systems Cyber-Physical Security Research Group at NREL. An illustration of two connected homes sharing electricity. Source: NREL.

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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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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

Starting in 2013, Audi will begin series production of TCNG models whose engines—derived from TFSI units—will be powered by e-gas: synthetic methane produced via the methanation of hydrogen produced by electrolysis using renewable electricity. Wind turbines are the first significant component of the Audi e-gas project.

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APRIL 11, 2023

Whenever new technologies are introduced into the power grid, there’s always a chance they could disrupt the system, possibly even leading to blackouts. Finding ways to deal with the impact on the grid caused by incorporating renewable energy has been the focus of Vijay Vittal ’s research for nearly 20 years.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2019

The states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North and South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas are home to a quarter of the US population and consume 30% of electric power generated in the US. Hydrogen can be used as an effective storage medium to increase utilization of these renewable energy resources.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

State officials have approved requirements for the power grid to consist of 50% renewable energy by 2030. The study will examine the limitations of intermittent renewable options, such as wind and solar energy, which are only available at certain hours of the day.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2014

Using the MCS, PowerStream can determine when it is most economical to use the resources powering its microgrid or when they need to revert to using power from the provincial power grid. GE and PowerStream Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2018

Together with other highly-flexible controllable systems in the BMW Group production network, they will contribute to the stability of the public grid outside of the plant. Electricity generation from variable renewable electricity sources (VRE) such as wind and solar power has grown rapidly and is expected to continue to do so.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 12, 2024

Grid-connected battery farms back up renewables when the sun is not shining or the wind is not blowing and are considered important to help integrate clean energy into power grids.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 11, 2024

Grid-connected battery farms back up renewables when the sun is not shining or the wind is not blowing and are considered important to help integrate clean energy into power grids.

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Auto Energy Storage Batteries Battery 52

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2019

Because of this, the new power consumers not only present an additional load on the power grid, but can potentially serve as flexible storage devices in the context of the variable availability of solar and wind power. An interface with the grid operator via HEMS is one possible application.

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Cars That Think

MAY 12, 2023

Today solar is the third largest renewable-electricity sector behind hydropower and wind. Based in Berlin, the DGS supports the introduction of solar technologies and renewable energy resources into the power grid. He then served as president of the German Solar Energy Society (DGS) , from 1993 to 1997. Sauer served in the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2014

A team from Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO, together with Daimler AG and the Institute for Human Factors and Technology Management at the University of Stuttgart, is developing both the charging infrastructure and the energy management systems required to manage large fleets of EVs in a project called charge@work.

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DECEMBER 1, 2011

liter diesel engines to TME starting in 2014. The engines will be installed in certain Toyota-produced vehicles planned for sale in the European market. Next-generation lithium-ion battery power could allow for powering cars with clean energy from solar cells and from wind turbines. liter and 2.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2020

Smart infrastructure ESG and SDG initiatives will provide tangible health benefits with cleaner air and healthier climates as a result of the mass electrification of power grids derived from renewable energy resources like solar, thermal, water, and wind to fuel limitless fleets of electric vehicles producing zero or low carbon emissions.

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JUNE 3, 2011

GE’s FlexEfficiency technology is engineered to deliver a combination of flexibility and efficiency. By rapidly ramping up and down in response to fluctuations in wind and solar power, the technology will enable the integration of more renewable resources into the power grid.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2012

Energy security drives the initiatives, Hammack said, adding that increased usage of renewable energy on military installations would enable them to operate even if local power grids go down. New sources of clean energy will vary among installations, he said, and will include solar, wind, biomass and geothermal developments.

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DECEMBER 30, 2021

2021 was a big year for energy-related news, what with the ongoing hunt for new forms of energy storage and cleaner if not carbon-free electricity and events and research that spotlighted the weak links in our power grid. No battery is perfect, however, so engineers keep pushing for new and improved ways to store those electrons.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2011

Short-term transients, including those related to wind and solar sources, present challenges to the electrical grid. Stationary energy storage systems that can operate for many cycles, at high power, with high round-trip energy efficiency, and at low cost are required. C, two-thirds of its maximum discharge capacity is observed.

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MARCH 6, 2013

Under normal conditions, this stabilizing technology will be particularly important as the power grid is expected to rely more and more on variable renewable resources such as wind and solar technologies. —PNNL lead engineer Michael Kintner-Meyer. These technologies will result in a triple-win.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2017

As solar, wind and other renewable sources, which are intermittent, replace fossil fuels as a source of energy and enter mainstream power grids, stabilizing the power supply also poses a challenge. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2012

Last year, Panasonic supplied its lithium-ion battery storage system for the S10 household energy storage system developed by E3/DC, an engineering firm in Germany. In so doing, Panasonic aims for a leading position in providing a solution to protect the power grid system.

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

to provide EV conversion technology and integrated vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and vehicle-to-site (V2S) networking solutions under the Aloha Micro Grid program for the U.S. Army’s Tank and Automobile Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2009

The development engineers are also investigating how the constant switching on and off of the batteries affects the power grid; the harmonics this generates could knock the grid out of sync. The associated technology for vehicles and the grid will be developed and prepared for use over the next two years.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

With the premiere of pre-production models of the Mercedes-Benz GLC F-CELL, Daimler also presented its latest generation fuel cell technology: 30% smaller, 40% more power and with a size that now fits into the engine compartment of Mercedes-Benz passenger vehicles.

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Driivz

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, is a more environmentally friendly and cleaner alternative to traditional fossil fuels. The Benefits of Renewable Energy Renewable energy sources like solar and wind power have several significant advantages over traditional fossil fuels.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Under the terms of the LOI, Mantra and KC Cottrell will enter into a strategic alliance to engineer, build, test, and deploy a 100 kg-per day Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide (ERC) reactor. (KC Cottrell), a global leader in air pollution control based out of Seoul, Korea.

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DECEMBER 4, 2023

This sponsored article is brought to you by NYU Tandon School of Engineering. The multi-institutional effort is called Decarbonizing Chemical Manufacturing Using Sustainable Electrification, or DC-MUSE , founded at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering and encompassing a number of schools and institutions.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

HybridSHIP is concerned with introducing batteries for on-board energy storage, integrated with fuel cells and gas engines. The concept design, which targets Northern European feeder services, uses liquid hydrogen as fuel to generate power with a combined fuel cell and battery system. Germanischer Lloyd.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2011

Under the new contracts, the teams will now develop concepts and models that can be tested in computer simulations, laboratories and wind tunnels. Moreover, the fuel burn reduction and the ‘greening’ of the electrical power grid can produce large reductions in emissions of life cycle CO 2 and nitrous oxide.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

FGC is in a leap-frog mode to incorporate lithium-ion storage technology for multiple uses in an overhaul of what is one of the world’s largest bulk power grids. —Bruce Curtis, President of Ener1 Grid Storage.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2018

In Germany, Mercedes-Benz Cars has eight vehicle and powertrain plants (Bremen, Rastatt, Sindelfingen, Berlin, Hamburg, Kamenz, Kölleda, Stuttgart-Untertürkheim), which either purchase electricity or operate their own power plants. Already existing highly efficient gas CHP systems additionally generate local heat and power at the factories.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Starting around the middle of 2024, the Shetlands—and also part of mainland Scotland—will be powered by the 443-megawatt Viking wind farm , consisting of 103 wind turbines on the main island of Shetland. According to Plet, wind energy is driving an acceleration of HVDC installations in Europe.

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JULY 7, 2011

By securing the necessary IP infrastructure and funding from two important new-energy investors, LMBC can explore scale-up engineering and commercialization efforts. Affordable grid-level energy storage is the linchpin for massive deployment of renewable energy on the electric power grid.

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