Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Enphase Energy, a global energy technology company and the leading supplier of microinverter-based solar and battery systems, has agreed to acquire EVSE company ClipperCreek. Launches Enphase into the rapidly growing EV sector with a respected brand and industry-leading products. Establishes a US manufacturing footprint for Enphase.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Vehicle-to-grid EV charging technology has arrived in Australia – or, at least, one small part of it. A Nissan Leaf owned by Barossa winemaker Joseph Evans has become the first car to be connected to the electricity grid in South Australia. Nissan Leaf being used for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Through the JuiceNet platform, these facilities can be remotely controlled and aggregated for grid balancing purposes relying on unidirectional and bidirectional (vehicle-to-grid, V2G) electricity flows. —Francesco Venturini, Head of Enel’s Global e-Solutions division.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2022

The energy system will power and heat Raven SR’s S-Series hydrogen production facility at a sanitary landfill in Richmond, California. The hydrogen product will be resold to power fuel cells in heavy-duty trucks. This is a model example of how innovation can enable sector coupling which will be critical on the global path to net zero.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2019

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is providing $950,000 in funding for gas company BOC for a renewable hydrogen production and refueling project in Queensland. The electrolyzer will be configured to produce hydrogen via electrolysis drawn from the onsite solar or grid sourced renewable energy via a power purchase agreement.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2021

The partnership enables sodium-ion battery technology to be incorporated in a range of renewable energy applications including residential energy storage, commercial micro-grids, wind turbine and tidal energy storage. AMTE Power has branded its sodium-ion product “Ultra Safe” due to its improved safety and enhanced thermal stability.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

The electrolyzer will be installed at Ovako’s existing plant in Hofors, Sweden. We look forward to working with Ovako and its partners to further develop fossil-free steel production. The electrolyzer will produce oxygen and hydrogen for Ovako’s steel-heating process and is a major step towards zero-carbon emission steel production.

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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. The combined heat and power station at BMW Group Plant Dingolfing is part of the BMW Power Pool and supports the compensation of frequency fluctuations in the grid.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Global electric vehicle production forecast for 2014. Driven by tighter emission standards in Europe, worldwide production of plug-in electric vehicles(PEVs)—including both battery-electric (BEV) and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) models—will increase by 67% this year, according to IHS Automotive, driven by Polk.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 27, 2022

Unlike those you may have grown accustomed to seeing, many of these stations don’t just charge electric cars—they can also send power from vehicle batteries to the local utility grid for use by homes and businesses. Debates over the feasibility and value of such vehicle-to-grid technology go back decades. This is good for the grid.

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Cars That Think

JULY 15, 2021

Operators can use the systems to store energy from solar panels and deliver power to the grid during cloudy days or at night. Or, they can supply the green hydrogen to other industries, such as cargo shipping and steel production. All together they’ll represent a 300-megawatt solar installation.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Global renewable energy investment increased between 2013 and 2018, reaching its peak at US$351 billion in 2017, according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Climate Policy Initiative (CPI). The 2020 edition of Global Landscape of Renewable Energy Finance highlights however, that while a cumulative US$1.8

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2021

EV Connect, a California-based software-as-a-service company, is collaborating with the Indiana-based Battery Innovation Center (BIC) and Energy Systems Network (ESN) to deploy Indiana’s first large-scale Vehicle-to-Grid capable charging system to support school bus fleet, HD truck, and other customer segment applications.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2023

The initiative leverages Honda's hydrogen fuel cell technology expertise and contributes to the company's global goal to achieve carbon neutrality for all products and corporate activities by 2050. Honda began operation of a stationary fuel cell power station on its corporate campus in Torrance, Calif., m 2 Approx.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2015

The California Independent System Operator (ISO), the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the California Energy Commission (CEC) unveiled a comprehensive roadmap to assess the current market environment and regulatory policies for connecting new energy storage technology to the state’s power grid. —California Roadmap.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2020

Series production of the flexible quick charging stations is currently scheduled to start in the second half of 2020. The electrification of the global automotive industry is a megatrend. Production is to begin this year. The built-in battery pack can store a buffer of energy meaning that it can be disconnected from the grid.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2022

The new capital will be used to support FreeWire’s growth plans as the company accelerates commercial deployments of its battery-integrated ultrafast EV charging technology and increases manufacturing capacity to meet growing global customer demand, including high priority markets such as the UK, Canada, Japan, and Australia/New Zealand.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2013

A plot of ESOI for 7 potential grid-scale energy storage technologies. Benson from Stanford University and Stanford’s Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) has quantified the energetic costs of 7 different grid-scale energy storage technologies over time. Credit: Barnhart and Benson, 2013. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2023

bp will lead the development, construction and operations of these fixed-bottom offshore wind projects, with grid connection targeted by end 2030. bp’s global offshore wind pipeline now totals up to 9.2GW net to bp. The remaining 90% will be paid over a 20-year period when the projects become operational in the next decade.

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Blink Charging

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

federal government is actively facilitating EV adoption, aiming to simplify the purchasing process for consumers , encourage companies to electrify their fleets , and assist businesses in installing EV charging stations. Installing a BESS on-site helps alleviate this grid demand for EV charging.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2023

Globally, EV sales doubled in 2021 and jumped 55% in 2022 to account for 13% of all vehicles sold. To roll out charging infrastructure quickly and equitably, the study recommends incentivizing, via regulation, installation in the spaces and places where people live and work.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2018

We see $548 billion being invested in battery capacity by 2050, two thirds of that at the grid level and one third installed behind-the-meter by households and businesses. trillion being invested globally in new power generation capacity between 2018 and 2050, with $8.4 Production rose by 56 mtoe in China and 23 mtoe in the US.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2018

The power will be used to supply the Mercedes-Benz plant in Bremen as well as to the German battery production locations such as Kamenz and Stuttgart-Untertürkheim. At Mercedes-Benz Cars Operations, we are pursuing the strategy digital, flexible and green in our global production organization. The plan calls for 33.1

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My Energi

MARCH 13, 2023

In 2022, domestic solar installations tripled the rates recorded in 2021. While there are a number of excellent products available to specify, we believe that consumers should be thinking about the future. It does this without taking any energy from the grid in its most eco-smart mode.

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Green Car Congress

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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Baua Electric

APRIL 12, 2024

Under a more “ideal” scenario, the association sees China’s new energy storage capacity installations rising 19% year-on-year to 41.2GW, the white paper found. That estimate lags the expected growth in sales of energy storage products, which will rise 35% year-on-year globally, according to the white paper.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2023

In the US, the Inflation Reduction Act has allocated billions to build and operate renewable energy, energy storage, electric vehicles, and other battery products, while extreme weather events, such as recent record heat waves across the US, Europe and other regions, demonstrate the necessity of grid-strengthening batteries.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 11, 2024

Under a more “ideal” scenario, the association sees China’s new energy storage capacity installations rising 19% year-on-year to 41.2GW, the white paper found. That estimate lags the expected growth in sales of energy storage products, which will rise 35% year-on-year globally, according to the white paper.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Siemens has unveiled the first electric series production vehicle with the central electronics and software architecture RACE. Together with electric car manufacturer StreetScooter, Siemens’ Corporate Technology, global research unit equipped a series production vehicle with RACE technology. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2022

billion commitment to boost its product portfolio, R&D, and manufacturing capabilities in the North American region. The BEL is the first facility of its kind for Volkswagen of America and one of four strategically located units in the Volkswagen Group globally, with one in Germany (Braunschweig) and two in China (Shanghai, Changchun).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

of the global car parc (2 billion units) projected for then. of the global car parc (2 billion units) projected for then. “Without decisive fiscal and investment policies on a global scale, private road transport’s absolute volume and share of greenhouse gas emissions will continue to rise.”

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2010

US-based lithium-ion battery producer EnerDel is partnering with the real estate arm of Japan’s industrial trading giant, ITOCHU Corporation, to develop and produce the advanced battery systems for a residential smart grid energy storage project to be installed in a major apartment building near Tokyo. Earlier post.).

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Cars That Think

JULY 5, 2023

Winners of the 2021 Global Cooling Prize—both heat pumps—reduce cooling’s climate impact by as much as 80 percent. grid, that plant used a CO 2 -emitting source, then the local problem may be solved, but only at the expense of a more global threat. If, like 60 percent of the U.S. Still, in the U.S.,

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Blink Charging

APRIL 6, 2023

Needless to say, EV sales are increasing globally. However, there are still challenges ahead, most notably with procuring the raw materials needed for battery production. Manufacturer challenges On the manufacturing side, global demand for EV batteries doubled in 2021, driven largely by China’s EV sales.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2021

Arcadia’s technology matches home energy consumption with renewable energy sources from a variety of US wind and solar projects using renewable energy certificates, all without any installation or disruptions to their utility service. Audi aims to achieve net CO 2 neutrality globally across the lifecycle of its vehicles by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2021

Comprising three interconnected initiatives, Nissan EV36Zero brings together electric vehicles, renewable energy and battery production. Designed for global markets, UK production will be exported to the European markets traditionally served by Nissan’s Sunderland plant. Other production locations have not yet been confirmed.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Freewire products currently offer Level 2 charging at 7.5 Installing traditional fixed fast-charging stations is usually a cost- and labor intensive process that requires electrical upgrades to support the connection between charging stations and the main electrical grid. kW or DC fast charging at 50 kW.

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