Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Saratoga Energy has won a National Science Foundation grant to scale up its breakthrough process for generating low-cost, top quality carbon nanotubes from carbon dioxide for use in making high-performance Li-ion batteries, such as those used in electric vehicles, grid storage, and military and aerospace applications.

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Grant Carbon Energy Li-ion 191

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2014

SwRI’s V2G aggregation system allows electric delivery truck fleet owners to make money by using normal vehicle charge times to assist in managing grid frequency. The SwRI system suspends vehicle charging when the electric grid frequency drops too far below 60 Hertz, the normal operating frequency. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

This includes making available $2 billion in grants and up to $10 billion in loans to support automotive manufacturing conversion projects that retain high-quality jobs in communities that currently host these manufacturing facilities. The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $15.5-billion

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Conversion Grant Manufacturer Supplies 279

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2022

ONE said its investment, which is supported by a $215-million state grant, marks the beginning of a trend away from NCM-based cell factories; ONE’s Michigan factory will be first in developing North American material supply chains to commercialize LFP technologies that do not sacrifice EV range.

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Michigan Energy Storage Grid Massachusetts 284

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2009

the developer of advanced lead-carbon PbC batteries, has been awarded a $248,650 grant from the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority to assist in the development and deployment of an Axion PowerCube battery energy storage system. The $248,650 grant is part of $1.5 Axion Power International, Inc., Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

The Audi e-tron Charging Service is going on-grid in ten markets. The Audi e-tron Charging Service is part of a broad-based offering for charging and provides access to the public charging infrastructure in 16 European countries. per month, although a one-year waiver of the basic fee is granted for first-time Audi e-tron buyers.

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Audi Grid Market Charging 236

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Volta, an electric vehicle (EV) charging and media company, announced that a project application it collaborated on with Imagen Energy, a developer of compact high-power EV chargers, was awarded a $12-million grant from the US Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Earlier post.).

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Commercial Charging Affordable Grant 321

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2020

With districts able to obtain grant and other financial assistance, locations that we have deployed electric school buses in were the first in their state to have an EV bus in their fleet. Electric buses also have fewer parts to maintain, which helps the district see immediate savings on maintenance costs.

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North Dakota Georgia Grid Electric 419

Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2013

Williams Advanced Engineering, the division of Williams that commercializes Formula One-based technologies, has been awarded a grant from the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change’s Energy Entrepreneurs Fund to develop flywheel-based energy storage systems for use in grid stabilization.

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Energy Storage Grid Energy Engine 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2017

DuPont Industrial Biosciences has been awarded a grant from the European Commission to demonstrate high-efficiency enzyme production to increase biogas yields as part of the DEMETER project, funded from the Bio Based Industries Joint Undertaking under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program.

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Grant Industrial Industry Production 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2012

The project will be the first of its kind to demonstrate a highly efficient and cost effective electric energy storage system specifically designed and optimized for grid-tied PV applications. The project team will develop, test and demonstrate the proposed technology at SMUD’s corporate headquarters in Sacramento, California.

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Energy Storage Grid Energy Sacramento 218

Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2023

There is a medium risk to Northvolt’s planned gigafactory in Heide, Germany, as the company has only secured part of the funding and has not started construction. A central fund accessible to all member states should prioritise battery value chains, renewables and smart grids.

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Companies Batteries Battery Production 430

Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2012

s smart grid research project in Austin’s Mueller community, the Pecan Street Demonstration. Pecan Street is part of Austin’s 700-acre sustainable Mueller community, where residents agreed to be part of a test bed for sustainable living. OnStar and General Motors are partnering in the Pecan Street Inc.’s Supported by a $10.4

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Grid GM Volt Austin 236

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

Enel X, the Enel Group’s advanced energy services business line, has been awarded two grants by the Accelerating Clean Transportation Now (ACTNow) program through the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC).

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Fleet North America Market Massachusetts 321

Baua Electric

MAY 6, 2024

megawatts of power, currently the highest-speed charger available in the US, along with solar and battery backup on-site and a unique partially grid-islanded setup. WattEV has just opened the first electric truck charging depot in the US to use the new Megawatt Charge System, capable of delivering up to 1.2

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Solar Charging Los Angeles Grid 52

Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2013

In Australia, as part of the Victorian Government’s Electric Vehicle Trial ( earlier post ), DiUS Computing delivered a demand management demonstration project using Victoria’s Smart Grid. The home charging solution deployed for the project integrated the vehicle, the grid and the driver seamlessly and effectively.

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Grid Charging Australia Connect 210

Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2015

million grant to the Center for Sustainable Energy (CSE) to lead development of an advanced management platform for integrating electric vehicle (EV) charging with utility-scale energy systems. Part 2: Network and application protocol requirements. Part 3: Physical layer and Data Link Layer requirements.

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Standards San Diego Grid Charging 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Illinois-based Li-ion manufacturer AllCell Technologies, LLC received a $460,433 grant as part of the Illinois Energy Plan. The grant, plus matching funding from Townsend Capital, will also support the installation of a large array of solar panels on the building roof as well as major weatherization and energy efficiency improvements.

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Li-ion Illinois Grant Manufacturer 170

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The chargers were installed as part of a grant issued to Volkswagen by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. The software will determine the power delivery based on usage and time of day to help even out the electrical flow avoiding too much strain on the electrical grid and designed to offer lower charging costs to users.

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America ECC Charging North America 221

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2014

million in development funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to support research aimed at significantly reducing the current costs of electrical vehicle (EV) chargers and developing “smart” charging capabilities that support power grid efficiency and consumer demand. In 2012, Siemens was awarded $1.6 Appliance connection.

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Plug-in Charging Ford Plug 299

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2009

billion in grants to support efforts to modernize the electric grid, allowing for greater integration of renewable energy sources while increasing the reliability, efficiency and security of the nation’s transmission and distribution system, as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Approximately $3.3

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2011

General Motors and OnStar are launching a real-world pilot of smart grid applications for electric vehicles. Through OnStar’s ATOMS infrastructure and partners’ solutions, utilities will be able to implement two Smart Grid services in the pilot: Data Gathering.

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Grid San Diego GM Volt 210

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

The California Energy Commission’s (CEC) Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (ARFVTP) approved four regional planning grants to prepare for electric vehicles. Cities taking part include San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, and Berkeley, along with Marin County.

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San Diego Grant California Sacramento 244

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The PHEV Ram 1500 pickups are part of a national demonstration fleet of 140 vehicles that will be used during the next three years to evaluate customer usage, drive cycles, charging, thermal management, fuel economy, emissions and impact on the region’s electric grid. The grant, totaling $48 million from DOE and $49.4

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Chrysler PHEV Parts San Francisco 199

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2021

It is also matched by R&D grant from Innovate UK as part of the ENGIE and UKRI Clean Growth Innovation Fund. The aggregated battery systems can help stabilize the existing electricity grid or be used to build autonomous mini-grids.

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Connect Connected Energy Energy Storage 186

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Hyundai Motor Group is supporting the development of Air-One as part of its plan to commercialisze its aircraft by 2028. Using innovative construction, the sites can be installed in a matter of days, emit net zero carbon emissions and can be operated completely off-grid, meaning they do not always have to rely on a suitable grid connection.

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Electric Electrical Hyundai Grid 259

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2021

In a first step, this hydrogen is to substitute part of the carbon in the existing blast furnaces, later on it is to be used in new direct reduction plants. The connection to the extra high-voltage grid ensures the supply of green electricity for the electrolysis; large-scale battery systems ensure grid stability.

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Hydrogen Green Climate Economy 482

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Virginia Tech a $3 million grant for research on electric vehicle charging infrastructure cybersecurity as part of a larger $80 million investment by the department on advanced technologies research ( earlier post ). —Jonathan Petit, senior director of research at OnBoard Security.

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Virginia Charging Grant Electric Vehicles 261

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2022

The company’s early success led to its status as a finalist in the first Carbon Xprize, and in September 2021, global climate technology nonprofit investor Elemental Excelerator funded Dimensional as part of its 10 th cohort, which led to the company’s introduction to United. Dimensional’s technology can run on all forms of renewable energy.

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Commercial Energy Tucson CO2 199

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Arun Raju, director of the Center for Renewable Natural Gas at UC Riverside, recently received a $146,000 grant from Southern California Gas Co. State officials have approved requirements for the power grid to consist of 50% renewable energy by 2030.

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Renewable Energy Sacramento Gas-Electric 186

Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2009

and a leading global supplier of microporous separators used in primary and secondary (rechargeable) lithium-ion batteries, recently submitted an application for grant funding under the US Department of Energy (DOE) Electric Drive Vehicle (EDV) Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative (DE-FOA-0000026).

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Grant Lithium Ion Batteries Battery 150

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. The problem is more pressing for large systems as they face higher vulnerabilities. —Huazhen Fang.

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Kansas Li-ion Lithium Ion Batteries 273

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2020

Grant winners for the new two-year Clean Mobility in Schools Pilot Project are: El Monte Union High School District — $9.8 The top three projects preliminarily awarded these first-time grants will support both small-scale and larger-scale, long-term school initiatives. San Diego Unified School District — $9.75

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

The facility uses electrolysis technology to balance the electricity grid and to store surplus electricity in the form of hydrogen that will be used in industry and transportation. The project has received funding from the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking under grant agreement Nº 671384.

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Denmark Hydrogen Carbon Production 218

Charged EVs

MAY 8, 2023

In recent testimony, Nuvve CEO Gregory Poilasne told the lawmakers that bidirectional charging can reduce the total cost of EV ownership, and that it’s essential for integrating more renewable energy into the grid. Then it takes the DC from the bus, or car, and converts it back to AC to provide power for the grid. That’s one way.

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Charging Grid DC Denmark 133

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2019

The new company will play its part with energy offerings from renewable sources and smart charging solutions. This approach could be compared with the use of a mobile phone, which is taken for granted nowadays. —Thorsten Nicklaß. Stationary battery storage will also play a key role in this context in the future.

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Companies Energy Charging Power Grid 310

Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 26, 2024

Low or No Emission Vehicle (Low No) [4] and the Bus and Bus Facilities Formula Program [5] , both competitive grants through the Federal Transportation Administration, are predicted to provide roughly $1.7 With around 600,000 school and transit buses in the U.S., billion toward electrifying public transportation across the United States.

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Grid Energy Storage Fleet Charging 61