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How I turned a shipping container into a solar off-grid charging station with A/C

Baua Electric

Between my electric bikes, e-motorcycles, e-ATVs, electric tractors, and a few other things I’m probably forgetting, having a weather-sealed, solar-powered off-grid charging shed would be a big benefit. There are many ways to skin a cat, and even more ways to add solar power to a shipping container. Here’s how I did it.

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Toyota joins iZEUS smart grid/smart traffic project, contributes four Prius plug-in hybrids

Green Car Congress

In this context, especially with regard to the rising percentage of renewable energy sources in the electricity grid, electric vehicles (EV) and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHV) are starting to gain importance. With the Prius Plug-in Hybrid vehicles, ISI, ISE and KIT will examine driving and charging behavior.

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Jackery’s Explorer 290 and SolarSaga 100W solar panel bundle together at $430 in New Green Deals

Electrek

Then, since today’s kit includes a solar panel you won’t have to worry about plugging the system back into a wall or car to charge and can enjoy that off-grid life for longer. There’s a standard AC outlet to run small appliances and more, plus two 2.4A USB-A ports as well.

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Bidirectional Charging Management (BCM) research project gets green light; tying in renewables

Green Car Congress

Not only will electric vehicles with bidirectional charging capability be able to draw electrical power for their high-voltage battery when plugged into a compatible charging station or wallbox, they will also have the ability to reverse the process and feed energy back into the power grid.

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Lessons from a year with solar power

EV Info

It was one year ago that we decided to add solar panels to our roof. If you plug in an old school light bulb and find that a current of 1/4 amp is flowing through it, you know that the power used by the bulb is (240) x (1/4), or 60 watts. In March 2020 we installed 9 solar panels an inverter and 2 battery packs.

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Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV review: Plug-in SUV saves money, comes at a cost

EV Central

Now an eight-year veteran on the Australian scene, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV was the world’s first plug-in hybrid SUV. For a plug-in hybrid it is, but those prices are some $15,000 more than the equivalent Outlander petrol versions. Safety kit also runs deep. But it’s had a chunky price rise over the old model.

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

Creative Greenius

We’ve now got some Mo going with: California solar loan financing that will eliminate the big up front cost of solar. With the coming solar feed-in tariff legislation moving through Sacramento that will pay us for the extra solar energy we produce and feed back into the grid.

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