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

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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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FreeWire Technologies raises $125M in Series D; battery-integrated ultrafast EV charging stations

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FreeWire’s proprietary battery-integrated charging technology, Boost Charger, addresses grid constraints by packaging charging infrastructure, grid infrastructure, and energy storage into a fully-integrated compact solution. FreeWire aims to deploy more than 5,000 ultrafast battery-integrated chargers by 2025.

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GE VC Firms Announce $200M Open Innovation Challenge to Accelerate Power Grid Technology Through Open Collaboration

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GE announced a $200-million open innovation challenge that seeks breakthrough ideas to create a smarter, cleaner, more efficient electric grid, and accelerate the adoption of more efficient grid technologies. Proposals are sought in three, broad categories: Renewables, Grid and Eco Homes/Eco Buildings.

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Skeleton Technologies raises €41.3 million in Series D from top European entrepreneurs

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The company acquired major new clients in the last months, including a world leader in renewable energy production and a leading hydrogen bus manufacturer. Our ultracapacitors have four times the power density of Tesla’s. Ellex Raidla acted as legal advisors to Skeleton Technologies. This follows a similar growth in 2019.

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Pike Research forecasts worldwide grid energy storage spending to reach $22B by 2021, down from 2010 forecast of $35B

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In its new report Energy Storage on the Grid (ESG), Pike Research forecasts that global spending in the ESG market will reach a little over $22 billion over the next 10 years. Electric grids require balance in order to function properly. Energy storage on the grid is reaching a turning point. Earlier post.).

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Renewable energy sources for off-grid EV charging

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In the previous article on off-grid EV charging , the focus was on the energy storage battery and the DC-AC inverter that supplies the EV charger (and all of the other AC loads). This time the focus will be on the renewable energy sources themselves. Secondly, most residential-scale wind generators (i.e.

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New “50 by 50” Commission seeks to halve US transportation energy use by 2050

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The way in which vehicles are powered and how they’re driven is evolving. Scott Keogh, President, Audi of America (Co-Chair); Dean Seavers, President, National Grid U.S. Chair: Robert Chapman, Vice President, Energy and Environment, Electric Power Research Institute. We’re at a fascinating time in the transportation industry.