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Rolls-Royce to supply 60 MWh battery storage to Semper Power to stabilize the Dutch power grid

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Semper Power develops and operates energy storage systems for wind and solar farm developers, distribution grid operators and industrial customers. When commissioned in spring 2023, it will be the largest energy storage system in the Netherlands and one of the largest in the EU.

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Mitsubishi Motors, NewMotion, Nuvve in vehicle-to-grid pilot in Netherlands with Outlander PHEV

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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has launched a Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) pilot, with the first charge point already being utilized with Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV’s in-vehicle storage batteries. University of Delaware Professor Willett Kempton, the pioneer of the grid-integrated vehicle concept, is Nuvve’s CTO.). Earlier post.).

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Hyundai and We Drive Solar deploy IONIQ 5s with V2G tech in the Netherlands to create the ‘world’s first bi-directional city’

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Hyundai Motor Group and We Drive Solar have teamed up to help create a completely bi-directional region in the Dutch development district of Cartesius in Utrecht of the Netherlands.

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What V2G Tells Us About EVs and the Grid

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As the number of electric vehicles on the world’s roads explodes, electric utilities are grappling with increasing demand while simultaneously having to stabilize their grids where more intermittent renewable-energy sources like wind and solar are coming online. That’s the promise of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology.

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Ballast Nedam to build 700-bar hydrogen refueling station in the Netherlands

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Ballast Nedam will build its first 700-bar hydrogen refueling station in the Netherlands for the Flemish-Dutch WaterstofNet. In future scenarios, hydrogen will be produced using solar and wind-generated green electricity, where hydrogen production can also help correct demand and supply imbalances in the electricity grid.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

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Hundreds of charging stations for electric vehicles dot Utrecht’s urban landscape in the Netherlands like little electric mushrooms. Debates over the feasibility and value of such vehicle-to-grid technology go back decades. This is good for the grid. This is good for the grid. Kempton and Letendre’s.

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Volvo Energy invests $4.9M in Connected Energy for second-life battery business; 10% stake

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With its headquarters in Newcastle upon Tyne, Technical Center in Norfolk and systems operational in the UK, Belgium, Germany and Netherlands, Connected Energy has sixteen operational systems across Europe: Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK with its largest at Cranfield University in Bedfordshire, England.

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