Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Warren quietly revolutionized power transmission by installing an electric clock in the L Street generating station of Boston’s Edison Electric Illuminating Co. As more power stations adopted the clocks, the frequency regulation allowed them to share electricity and create an interconnected power grid.

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Power Grid Grid Powered Power 132

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NOVEMBER 28, 2021

The electrolyzer will be installed at Ovako’s existing plant in Hofors, Sweden. Ovako is a leading European manufacturer of engineering steel for customers in the bearing, transportation and manufacturing industries, and is a subsidiary of Sanyo Special Steel and part of the Nippon Steel Corporation Group.

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Purchase Hydrogen Sweden Volvo 418

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MAY 30, 2013

The carport will enable NSA Mid-South to recharge its current fleet of 17 electric vehicles with renewable electricity in approximately four hours, while reducing demand on the commercial power grid. Construction began in March 2013, and was completed in late April.

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Solar Power Powered Charging 218

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APRIL 29, 2022

Volkswagen’s Flexpole 150kW charging units, each of which features two charge points, have an integrated battery storage system, thereby overcoming one of the biggest obstacles to the rapid roll-out of fast charging infrastructure in Europe today—the need for high-powered grid connections.

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Europe Charging Germany Grid 341

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The initial focus is on charging stations installed at the depots of truck customers. The initiative is called “eTruck Charging Initiative” and is part of the E-Mobility Group’s holistic approach to provide truck customers with the best possible entry into e-mobility. Global electric truck portfolio at Daimler Trucks.

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Global Charging Japan Electrical 414

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APRIL 22, 2020

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in late February demonstrated a 20-kilowatt bi-directional wireless charging system installed on a UPS medium-duty, plug-in hybrid electric delivery truck.

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Charging PHEV Grid Energy Storage 380

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JANUARY 8, 2019

The new company will play its part with energy offerings from renewable sources and smart charging solutions. A high-end DC charging station with 22 kW can make the electric car an energy storage system and part of the smart grid of the future thanks to bidirectional charging and connection to an energy management system.

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Companies Energy Charging Power Grid 310

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FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Fraunhofer ESK is developing underlying communication methods for a uniform energy management system for power grids and electric vehicles. For this reason, we developed a reference installation that significantly streamlines the implementation. Uniform grid communication based on IEC 61850.

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Grid Standards Power Grid Vehicles 240

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APRIL 26, 2013

A vehicle-to-grid (V2G) project between the University of Delaware and NRG Energy has begun selling power to PJM Interconnection for the power grid. installing UD control technology into the EVs and others. Earlier post.). — Michael J. Kormos, senior vice president of PJM Operations.

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Delaware Grid Power Powered 231

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OCTOBER 6, 2022

ONE Circle will act as a giant battery in its Gigafactory-to-Grid model to help stabilize the local power grid and provide renewable energy to the surrounding community in partnership with DTE Energy. ONE will take possession of the newly constructed facility in January 2023 and begin upgrades and equipment installation.

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Michigan Energy Storage Grid Massachusetts 284

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Shell, together with ITM Power, plans to install a 10MW electrolyzer to produce hydrogen at the Wesseling refinery site within the Rheinland Refinery Complex. Shell is also taking part in various initiatives to encourage the adoption of hydrogen as a transport fuel.

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Hydrogen Installation Powered Power 150

Cars That Think

APRIL 9, 2025

Such equipment is scattered widely throughout power grids as a way to stop the flow of electrical current in an emergency. Hundreds of thousands of circuit breakers dot power grids globally, and nearly all of the high voltage ones are insulated with SF 6.

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CO2 Georgia Gas-Electric Grid 124

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Nissan also has a number of other "second-life battery" initiatives for Nissan LEAF batteries, including installing second-life LEAF batteries at its North American facilities along with investigating new recycling methods for lithium ion batteries. The system charges the connected electric vehicle, which then shares power with the home.

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Nissan Energy Power Powered 262

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DECEMBER 20, 2011

Li-ion battery maker A123 Systems will supply a Grid Battery System (GBS) to Maui Electric Company (MECO), a utility serving residents and businesses on the islands of Maui, Lanai and Molokai in Hawaii. The system, NSTAR’s first battery energy storage project, is proposed for installation at a substation in Medway, Mass. Maui Electric.

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Li-ion Grid Supplies Hawaii 252

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AUGUST 19, 2022

In exchange, customers will allow their EVs to feed energy back to the grid, helping to balance it during peak demand. As part of the pilot program, Duke Energy will enroll up to 100 customers who lease electric vehicles including the Ford F-150 Lightning.

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Ford F-150 North Carolina Energy 199

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

This is part of a research project in which Volvo Buses, Göteborg Energi, Riksbyggen and Johanneberg Science Park are working together to examine electricity storage in apartment blocks that have their own electricity production via solar panels. They are installed in a battery chamber and linked together to create a 200 kWh storage pack.

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Store Volvo Solar Energy 273

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JULY 27, 2011

Li-ion battery manufacturer A123 Systems will supply a 500kW Li-ion energy storage solution to Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC), the third largest manufacturer of wind turbines in the People’s Republic of China and the country’s largest exporter of power equipment.

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Li-ion Energy Storage Wind Corporation 230

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The transformer shortage touches utilities, homeowners, businesses, rail systems, EV charging stationsanyone needing a grid connection. Their innovations could make this critical piece of infrastructure not only more resistant to supply chain weaknesses, but also better suited to the power grids of the future.

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Power Grid Grid Supplies Power 125

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FEBRUARY 10, 2012

In Europe, Endesa is part of the Green eMotion consortium and is also the only Spanish company involved in the ELVIRE consortium aimed at developing the necessary technology, solutions and services to enable on-going interaction between drivers, their power suppliers and the smart grid.

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Grid 2020 Electric Vehicles i-MiEV 231

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FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Leading power and automation technology group ABB has won an order from ship owner Myklebusthaug Management to supply the first direct current (DC) power grid on board a ship.

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DC Grid Emissions Fuel 170

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MAY 18, 2011

The six participating companies will build and test a system that applies the latest technologies that will be utilized including: power distribution control; demand side load control; control-ICT platform, electric vehicles (EVs) operation and charging control; multiple type of rapid chargers; and information and telecommunications technologies.

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Grid Hawaii Japan Charging 218

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JANUARY 8, 2013

If every home in the US were to implement these energy-saving technologies, it would be the equivalent of taking all the homes in California, New York and Texas off the power grid (32 million homes). Most of today’s residential electrical load on the grid occurs in the daytime hours.

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Plug-in Georgia Renewable Energy 277

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

The paper examines the Phase 1 results of the DNV-led project FellowSHIP (Fuel Cells for Low Emissions Ships, earlier post ), the first large-scale fuel cell installation operating on board a merchant ship. The ship’s electric propulsion system therefore consume fuel cell power equivalently to power provided by the main generators.

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Hydrogen Emissions Fuel Industrial 294

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JANUARY 4, 2022

The average American experienced more than eight hours of power interruption in 2020. Whether it’s caused by an earthquake, hurricane, wildfire or simply related to an overload on the power grid, a power outage can have a detrimental impact on homeowners that can last for hours or even days.

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Grid Installation Charging Arlington 293

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

By the middle of next year, 20 Audi A1 e-tron ( earlier post ) models will successively take to the region’s roads and around 200 new charging stations will be installed. The “eflott” project is part of the “Model Region Electromobility Munich” sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Transport.

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Audi Plug-in Fleet Plug 210

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APRIL 29, 2011

This system, which is being partially funded by the EU, connects the French and Spanish grids between Baixas and Santa Llogaia. At present the two countries’ grids are linked only by low-capacity lines. Power grids will have to be substantially upgraded throughout Europe before more renewable energy can be used, Siemens says.

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Building San Francisco Convert Grid 259

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

This first-of-its-kind system will push power back to the base microgrid when needed to meet installation demand or improve overall power quality. Focused on three distinct military installations—Joint Base Pearl Harbor/Hickam, Hawaii; Fort Carson, Colorado; and Camp H.M. Earlier post.)

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Grid Hawaii Omaha Energy Storage 218

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OCTOBER 26, 2017

The large-scale battery storage system at the Leipzig plant will give batteries previously installed in BMW i3 cars a second life and put them to profitable use in a sustainable, energy-based business model. When there is a surplus of power from renewable energies, large-scale battery storage can relieve the grid by absorbing electricity.

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BMW Battery Batteries Grid 170

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Optimization of the system is therefore possible with regard to degree of efficiency, costs and installation space. This design makes it possible to install standard components with a high production volume. A plug-in function also provides for charging from the power grid. Maximum drive torque is 220 N·m (162 lb-ft).

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Range Electrical Electric Plug-in 220

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JANUARY 20, 2022

As part of the collaboration, Honeywell will purchase 19 GWh of battery cells produced by FREYR from 2023 through 2030 for a multitude of energy storage systems applications. According to a recently published research report by Stanford University, the US power grid could reach 100% renewable power penetration by 2050.

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Energy Storage Manufacturer Energy Battery 186

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JANUARY 24, 2018

To clean up the air in areas suffering from the highest levels of tailpipe emissions, 40% of the installations will be targeted for vehicles and equipment that are based in or travel through disadvantaged communities.

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San Diego Building Charging Electric Vehicles 170

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AUGUST 4, 2015

Working with a group of nearly 100 BMW i3 drivers, selected from approximately 400 applicants, BMW i ChargeForward will demonstrate how intelligent management of electric vehicle charging can contribute to optimizing electric power grid efficiency while reducing total cost of electric vehicle ownership.

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BMW Grid Power Grid Mini E 150

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MARCH 7, 2014

The aim of charge@work is to design a micro smart grid (MSG) capable of supplying the EV fleet with electricity produced exclusively from renewable sources. Rose sees a host of advantages in decentralized power generation, but none more significant than being able to secure supply. Daimler AG is involved in ten such promotion projects.

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Grid DC Li-ion Fleet 244

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OCTOBER 28, 2011

and SWM have installed a demand-oriented charging infrastructure—SWM within Munich city limits and E.ON All electric fueling stations offer power generated via renewable energies. and SWM are in charge of expanding and maintaining the charging infrastructure in the Munich metropolitan area. primarily in outlying areas.

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Extended Range Audi Electric Vehicles Range 218

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DECEMBER 2, 2010

Acting as advisor to this project is the Tokyo Institute of Technology, which is aiming to develop Smart Grid systems that employ electric vehicles and the lithium-ion batteries used to power them. MC, MMC and MELCO have worked on Smart Grid systems to utilize these batteries since last March.

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Mitsubishi Grid Companies Lithium Ion 210

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JULY 24, 2020

Looking ahead, we want to make this potential accessible and make the electric car part of the energy transition as an energy storage device on four wheels. The battery of an Audi e-tron could supply a single-family home with energy for around one week independently.

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Audi Charging Grid Energy Storage 243

Teslarati

JULY 13, 2021

SunHouse at Easton Park will be a small part of the community featuring homes equipped with Tesla Solar and Powerwall, the company’s home battery storage system. Customers could choose between Tesla solar panels or Solar Roof, but all solar products would be installed with a Powerwall. In a letter, Gov.

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