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JUNE 19, 2019

Deep declines in wind, solar and battery technology costs will result in a grid nearly half-powered by the two fast-growing renewable energy sources by 2050, according to the latest projections from BloombergNEF (BNEF). Wind and solar grow from 7% of generation today to 48% by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2018

BNEF predicts that lithium-ion battery prices, already down by nearly 80% per megawatt-hour since 2010, will continue to tumble as electric vehicle manufacturing builds up through the 2020s. The result will be renewables eating up more and more of the existing market for coal, gas and nuclear. NEO 2018 sees $11.5

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OCTOBER 15, 2022

million tonnes LCE will be needed by 2050 with energy storage making up two-thirds of battery demand by that date, due to the growth of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. The data highlights the challenge of scaling up lithium production from new mining projects, which can take more than five years to bring online.

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JUNE 20, 2023

Demand for lithium ion batteries is forecast to grow to 3.7 The amount is just a fraction of the estimated $35 trillion needed to be spent on the energy transition by 2030, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency. This includes spending on renewables such as wind and solar as well as grid and other infrastructure.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 25, 2020

FREYR AS and 24M Technologies signed a definitive License and Services Agreement to use 24M’s SemiSolid lithium-ion battery platform technology ( earlier post ) in FREYR’s planned facilities in Mo i Rana, Norway. —Tom Jensen, the CEO of FREYR. 24M’s SemiSolid battery cell simplifies and enables stronger recycling opportunities.

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JUNE 21, 2021

Russian Railways, RUSNANO and the Sinara Group signed an agreement to cooperate on the development of mainline locomotives using a power plant based on hydrogen fuel cells together with lithium-ion batteries. The meeting focused on discussions relating to potential collaboration between the two companies in the area of green hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Saft has been selected by Cowessess First Nation (CFN) to design, produce and install a battery energy storage system (ESS) including two Intensium Max 20E lithium-ion battery containers as part of the High Wind and Storage Project near the City of Regina, Saskatchewan.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2019

million investment from Providence Asset Group to develop a hydrogen hydride storage system that could mean cheaper, safer storage for renewable energy for a range of applications, including residential. Researchers at UNSW Sydney (Australia), with partner H2Store , an Australian start-up, have received a $3.5-million

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 19, 2018

Falling prices for lithium-ion batteries will enable half the world's electricity to come from renewable solar and wind by 2050. That still won't be enough to meet global climate targets, however. Those are the conclusions of a new report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), released today.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

(MHI) has decided to build a commercial production verification plant in Nagasaki Prefecture and launch its operation by autumn 2010 in a move toward the company’s full-scale entry into the lithium-ion secondary (rechargeable) battery market.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2017

Vattenfall and the BMW Group have signed a contract for the delivery of up to 1,000 lithium-ion batteries this year. The first energy storage from the BMW-i3 batteries is being built at the 122 MW onshore wind farm “Princess Alexia” near Amsterdam. With a capacity of 3.2 Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Setec Powerr

MAY 17, 2024

Growing demand for renewable energy, an aging electrical grid, costly grid infrastructure improvements, and increasing extreme weather events will require increased energy flexibility to help the grid balance intermittent supply with responsive demand. Customer services – behind-the-meter battery energy storage systems (i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2019

BNEF projects that it will be made possible by further sharp declines in the cost of lithium-ion batteries, on top of an 85% reduction in the 2010-18 period. The report goes on to model the impact of this on a global electricity system increasingly penetrated by low-cost wind and solar.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2017

The Lithium-ion based battery energy storage system (BESS) will be integrated with the local electricity grid in the new harbor district of Nordhavn, Copenhagen. The battery storage solution will account for a significant part of the energy system, in which solar and wind energy will provide the majority of electricity production.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2021

Within that total, DOE’s Office of Energy and Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) will award $57.6 Low Total Cost of Hydrogen by Exploiting Offshore Wind and PEM Electrolysis Synergies. This project will directly couple and evaluate the use of an electrolyzer stack with an offshore wind turbine for hydrogen production.

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MARCH 2, 2023

The new battery design could help ease integration of renewable energy into the electrical grid at lower cost, using Earth-abundant metals, according to a study just published in Energy Storage Materials. In comparison, the energy density for lithium-ion batteries used in commercial electronics and electric vehicles is around 170–250 Wh/kg.

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JULY 27, 2021

Mpac Lambert, a UK-based developer of automation and mass production solutions, was prequalified to participate in the competitive tender following nearly three years of cooperation with 24M Technologies on industrializing and scaling 24M’s SemiSolid lithium-ion battery platform technology.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

The 32 MWh battery energy storage system features lithium-ion batteries from LG Chem housed inside a 6,300 square-foot facility at SCE’s Monolith substation in Tehachapi, Calif. The project is strategically located in the Tehachapi Wind Resource Area that is projected to generate up to 4,500 MW of wind energy by 2016.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2011

will provide a lithium ion Battery Energy Storage System of approximately 1.2MWh for demonstration purposes in support of renewable energy generation in Ontario. Electrovaya Inc. This program is a part of an Electrovaya-led C$7.6-million million (US$7.8-million) This program is a part of an Electrovaya-led C$7.6-million

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Large-format lithium-ion battery maker Ener1, Inc. Last month, the company was chosen to supply the batteries that will power a DOE-funded smart grid energy storage project by Portland General Electric (PGE) that will help manage peak demand and smooth the variations in power from renewable sources like wind and solar.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2014

The new company will utilize Hydro-Québec’s operation and control technologies for electric power supplies as well as its lithium-ion battery material technology, together with Sony’s control technologies for safe, reliable, olivine-type lithium-ion iron phosphate rechargeable batteries and highly scalable module systems.

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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. In addition, a lithium-ion battery storage unit will be added to the basement. A 30-meter-tall wind turbine delivers 10 kW. —Hannes Rose.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2019

MWh and uses used lithium-ion batteries from development vehicles to test various interaction scenarios between electric cars and the power grid. Connecting electric cars with renewable energies in an intelligent way can have a positive effect on the energy transition. The Audi storage unit has a capacity of 1.9

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

In future, the lithium-ion cells supplied, will be assembled into standardized modules in a highly automated process. 25% of the materials used for the thermoplastic exterior parts were either recycled or produced from renewable resources.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2011

The research aims to advance integration of electric vehicles (EVs) with Denmark’s electric power grid, which has extensive wind power generation capacity. In Denmark, UD will now shift its focus to another important application of V2G research, which is buffering intermittent renewable energy resources.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2021

Critical materials are used in many products important to the US economy and energy technologies, such as rare-earth elements used to manufacture high-strength magnets for offshore wind-turbine generators and lithium and cobalt in lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. Partners: Harper International, Phillips66.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Mercedes-Benz announced a partnership with China-based Farasis Energy ( earlier post ) for the supply of battery cells produced with electricity from renewable energies as well as recycling and the observance of human rights in the supply chain. With Ambition 2039, we have set the course for sustainable mobility.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2019

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is awarding $43.6 Tetramer Technologies LLC is developing biodegradable hydropower turbine oil sourced from renewable materials, providing cost and performance benefits as well as mitigating environmental effects from potential spills and leaks.

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JANUARY 30, 2020

The project will generate around 200 high-skilled jobs in France’s Nouvelle-Aquitaine region to develop, qualify and commercially scale up new, high-performance lithium-ion batteries. The plant is scheduled to start up in mid-2021 and represents an investment of €200 million.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 26, 2021

By Sam Hargreaves The UK will have enough renewable resources to meet its electricity demand for transport in 2050, a new T&E analysis finds. Originally published on Transport & Environment. However, this is only possible if it reserves the use of e-fuels for shipping and aviation.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

(MHI), jointly with SSE plc (formerly Scottish and Southern Energy plc), will begin an energy storage system demonstration project using the power grid in the UK’s Orkney Islands, which has a high proportion of renewable energy generation in relation to demand.

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JUNE 29, 2010

and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the joint development of renewable energy and electric vehicles. A liquid-cooled, 41 kWh lithium-ion battery pack operates at 700V and provides the energy storage. Raser Technologies, Inc. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

We are transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, and the use of energy storage is becoming more widespread. The best known and in widespread use in portable electronic devices and vehicles are lithium-ion and lead acid. Lithium batteries: the future of storage.

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JUNE 28, 2018

Exide Industries Ltd, India’s largest manufacturer of lead acid storage batteries and power storage solutions provider, and Switzerland-based Li-ion battery manufacturer Leclanché SA announced a joint venture to build lithium-ion batteries and provide energy storage systems for India’s electric vehicle market and grid-based applications.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2014

It consists of lithium-ion batteries to meet short-term demand; high-temperature batteries to supply power for several hours; and lead-acid batteries when the average discharge time is one hour or less. Beta-motion GmbH’s high-output lithium-ion batteries will be used for efficient load management. Board of Management.

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APRIL 4, 2019

If it is possible to operate electric vehicles using only renewable energy, the CO 2 emissions over the entire lifecycle fall by 70% compared with combustion-engine vehicles. CELL: 100 percent renewable, e.g. hydroelectric power, or e.g. in the EU power mix. Different CO 2 scenarios depending on the power and hydrogen source.

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APRIL 24, 2017

Other projects address advanced manufacturing, bioenergy, buildings, geothermal, solar, water and wind technologies. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has been awarded $140,000 to work with Efficient Drivetrains to test a lightweight, plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) powertrain.

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