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Volvo Buses in project researching use of second-life electric bus batteries to store solar energy

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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. The battery warehouse consists of 14 used lithium-ion electric bus batteries.

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V2X company Fermata Energy raises $40M in recent round

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This technology can help enable a centralized power infrastructure to load balance, transport and store renewable energy through the EV, mobile device and IoT markets, as well as provide customer reliability. —J.B. Oldenburg, a Managing Director specializing in renewables investing at Carlyle.

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Intermountain Power Agency orders MHPS JAC Gas Turbine technology for renewable-hydrogen energy hub, operated by LA DWP

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The Intermountain Power Agency (IPA) has awarded Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) a contract for two M501JAC power trains for the Intermountain Power Plant (IPP) in Delta, Utah. The renewed generation facility will be owned by IPA and operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP).

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Toyota providing mobile retail fuel cell vehicle to support reconstruction in Fukushima Prefecture

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Centered around AEON Namie Store, the business will seek to support local residents with shopping and aim to create a community that will foster peace of mind among both residents set to return home to the two towns, and those who intend to relocate to those areas. Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field (FH2R).

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Rolls-Royce mtu Kinetic PowerPack approved for renewable diesel

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This in turn drives the flywheel in the kinetic energy storage unit which weighs tons and is laid out as an electric machine with double rotor system which makes energy available in the event of a power outage. If the public power grid fails, the systems intervene immediately and without interruption because they are already in action anyway.

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Duke Energy partnering with Ford in V2G pilot

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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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Mitsubishi Heavy to supply 500 kWh (normal) containerized Li-ion energy storage system to power grid of Orkney Islands

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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. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.