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Volkswagen commissions fast-charging park with 570 kWh of second-life MEB cell modules

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At the Zwickau vehicle plant, Volkswagen commissioned the first fast-charging park in Saxony supplied with energy largely from a power storage container (PSC). The PSC is an electricity storage unit and consists of 96 cell modules with a net capacity of 570 kWh. 4 and have now been given a second purpose.

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Topsoe and First Ammonia sign 5GW electrolyzer agreement for green ammonia

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The agreement provides for an initial purchase of 500MW of SOEC units and is expandable to up to 5GW over the lifetime of the agreement. Ammonia can save humanity once again as the workhorse of the hydrogen economy, replacing petrochemicals to decarbonize agriculture, transportation and power storage and generation.

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Connexxion orders 20 Solaris hydrogen buses for South Holland

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The bus is also fitted with a Solaris High Power battery which acts as an additional electric power storage facility. The first Solaris buses entered The Netherlands in 2017 when the operator Connexxion purchased 40 articulated Solaris Urbino 18.

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Mitsubishi Electric’s new energy-management technology optimizes EVs as storage batteries; tests in China

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Energy-management system for power generation and power storage. Mitsubishi Electric’s new solution uses a multi-directional power conditioning. Concurrently, the system continuously monitors the amount of electricity purchased from the grid and the state of charge of EVs parked on the company’s campus.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

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In Germany, Mercedes-Benz Cars has eight vehicle and powertrain plants (Bremen, Rastatt, Sindelfingen, Berlin, Hamburg, Kamenz, Kölleda, Stuttgart-Untertürkheim), which either purchase electricity or operate their own power plants. This ensures a reliable power supply even in fluctuating grids.

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Testing EV power for homes

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The descriptive article GM and PG&E to test how EVs can power homes during blackouts provides several jumping-off points for your independent investigation. The average 250-mile range battery packs for EVs today have the capacity to power a household when the power grid fails.

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Vattenfall contracts with BMW for up to 1,000 new 33 kWh Li-ion batteries this year for storage projects in wind farms

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Vattenfall will purchase the new batteries from the BMW plant in Dingolfing and use them in all storage projects. The first energy storage from the BMW-i3 batteries is being built at the 122 MW onshore wind farm “Princess Alexia” near Amsterdam. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post , earlier post.).

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