Baua Electric

JUNE 13, 2025

Solar, wind, hydro, and other renewable sources are rapidly replacing fossil fuels. The sun doesn’t always shine, and the wind doesn’t always blow. In a grid increasingly powered by fluctuating sources like wind and solar, forecasting accuracy becomes crucial. Schedule backup power from batteries or fossil plants.

Renewable

Cars That Think

JULY 31, 2025

The solar-powered airship, developed by the Moriarty, N.M.–based Sceye’s silvery dirigibles are built for endurance, capable of pointing into the wind, and remaining in their area of operation for months at a time. Ultralightweight and flexible solar skins and high-density battery packs keep the equipment running overnight.

Solar

Cars That Think

JULY 22, 2025

Incentives for wind and solar, however, are sharply curtailed , and subsidies for residential clean-energy projects will abruptly end after this year. Wind and solar facilities, meanwhile, must either start operating before the end of 2027 or begin construction by next summer to obtain credits.

Tax

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2013

The solution combines weather prediction and big data analytics to forecast accurately the availability of wind power and solar energy. By utilizing local weather forecasts, HyRef can predict the performance of each individual wind turbine and estimate the amount of generated renewable energy.

Wind

Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2021

UK-based Tevva, a developer of long-range electric trucks, and Vattenfall Network Solutions, a division of Vattenfall, the leading European energy company, are partnering to help businesses switch to a zero-emission vehicle fleet and to reduce the overall carbon impact of their operations.

Hydrogen

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Electricity generated by solar panels installed across nine thousand square metres of roofing at Asko’s regional warehouse is being used to split water, producing emissions-free hydrogen fuel and oxygen. Pilots will be run in 2020 to test the technology, vehicle ranges and load capacities.

Norway

Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2021

EODev’s REXH2 maritime range extender is a hydrogen power solution that can be integrated into different kinds of ships, in full compliance with environmental and regulatory constraints. It is the world's first hydrogen-powered boat, capable of producing its own hydrogen on-board from seawater thanks to solar, wind and hydro power.

Hydrogen

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding more than $145 million to 69 projects in 24 states to help shape the next generation of solar energy technologies. The SunShot Initiative seeks to make solar energy systems more cost-competitive, without long-term subsidies, by reducing the cost of these systems about 75% by the end of the decade.

Solar

Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2021

In a paper in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology , they report that using nuclear or solar/wind electricity, the stand-alone FT fuel production (Naphtha, jet, diesel) from various plant designs can reduce WTW GHG emissions by 90–108%, relative to petroleum fuels. Zang et al.

Aspen

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2022

Cummins is committed to developing a range of solutions that will enable our customers’ success as we advance our Destination Zero strategy and decarbonize our diverse markets. Cummins has invested $24 million in Germany-based VoltStorage, a developer of stationary flow batteries. Vanadium redox flow battery cell. Source: VoltStorage.

Battery

Green Car Reports

JANUARY 24, 2023

The shift to wind and solar is making EVs cleaner, fast. Polestar is seeking a 300-mile range for its Polestar 2, as part of a switch of its single-motor model to rear-wheel drive. Ford might be considering a new charging connector. And Polestar switches to rear-wheel drive. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

Wind

Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2021

Arcadia connects renters and homeowners across the US to wind and solar energy through utility data and billing technology. In select markets within Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island, Arcadia’s platform connects qualifying customers to community solar projects in their area.

Audi

Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2021

The partnership enables sodium-ion battery technology to be incorporated in a range of renewable energy applications including residential energy storage, commercial micro-grids, wind turbine and tidal energy storage. These trends will drive a significant increase in the use of battery storage.

Manufacturer

Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2014

The selected projects include 6 vehicle-related technologies and 2 hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, as well as new hydropower, heat pump, solar and manufacturing technologies. Vehicle technologies span a range from new Si/graphene Li-ion anode materials and composites for motor windings to diesel aftertreatment and advanced lubricants.

Exhaust

Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2021

Performance estimates for the eFlyer 800 include up to 320 knot cruise speed, 35,000 feet ceiling and 500 nm range with 45-minute IFR reserves at normal cruise speed of 280 knots. Safety features include two wing-mounted electric motors, each with dual redundant motor windings, quad-redundant battery packs and a full airplane parachute.

All-Electric

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2015

GM is using five used battery packs from Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric cars to help power the new General Motors Enterprise Data Center at the Milford Proving Ground. Together, these renewable sources generate approximately 100 MWh of energy annually, roughly equivalent to the energy used by 12 average households.

Volt

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2021

A team at MITEI (MIT Energy Initiative) has found that hydrogen-generated electricity can be a cost-competitive option for backing up wind and solar. California draws more than 20% of its electricity from solar and approximately 7% from wind, with more VRE coming online rapidly. —Drake Hernandez.

Hydrogen

Electrek

AUGUST 24, 2022

In research that could jumpstart work on a range of technologies including fuel cells – key to storing solar and wind energy – MIT researchers have found a relatively simple way to increase the lifetimes of these devices: changing the “pH” of the system.

Wind

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Researchers at the University of Melbourne (Australia) have demonstrated a method of direct hydrogen production from air— in situ capture of freshwater from the atmosphere using hygroscopic electrolyte and subsequent electrolysis powered by solar or wind with a current density up to 574 mA cm ?2. —Guo et al. Zavabeti, A.

Hydrogen

Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2022

In countries that choose to continue or increase their use of nuclear power, it can reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, cut carbon dioxide emissions and enable electricity systems to integrate higher shares of solar and wind power.

Russia

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

With full gas tanks, the car has an NEDC range of up to 495 (307.6 mi) kilometers and a WLTP range of up to 445 kilometers (276.5 This is supplemented by the additional range offered by the reserve gasoline tank with a net usable volume of 9 liters (2.4 Average NEDC fuel consumption for the four-cylinder is 3.6 – 3.5

Audi

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

A team at Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) has successfully integrated solar heat into a solid oxide electrolyzer. The experimental setup of the prototype system consisted of a solar simulator, a solar steam generator, a steam accumulator and a solid oxide electrolyzer. Schiller et al. A small fraction (0.58

Solar

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Before 2010, reciprocating engines typically had no more than 9 MW in capacity, but in recent years, larger units that range from 16 MW to 19 MW have been installed throughout the United States. Power plants with large reciprocating engines are often located in states with significant renewable resources, specifically wind generation.

Gas

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2022

This cartridge design will facilitate the everyday transport and supply of hydrogen energy to power a broad range of daily life applications in and outside of the home. Toyota Motor and its subsidiary, Woven Planet Holdings have developed a working prototype of its portable hydrogen cartridge. Hydrogen has significant advantages.

Hydrogen

Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2021

The plant aims to be 100% self-sufficient for electricity and work will commence imminently on potential wind and solar farms. Under WLTP conditions, they are capable of up to 174 miles of range. Fiat Professional is also committed to offering electrified and alternatively-fueled versions across its van range.

Production

Teslarati

MAY 24, 2021

These are capable of 250 kW peak charging rates, which offer up to 1,000 miles of range per hour of charging. Like the previous project in Germany, Tesla and Fastned will utilize only energy from the sund and wind, “generated partly on-site by its trademark solar canopy.” ” Credit: Fastned. What do you think?

Wind

Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2021

The global rare earth market, driven by demand from industries including electric vehicles and offshore wind, is expected to increase five-fold by 2030 and the NdPr oxide price is forecast to increase at a CAGR of 4.8 - 9.9%, underpinning strong economics for the investment. China currently supplies 98% of Europe’s rare earth magnets.

Angola

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2014

Smoothly integrating intermittent renewable power such as wind and solar onto the electric grid while also maintaining grid stability has been challenging. Until recently, these batteries have been limited by their ability to only work well within certain temperature ranges, their relatively high cost and their low energy density.

Battery

Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2019

Ford has revealed the new Transit Smart Energy Concept—a one-of-a-kind 10-seater minibus that is helping the company explore solutions for maximizing the energy efficiency and driving range of electrified vehicles. The energy is provided by the high-voltage battery, presenting a significant challenge to the vehicle’s driving range.

Concept

Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Volkswagen reveals range ratings for its affordable all-wheel-drive EVs. And can hydrogen from a landfill really be greener than that from solar and wind? Volkswagen revealed EPA range. Tesla, Toyota, and Honda are among the automakers pushing back about an EV tax credit that gives a boost to labor unions.

Tax Credit

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

electric utility company, battery manufacturers Exide and beta-motion and inverter manufacturer SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA) have joined forces to build the first multi-technology, modular large-scale 5MW battery storage system. has been investing in a wide range of future technologies. Batteries Power Generation Solar Wind'

Battery

Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2021

Coil Driver, which replaces classic inverters, can calculate the system’s demands for torque or speed, and seamlessly switch the configuration to match the desired output in real time to optimize the power train electronically—extending operating ranges, and increasing operational efficiencies.

Motoring

Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2021

Honda has entered into long-term virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs) for renewable wind and solar power that cover more than 60% of the electricity that Honda uses in North America. Renewable Energy Efforts in North America.

Honda

Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2022

Four wind turbines on the site of the BMW Group plant in Leipzig supply the electricity needed for its production. kilowatt hours (kWh), it now enables ranges of up to 307 kilometers (191 miles) according to WLTP. Eucalyptus wood from certified cultivation in Europe serves as the raw material for parts of the instrument panel.

BMW

Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2020

The technological focus is on significant increases in range through advances in energy density and the reduction of charging times. The first result was the production of battery cells with electricity from renewable energies such as hydropower, wind and solar energy.

Mercedes

Teslarati

JULY 13, 2021

The project aims to build the first Tesla Solar neighborhood, making a sustainable residential community. The Tesla Solar neighborhood was provisionally named SunHouse at Easton Park. The solar and home battery units are integrated into the homes’ sale price as well, much like state-of-the-art appliances.

Neighborhood

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2019

In parallel with the advancing electrification of its fleet, Volkswagen Group and its brands continue to rely on CNG (compressed natural gas) as an alternative drive technology for decarbonizing road transport; Volkswagen Group[ has revised and expanded its product range again with this in mind. Società Nazionale Metanodotti).

Audi