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A123 Systems to supply Li-ion energy storage system to Dongfang Electric Corporation for evaluation for wind power solutions

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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. He, general manager of Dongfang Electrical Machinery Co.

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US and Japan collaborating on smart grid project in Hawaii; EV operation and charging, including grid-balancing services

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and the other five participating companies will conduct a feasibility study expected to be completed by the middle of September 2011. Specific details of the project and the roles of participating companies are as follows: EV-based Remote Island Smart Grid Model on Maui (Hitachi, Sharp, and JFE Engineering). Hitachi Ltd.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

And at the headquarters of Pacific Gas and Electric, utility executives are preparing “heat maps” of neighborhoods that they fear may overload the power grid in their exuberance for electric cars.&#. Battery-powered motors are more efficient than gasoline engines. February 15, 2010. They cost drivers on average only 2.5

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Shifted earlier focus to all-electric Focus in 2011 with Magna. Committed to sales of 10,000 or more vehicles in late 2010, with increasing production in 2011. Hyundai Partnering with Korean battery companies for hybrids. Hybrid Sonata model year 2011, possible PHEV version in 2013. Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10.

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