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Swiss logistics firm puts Designwerk’s 420 kW Mega Charger into operation – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Designwerk Technologies, based in Winterthur, Switzerland, has developed a DC fast charging station for commercial EVs that’s packaged in a container format. The battery packs are replenished with self-generated solar power. It’s equipped with two CCS charging points, each with an output of 420 kilowatts DC.

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A new AI-powered platform that helps utilities reduce wildfires just got a $1M injection

Baua Electric

Photo: Rhizome Rhizome , an extreme weather resilience planning platform for the power grid, has a new platform that helps utilities reduce wildfire risk. The AI-powered platform is called gridFirm (Fire Ignition Reduction and Mitigation), and it’s available for all electric utilities in the US, Canada, and Australia.

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BYD’s home city in China now has more supercharging plugs than gas pumps

Baua Electric

And these “superchargers” aren’t just DC fast chargers – they can charge EVs to 80% in just 10 minutes. According to data from the Southern Power Grid Shenzhen Power Supply Bureau, Shenzhen’s EV charging volume reached 670 million kilowatt-hours in Q1 2024, an 11% increase year-over-year. Get started here. –

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. Once electricity is generated and passes into the grid, it is typically used almost immediately. After earning a Ph.D.

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A Comprehensive Guide to EV Charging Management Software Solution

Driivz

Understanding EV Charging Stations Charging stations vary by connector type, use cases and locale, their power rating, and whether they are AC or DC. Installation can be costly, but dramatically speeds at-home EV charging time, depending on the exact charger model and local power grid access.

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What is Power System Islanding and how to detect it

Baua Electric

Anti-Islanding Test There is something called Auto disconnect timing test in which inverter needs to disconnects from the network grid within 2 seconds of a power failure and inverter must not be connected 60 sec of the grid re-establishing power supply after power failure which is known as Reconnection timing test.

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

Green Car Congress

This novel technology would deliver safe, reliable, resilient, and cost-effective electric power in the grid. This technology could reduce electricity/energy bills, pollution from power plants, risks of blackouts, the need for new power plants, and pollution from power plant generation. Leap Photovoltaics Inc.

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