Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2012

UniEnergy Technologies LLC has signed a license agreement with Battelle to further develop and commercialize a vanadium redox flow battery developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) that holds promise for storing large amounts of renewable energy and providing greater stability to the energy grid.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

BMW i announced a home stationary energy storage system solution integrating its BMW i3 vehicle battery at EVS 29 in Montréal. The system utilizes BMW i3 high-voltage batteries and can be expanded to incorporate second-life batteries as they become available in the market.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 28, 2022

A Tesla-powered Slovenian energy company has just launched its third–and largest–Megapack project to date, helping support 70 percent of the country’s energy grid. Slovenia’s NGEN first started utilizing Tesla Megapacks for energy storage and grid stabilization in 2019. MWh capacity.

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Blink Charging

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Emerging Technologies Here is a quick look at a few emerging technologies and advances in EV charging that can support grid stability: Smart Charging Smart chargers are an affordable and easily implemented solution to reduce energy use and provide cost savings.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) and its National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced the Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF) in Golden, Colorado, as the latest Energy Department user facility and the only one in the nation focused on utility-scale clean energy grid integration.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2010

Demand is being driven by several key trends including the proliferation of renewable energy from variable sources such as wind and solar, the expansion of utility smart grid initiatives, and the introduction of plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles, Pike says. Energy storage on the grid addresses several pressing market needs.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2018

Together with other highly-flexible controllable systems in the BMW Group production network, they will contribute to the stability of the public grid outside of the plant. Electricity generation from variable renewable electricity sources (VRE) such as wind and solar power has grown rapidly and is expected to continue to do so.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 26, 2023

Another is switching to LEDs, which use at least 75 percent less energy than incandescent bulbs. LED bulbs cost about five times more, but they last longer, he said. He also said low-cost, low-carbon hydrogen fuel should be considered as part of the renewable energy mix. We don’t have enough solar energy and wind energy.”

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2011

IBM Research has teamed with EKZ, the electricity utility provider of the Canton of Zurich in Switzerland, on a new pilot project that will allow consumers conveniently to charge electric vehicles and monitor their energy costs, using mobile devices.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2012

This project will demonstrate and test an electric vehicle’s ability to receive and respond to charge instructions based on the grid condition and the vehicle’s battery state. Using this aggregated data, the vehicle has the intelligence to charge to the level that is needed while factoring any current grid constraints.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

BMW developed innovative solutions that utilize the existing vehicle communication system both to create value for customers and to help optimize the electric grid through demand response, which improves grid reliability, lowers costs and helps the environment by incentivizing customers to reduce usage during periods of high peak demand.

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Setec Powerr

DECEMBER 21, 2022

With charging energy as a service, EV owners can simply pay a fee to use a nearby charging station and avoid the upfront cost of purchasing and installing their own equipment. In addition to providing convenience and cost savings for EV owners, charging energy as a service can also have a positive impact on the overall energy grid.

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Get Electric Vehicle

DECEMBER 30, 2023

By analyzing data such as energy demand, pricing fluctuations, and individual user habits and preferences, AI can determine the most efficient times to charge. This not only helps users save on costs by avoiding peak energy periods but also aids in balancing the grid’s load and integrating more renewable energy sources.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

The Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems that are funded by the US Department of Energy have moved forward with the announcement that Saft will supply one of the projects with a lithium-ion battery system for energy storage.

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Driivz

MAY 31, 2022

Smart EV charging uses intelligence to manage when and how an electric vehicle plugged into a smart charger will receive power for charging based on the cost of electricity, its availability, and the needs of the driver. EV smart charging lets you monitor, manage, and adjust energy consumption. What is EV Smart Charging?

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Qnovo

DECEMBER 30, 2019

So what battery trends should we expect for the upcoming 2020-2030 decade? Lithium-ion batteries will power more applications — electrification of everything: The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry highlights the progress lithium-ion batteries achieved in the past four decades. But at what cost?

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Driivz

APRIL 18, 2021

The USEF delivers a single common standard to ensure that smart energy products and implementations easily integrate to create a more sustainable, green energy market. Implementing USEF enables large-scale deployment of smart energy grids. Smart Energy Management and The Flexibility Market.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The three leading new options to re-supply our autos with energy are charging at home, battery swap stations and fast charge stations. There are likely many benefits to home charging that ought to make this the most popular option and here well cover the three "c"s: convenience, cost, and carbon-control.

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