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Nissan testing LEAF as electrical power storage and supply for office buildings; LEAF-to-Building a development of LEAF-to-Home

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LEAF-to-Home power units provide an uninterrupted flow of electricity stored in the Li-ion batteries onboard Nissan LEAF electric vehicles (EV) to residential homes through the EV Power Station built by Nichicon Corporation. It can also be used as backup power source in case of a power outage and/or shortages.

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Ohio Third Frontier Advanced Energy Program Recommends Nearly $7.2M in Funding for 6 Projects; 3 Li-ion Awards

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Beckett Corporation. Develop and Commercialize Residential Energy Storage Technology to Store Power Collected from Any Source of Electricity for Use at a Later Time. Beckett will investigate implementing lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery technology into a variety of distributed power storage appliances.

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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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The project will be implemented by a unique Texas not-for-profit corporation created to research, develop and implement smart grid clean energy systems. NSTAR Electric & Gas Corporation (MA). The 16 utility-scale energy storage projects (ranked by DOE funding) are: Utility-Scale Energy Storage Projects. 24,978,264.

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The Essential Guide to EV Smart Charging and Smart Energy Management

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Smart EV Charging in Commercial and Industrial Buildings. It optimizes energy consumption based on grid constraints, energy pricing, renewable energy availability, locally stored energy, preconfigured EV owner preferences, and driver needs. Smart EV charging in Commercial and Industrial Buildings.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Of the lead recipients, 43% are small businesses, 35% are educational institutions, and 19% are large corporations. The projects selected are grouped into 10 areas: Energy Storage (6 projects). Electronville: High-Amperage Energy Storage Device-Energy Storage for the Neighborhood. Biomass Energy (5 projects).

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

And in a true smart grid, electric cars will not only be able to draw on electricity to run their motors, they will also be able to do the reverse: send electricity stored in their batteries back into the grid when it is needed. In effect, cars would be acting like tiny power stations. While utilities such as E.ON

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