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Duke Energy and ITOCHU to assess second-life applications for Li-ion automotive batteries

Green Car Congress

The companies will assess how EV batteries perform in their “second lives,” including stationary applications in homes, neighborhoods and commercial buildings. Duke Energy will provide engineering design support for battery installations, as well as supply test sites and personnel.

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Sandia Labs and NREL leading new DOE hydrogen infrastructure project; H2FIRST

Green Car Congress

Specific H 2 FIRST objectives include: Development of improved hydrogen fueling station design and requirements, including a broader technical understanding of what is needed to achieve a national hydrogen fueling infrastructure. With H 2 FIRST, we’re definitely on the road to making that happen more quickly.

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NAATBatt Coalition recommends deployment of up to 300 GWh of distributed energy storage systems by 2022

Green Car Congress

DES systems consist of small, stationary batteries installed in neighborhoods, buildings, homes and electricity substations, which can be networked together using smart grid communications technology. with DES systems, standardize their design and applications, and demonstrate their. value proposition. value proposition.

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Massive solar array to power airside electric ground service vehicles at JFK Airport’s New Terminal One

Charged EVs

In 1954, architect Wallace Harrison designed a plan that gave major airlines their own terminals. MWh of battery energy storage to balance electrical demand and improve power quality. The system can operate independently from or while connected to the main power grid. MW of fuel cells and 1.5

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Greenius & Obama Celebrate Our First 100 Days!

Creative Greenius

citizen volunteer environment green building renewable energy solar power GRID Alternatives President Barack Obama. So go ahead - choose those guys or the Greenius. I’ll be out doing more volunteer work while you’re thinking about it.

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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.&#. Much of the attention on electric cars has been on the vehicles’ design, cost and performance. February 15, 2010.

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The Benefits of Bidirectional Charging

Wallbox

To make it clear, in a unidirectional (one-way) EV charger, electricity flows from the electric grid into the electric vehicle and with a bidirectional (two-way) EV charger, electricity can flow both ways. Let’s put it this way, if you’ve already paid to charge your vehicle, why not use the left-over power to run your home too?

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