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UC Riverside opening Sustainable Integrated Grid Initiative; integration of solar energy, battery storage and electric and hybrid vehicles

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Schematic of the “New Grid Testbed” components, including renewable energy generation, energy storage, smart distribution and electric transportation Click to enlarge. Two megawatt-hours of battery energy storage. Three-and-a-half megawatts will be at UC Riverside’s main campus. Solar carport.

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Partners begin work on Energiepark Mainz; hydrogen from renewable sources; power-to-gas

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The growing network of hydrogen filling stations for emission-free fuel cell-powered vehicles can also be supplied from Mainz by tank trailers. The project’s aim is to further develop and test innovative technologies for hydrogen electrolysis using renewable energy sources. This will probably happen even more often in the future.

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Sandia study finds underground geologic storage of hydrogen could boost transportation, energy security

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Geologic storage of hydrogen gas could make it economically possible to produce and distribute large quantities of hydrogen fuel for a growing fuel cell electric vehicle market. Such storage options, Dedrick said, are needed to realize the full potential of hydrogen for transportation.

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NSF awards UCSD team $39M to improve integration of distributed energy resources into grid; EV batteries also

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DERConnect will address an outstanding national need for large-scale testing capabilities across universities, national labs, industry, utility companies and Independent System Operators to validate future technologies for autonomous energy grids in real-word scenarios.

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Tesla Energy to be part of ‘change in U.S. generation portfolio’: DOE

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Department of Energy (DOE), has released a report stating that U.S. commercial energy storage is expected to triple in capacity by 2025. According to the EIA’s report, initially reported by Reuters , the United States currently has 7.8GW of battery energy storage, which will be expanded to just over 30GW by 2025.

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OSU team develops new aqueous lithium-iodine solar flow battery; 20% energy savings over Li-I batteries

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Simultaneous conversion and storage of solar energy marks a significant advance toward practical solar energy usage. Various kinds of solar fuels have been actively explored. However, challenges with hydrogen storage and the cost of fuel cells make those systems complicated and difficult for implementation.

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Nissan to launch affordable V2G technology in 2026 – Charged EVs

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Nissan then obtained G99 Grid code certification with an AC-based solution, allowing it to supply electricity to the country’s national energy grid. Nissan plans to roll out the V2G technology, under the banner of Nissan Energy, first in the UK and then in other European markets.