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Austin, Texas-based energy research organization Pecan Street Inc. launched Texas’ first grid-tied vehicle-to-grid (V2G) testing center at its lab in Austin, turning electric vehicles into a dispatchable load shaving tool for the municipally-owned electric utility, Austin Energy.
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and Demansys Energy LLC reached an agreement to perform a demonstration project utilizing Hitachi’s “CrystEna” (Crystal+Energy) compact 1 MW container-type energystorage system in the market for frequency regulation and capacity services, and that site installation work will soon commence. Hitachi America, Ltd.,
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(NKE) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the development and sales of Electrovaya’s integrated advanced battery storage systems for both stationary power and smart grid systems applications, initially targeted for the Japanese market.
Kinetic Traction was formed earlier this year in the wake of the collapse of advanced flywheel energystorage company Pentadyne. Vacuum cabinet, flywheel cylinder and drive cabinet of Kinetic EnergyStorage System (KESS). Regenerative electric trains convert kinetic energy into electrical energy during braking.
Hydro-Québec and the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have agreed to explore collaborations toward the research and development of manufacturing and scale-up technology to advance transportation electrification and energystorage. of sales in 2018, climbing to 15.5%
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to bolster its grid capacity amid rapid growth in power generation using renewable energy. Renewable power sources such as solar and wind fluctuate sharply with the weather, creating concerns over the possible impact on grid voltage and frequency. The Nikkei reports that Hokkaido Electric Power Co. —Nikkei report.
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Total Smart Grid costs. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has released a broad assessment of the costs and benefits to modernize the US electricity system and deploy the smart grid. The analysis updates EPRI’s 2004 EPRI assessment, which estimated the cost of implementing a smart grid at $165 billion. Source: EPRI.
Although consumer electronics—devices such as smartphones and laptops—have traditionally driven the most demand for energystorage devices, transportation and stationary applications will soon become the largest energystorage markets, according to Lux Research. billion opportunity in 2025.
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Typical daily grid demand. “ Why do you need energystorage on the grid, when the grid is full of power plants that generate all the energy that is needed? ” It would seem like a good question to ask and applies the same logic has been used for the past fifty years in determining grid strategy.
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Siemens AG and The AES Corporation are forming a new global energystorage technology and services company under the name Fluence. The joint venture will bring together AES’ experience deploying energystorage in seven countries with Siemens’ energy technology leadership and its global sales presence in more than 160 countries.
based provider of energy-enabled system solutions and energystorage products for commercial, industrial and government agency customers. A hearing at which A123 and Wanxiang will seek the required Court approval of the sale is scheduled for Tuesday, 11 December 2012. A123’s joint venture with Shanghai Automotive.
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AES EnergyStorage and LG Chem have entered a multi-year agreement that provides access to a gigawatt-hour (GWh) of lithium-ion battery capacity with the option to procure additional capacity for the AES Advancion energystorage solution. regulation, reserves, renewable ramping, energy delivery, voltage control, etc.),
Driven by environmental problems, a growing auto industry, and a big policy push, China’s advanced energystorage market will be worth $8.7 billion, according to a new report from Lux Research called “ Clearing the Haze: Demystifying EnergyStorage Opportunities in China ”. Growth of new energy vehicles (NEVs) cools.
The Megafactory is planned to initially produce up to 10,000 units of commercial energystorage batteries per year, with an energystorage scale of nearly 40 GWh, and the product will be available to the global markets. In the first quarter, Tesla's China-made vehicle sales were 229,322, up 25.88
Nissan Motor Company and Green Charge Networks, a provider of commercial energystorage, are partnering to deploy second-life Li-ion vehicle batteries for stationary commercial energystorage in the US and international markets. General availability is targeted for Q4 2015.
Nio has 1071 swap stations in China as of August 2022 but is gearing up to expand its sales and swap station facilities across Europe. This is a unique feature of battery swapping stations that could be exploited in the future to make them act as grid-support units. Swapping to become more efficient by using smaller batteries.
Combined government targets (line) and EV/PHEV production/sales (bars) reported by OEM. Production/sale capacity levels shown here are assumed to remain constant after year of construction. However, that figure is well below the existing national sales goals of about 1.5 Source: IEA. Click to enlarge.
Of the projected US$18-billion market in 2020, 58% of the sales will be from the transportation sector, historically one of the most of important industries for lead-acid batteries. The market value for advanced lead-acid batteries in gridstorage will be approximately $6.8 billion in 2020, according to Pike.
reported that sales of BOOSTCAP ultracapacitor products for wind energy applications through the first three quarters of 2010 are running more than 40% ahead of wind-related sales in the same period last year, and estimates that more than 13,000 BOOSTCAP-equipped turbines are now in operation worldwide. Maxwell Technologies Inc.
The Budget proposal doubles the number of Energy Innovation Hubs to 6, with support of $146 million, adding three areas of research to focus on: critical materials including rare earth materials; battery and energystorage; and new grid technologies and systems to help Smart Grid and improve energy transmission efficiency.
California’s grid is facing an era of rapid change. There are a lot of complex issues for Californians — especially policymakers—to consider as we work toward a clean energy future. Jerry Brown’s goal of 5 million PEVs by 2030, sales need to grow significantly. The California Energy Commission forecasts that 3.9
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MissionEVT will design and supply high-performance EV powertrains, including energystorage systems, drive systems and software intelligence, to the OEM market, targeting a wide range of vehicle applications—including battery-electric, plug-in hybrid electric and hybrid-electric vehicles. Energystorage. MissionEVT.
GWh of batteries in 2014, representing more than seven billion individual battery cells and more than $14 billion in sales. in terms of energy capacity and 7.1% According to a new report from Navigant Research, the advanced batteries industry shipped 53.3 Between 2013 and 2014, the industry’s growth rate increased 12.8%
based provider of energy-enabled system solutions and energystorage products for commercial, industrial and government agency customers. In a short statement, the company said that it continues to work with Wanxiang and Navitas to prepare for the closing of the transactions. A123’s joint venture with Shanghai Automotive.
two providers of Li-ion-based energystorage solutions, have signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) to co-market and cross-sell each others’ product portfolios. Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. and EnerDel, Inc.,
This high-volume production facility will build advanced lithium-ion cells and batteries for energystorage for renewable energy, smart grid support, broadband back-up power, transportation and defense. Saft Jacksonville has an annual sales capacity of $300 million.
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for its grid, commercial and government businesses. regarding strategic alternatives for its grid, commercial, government and other operations, and has received several indications of interest for these businesses. during the pendency of the sale process. associated energystorage solutions. District of Delaware.
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