Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2010

Eaton Corporation is collaborating with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on a prototype integrated solar-assisted electric vehicle charging station to be erected at EPRI’s research laboratory in Knoxville, Tenn. Source: EPRI. Simple block diagram of the SMART system.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2012

GS Battery (USA) Inc., , the US subsidiary of Japan-based battery maker GS Yuasa, announced the deployment of its Hybrid Energy System (HES) for renewable energy storage and EV charging.

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Energy Storage Renewable Energy Charging 247

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and GKN Powder Metallurgy will validate and demonstrate the dynamic operation of a 520 kg hydrogen metal hydride storage subsystem integrated with the ARIES megawatt-scale hydrogen capabilities. NREL, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Gas Technology Institute, EPRI, and Paulsson, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2009

The Smart Grid is a planned nationwide network that will use 21 st century information technology to deliver electricity efficiently, reliably and securely, while allowing increased use of renewable power sources. Earlier this year, NIST awarded a contract to EPRI for assistance in developing the standards framework. Release 1.0

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2022

The California Energy Commission (CEC) awarded $13 million to the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and CALSTART to jump start California’s high-power charging infrastructure for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. Momentum; ORBCOMM, Inc.;

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2023

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) also participated in the tests and led the assessment of the engine’s performance during the testing. In a recently released report , EPRI’s analysis confirmed the feasibility of blending hydrogen (H2) with natural gas for use in an existing Wärtsilä engine.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2023

The trial was conducted by Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in partnership with ClearFlame and Duke Energy. All eyes now focus on the second pilot, where our engine will power a real customer with a renewable low carbon fuel. Earlier post.) Performed at the Battery Innovation Center in Newberry, Ind.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2013

The system has the potential to provide important services for balancing energy supply and demand, helping to support greater integration of intermittent renewable generation, as well as improving power quality and reliability for customers. EPRI’s reports will be made available to the public. The project was made possible with a $3.3-million

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Widespread adoption of electric transportation, including electrification in the off-road sector, could lead to substantial reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and could modestly improve air quality, according to a new analysis released by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2012

Although not all of the resource potential identified in these assessments can realistically be developed, the results still represent major opportunities for new water power development in the United States, highlighting specific opportunities to expand on the 6% of the nation’s electricity already generated from renewable hydropower resources.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2009

when electricity rates are cheaper, or when the grid is using only renewable energy such as wind or solar power. Ford’s key partners in this effort include: Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). Using the system, for example, a vehicle owner could choose to accept a charge only during off-peak hours between midnight and 6 a.m.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Team members, which include USCAR, utility partners, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), EVSE installers, DOE and national laboratories, also identified ways to streamline the EVSE installation and permit process as the number one priority to support the adoption of PHEVs and EVs.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2009

A pilot project by We Energies, Alstom and The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) testing an Alstom advanced chilled ammonia process ( earlier post ) has demonstrated more than 90% capture of carbon dioxide from the flue stream of a coal-fueled power plant in Wisconsin (the Pleasant Prairie Carbon Capture Pilot Plant ).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

For the others, it is partnering with organizations like the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to focus on electric power generation, delivery and use, and working with communities, such as San Francisco, to ensure the development of integrated policies that will streamline adoption for consumers. Source: EPRI. Source: EPRI.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2009

An analysis by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) estimates that the implementation of smart grid technologies could reduce electricity use by more than 4% by 2030. Put the US on a path to get 20% or more of it energy from renewable sources by 2020. Building a Smart Grid Manufacturing Industry: $26 million.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2020

The Brattle study shows the following system impacts of the growing EV fleet: 20 million EVs will add about 60–95 TWh of annual electricity demand and 10–20 GW of peak load, requiring 12–18 GW of renewable generation capacity and 1-2 million public chargers.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Xcel Energy has launched a new pilot for customers of five major automakers to make it easier for consumers to make the switch to electric vehicles in Colorado and to charge their EVs at times when renewable energy production is high and demand on the energy grid is low. —Alice Jackson, president, Xcel Energy-Colorado.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2022

Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and partners will perform a pre-front end engineering design (pre-FEED) study on the integration of a 10 MWhe (megawatt-hour electricity) SandTES pilot system into Alabama Power’s Ernest C. DOE Funding: $800,000; Non-DOE Funding: $331,971; Total Value: $1,131,971.

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Energy Storage Grid Energy Alabama 199

Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2011

Key applications for long-duration energy storage include counterbalancing the intermittency of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power; leveling the loads and time-shifting periods of peak demand on the grid; and avoiding or delaying the construction of costly transmission and distribution (T&D) assets, among others.

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Energy Storage Grid 2010 Li-ion 231

Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2022

The technology group Wärtsilä, and its collaborators WEC Energy Group, (WEC), the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Burns & McDonnell (B&McD), have been contracted to carry out hydrogen fuel testing at the A.J. Mihm power plant in Michigan. —Jon Rodriguez, Director, Engine power plants, Wärtsilä North America.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 19, 2007

The basic question addressed, which appears on the study homepage (epri-reports.org) is this: How would air quality and greenhouse gas emissions be affected if significant numbers of Americans drove cars that were fueled by the power grid? And the grid is getting cleaner and more renewable every year.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

By allowing utility operators to pump water up to a dam or impoundment during periods of low electricity demand and release water during times of peak electricity demand, pumped storage hydropower improves the reliability of electric grids and helps increase the use of variable renewable energy resources such as wind and solar power.

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Plug In Partners

JULY 18, 2008

A study by EPRI , the California Air Resources Board, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, and others (5.3MB PDF) concluded that plug-in hybrids produced substantially lower greenhouse gas emissions than either conventional gasoline cars or unplugged hybrids. 2) The U.S. Are the batteries ready?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2015

This two-way data exchange will create a means to use EV batteries to help manage variable grid conditions, generation oversupply and other challenges associated with the state’s goals to decarbonize its electricity sector with renewable energy resources such as solar and wind. The two other awards were: ChargePoint, Inc.,

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Electric cars charged on the grid generally have a lower carbon footprint than internal-combustion vehicles--and their wells-to-wheels carbon emissions only shrink as more renewable energy comes online.

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Plug In Partners

APRIL 21, 2008

Ø In 2008, the House of Representatives will try once again to pass a renewable energy and energy efficiency tax credits bill that will include a tax credit for Plug in Hybrids. Check out the press release at v2green. The bill, HR 5351 includes a credit for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The bill (H.R.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2015

will partner with GE Global Research, EPRI, Southern Company, American Electric Power and FirstEnergy to design and test a high temperature nickel-based superalloy thick-walled header for cycling and flexible plant operation in new and existing plants. DOE: $749,999 Non-DOE: $187,500 Total: $937,499 (20% cost share). Alstom Power Inc.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

ARPA-E’s first solicitation awarded $151 million to 37 projects aimed at transformational innovations in energy storage, biofuels, carbon capture, renewable power, building efficiency, vehicles, and other areas. Wildcat Technologies, EPRI). Los Alamos National Laboratory, EPRI). Earlier post.). Earlier post.) per gallon.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2015

The two studies—EPRI-NRDC and ANL—serve as “ excellent bookends ” for comparing minimal and maximal electrification of passenger transportation, the researchers concluded. Renewable and nuclear electricity supply technologies are available today. They based their low electrification scenario (0.3% Third, U.S.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

One is by working with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and a coalition of more than 40 utilities to solve challenges and accelerate the commercialization of plug-in electric vehicles. Ed Peper, GM North America vice president, Chevrolet. GM says it is working on plug-in commercialization on several other fronts.

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Cars That Think

JULY 7, 2024

One of the fundamental themes of your book is that the technological learning curve that has resulted in the rapid reduction in the costs of renewable energy has been sustained for 50 to 70 years and shows no signs of slowing down. What did you find in terms of cost reductions in different types of renewable energy as a result?

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 26, 2007

Clean energy technology can dramatically shift how we make and use energy for our cars and homes by charging cars through an electric grid powered by solar or other renewable energy sources, and selling power back to the electric grid when it’s needed most.

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Plugs and Cars

AUGUST 19, 2007

The Good About half our electricity comes from coal, and that will change, at best, slowly as we move to renewables. The EPRI-NRDC Plug-in Hybrid Study makes clear that under every scenario studied, every region will yield reductions in greenhouse gases as we increase the number of plug-in cars.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2015

SCAQMD/EPRI/Via Motors: PHEV vans and pickups. The DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy provided half the funding for the five projects, and INL researchers collected and analyzed the resulting data. Chevrolet Volts: extended range electric vehicles (EREVs). Chrysler Ram Pickup: plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Renewable Power (4 projects). Planar Na-beta Batteries for Renewable Integration and Grid Applications. Sun Catalytix Corporation will develop a unique technology to split water into hydrogen and oxygen under benign conditions to enable storage of intermittent renewable solar and wind energy for around-the-clock use.

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Plugs and Cars

AUGUST 18, 2007

Their Rechargeit.org campaign really makes the connections between renewable power and plug-in cars. EPRI-NRDC Study Out; Electricity Better, If You Want It To Be The oft-postponed EPRI-NRDC plug-in hybrid study was unambiguous – moving to electricity for cars would yield a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Google Guys Th!nk

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 18, 2009

Many reports, including presentations at CARB in September 2009, see much more positive indicators on the battery front, and the NRDC/EPRI study that led to the "more polluting" story cited above, actually points to significant emissions reductions with PHEVs.

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