Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2010

GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt unveiled the challenge, the “GE ecomagination Challenge: Powering the Grid,” in San Francisco 13 July. The global challenge invites technologists, entrepreneurs and start-ups to share their best ideas and come together to build the next-generation power grid to meet the needs of the 21 st century.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

China’s biggest electric vehicle (EV) cell supplier, CATL, is diving into batteries for power grids. The Tesla supplier wants to develop and manage green energy power grids for mines, cities, and data centers. As of this writing, CATL holds 37% of the global market share for electric vehicle batteries.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2020

This award marks the first Advanced Class Gas Turbines in the industry specifically designed and purchased as part of a comprehensive plan to sequentially transition from coal, to natural gas and finally to renewable hydrogen fuel, and creates a roadmap for the global industry to follow.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

The global push to convert the world to electric vehicles will cause supply chain complexities that could undermine the alternative energy transition in the United States, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Global Nickel Trade and Chinese Dominance. Nickel is no exception.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2021

Nissan anticipates increased collaboration with the energy sector to support the decarbonization of power grids; and. The company’s electrification and emissions reduction efforts support the aims of the UN Paris Agreement on climate change and global progress toward carbon neutrality by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2009

However, “ while the vision of a smart grid is appealing, policymakers should understand the costs and hurdles of large-scale, smart grid deployment ,” he says.

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Power Grid Grid Power Powered 186

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Energy Laboratory (NREL) has successfully demonstrated vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capabilities using IPC’s bi-directional Battery Converter. IPC’s Battery Converter will provide bi-directional power between the EV. battery and a 480Vac power grid. NREL successfully integrated and.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2010

American Superconductor Corporation ( AMSC ), a global power technologies company, announced in conjunction with Global Wind Day 2010 on 15 June that it has achieved a significant milestone by supporting the production of more than 15,000 megawatts (MW) of wind power worldwide with its proprietary power electronic solutions.

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Wind Global Power Powered 199

Cars That Think

JANUARY 28, 2025

Modern power grids cant run without transformers, which step voltages up and down for distribution from power plants to power stations and on to homes and businesses. Whats worse, the way we use the power grid is stressing transformers even more. And yet, Charette wrote most of the millions of U.S.

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Power Grid Grid Georgia Power 106

Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2022

Denmark has been a global leader in sustainability, and has pledged to reduce its carbon emissions by 70% by 2030. Geely Holding has helped CRI introduce its technology to the Chinese market, further lowering the cost of green e-methanol and accelerating the global goal of achieving carbon neutrality.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2019

In launching the first-generation LEAF, Nissan pledged to become a global leader in producing and promoting vehicles with zero tailpipe emissions. The Nissan LEAF is available in more than 50 markets globally. The powertrain of the second-generation LEAF, which debuted in 2017, produces 110 kW of power and 320 N·m of torque.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Taken together with efficient processes and many other actions, such as the conversion of heat treatment, these factors mean that Ovako’s carbon footprint from crude steel production is 95% below the global average. At present, global emissions for the industry are estimated at 1700 kg of CO 2 per tonne of crude steel.

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Electric Cars Report

JANUARY 30, 2025

At the new electric-charging test center at the Ingolstadt site, Technical Development is testing electric Audi models […] The post Audi simulates global power grids to test EV charging appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Nissan Motor Corporation has begun testing in Japan of a system to use electric vehicle technology to help power grids cope with peaks in demand. Demand response is a strategy to make power grids more efficient by modifying consumers’ power consumption in consideration of available energy supply. to 8:00 p.m.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2012

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), in cooperation with Duke Energy and non-profit industry initiative Energy Systems Network (ESN), will participate in a joint smart-grid pilot project in Indiana, the United States. The aim of the project will be power-grid load-equalization and the establishment of an optimized vehicle-charging scheme.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2022

Fermata Energy, a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology services provider, recently raised $40 million to accelerate the company’s growth with investment from new partners, including funds managed by global investment firm Carlyle and Verizon Ventures.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2011

PRTM projects that the global EV value chain will likely be greater than US$250 billion by 2020. Driven by four global megatrends—reducing CO 2 emissions, oil concerns, growing congestion, and rapid technology advances—countries worldwide are focusing strongly on vehicle electrification. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Theyre now reworking transformer designs to use different or less sought-after materials, to last longer, to include power electronics that allow the easy conversion between AC and DC, and to be more standardized and less customized than the transformers of today. But those efforts wont ease the logjam soon. manufacturers.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Under the global plan, called Nissan Energy, owners of Nissan’s electric vehicles will be able to easily connect their cars with energy systems to charge their batteries, power homes and businesses or feed energy back to power grids. The company will also develop new ways to reuse electric car batteries.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2020

ORNL’s wireless charging technology transferred power between the truck and a charging pad across the 11-inch gap using two electromagnetic coupling coils at the demonstration. The system transferred electricity from the power grid to the vehicle battery terminals at more than 92% efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2022

As global auto manufacturers continue to invest in electrified vehicle (EV) production, internal combustion engine (ICE) powertrains dominate future US intentions, with 69% of US consumers looking to retain the technology for their next vehicle, according to Deloitte’s 2022 Global Automotive Consumer Study report. Source: Deloitte.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

As part of the EU-funded H2FUTURE project, partners voestalpine, VERBUND, Siemens, Austrian Power Grid, K1-MET and TNO are researching into the industrial production of green hydrogen as a means of replacing fossil fuels in steel production over the long term. It creates the basis for future projects on an industrial scale.

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Hydrogen Production CO2 Power Grid 221

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

and ABB’s Power Grids business are partnering to expand the rollout of silicon carbide in the rapidly-growing high-power semiconductor market. Cree’s products will be included as part of ABB’s power semiconductor product portfolio, across power grids, train and traction, industrial and e-mobility sectors.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2011

The 900-foot (274-meter) APL Singapore switched off its auxiliary diesel engines after berthing at APL’s Global Gateway Central terminal. In cold-ironing, ships at berth connect via large cables to the landside power grid for electricity. It was awarded $4.8

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Oakland Singapore California Power Grid 231

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2020

Despite the much-vaunted megatrend involving the global electrification drive and shift to renewable energy , the most ambitious pledges by Big Oil to pursue net-zero agendas remain weak at best. Further, natural gas can be used to keep the power grid stable as solar and wind power fluctuate.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2013

Renault selected six environmental indicators for the LCA: Global Warming 100yr Potential (kg CO 2 equivalent). in the atmosphere and consequently of global warming potential. Further, due to the variation in the power grid mix from one country to another, the benefits of the EV varies significantly based on that grid mix.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2014

When large-scale renewable energy sources such as wind and photovoltaic are integrated into power grids on remote islands, power frequencies tends to fluctuate due to intermittent power outputs from the renewables. The demonstration program will run for three years to fiscal 2016.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2017

Parker’s objective is to validate that series-produced electric vehicles—as part of an operational vehicle fleet—can support the power grid by becoming a vertically integrated resource, providing seamless support to the power grid both locally and system-wide.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2014

—Mike Tinskey, Ford global director of vehicle electrification and infrastructure. If every home in the United States were to implement these energy-saving technologies, it would be the equivalent of taking all the homes in California, New York and Texas—32 million homes—off the power grid.

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Energy Storage Ford Energy Eaton 306

Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2018

The European H2FUTURE project consortium, comprising voestalpine, Siemens, VERBUND, and Austrian Power Grid, together with the research partners K1-MET and ECN, officially gave the green light to the construction of a 6 MW “green” hydrogen pilot production plant—the world’s largest—at a voestalpine Linz steel plant.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2019

Ethanol produced from sugarcane is one of the most carbon-efficient biofuels available globally, with lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions around 70% lower than conventional hydrocarbon transport fuels. BP’s interest in the new venture will grow its existing biofuels business by more than 50%.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

In addition to SAIC, A123’s list of transportation customers includes BAE, Eaton, Fisker Automotive, Navistar and other global automakers and heavy-duty vehicle manufacturers.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2020

The electrification of the global automotive industry is a megatrend. When connected to the low-voltage grid, the station becomes a permanent charging point without the additional cost and effort required for a comparable fixed quick charging station. This then eases the strain on the power grid, particularly at peak times.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

UL, a leading global safety science organization, is establishing a large-scale electric vehicle (EV) battery laboratory to support the growing EV market.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2018

The proposed XFC design is expected to offer grid-to-vehicle efficiency up to 96.5%—four —four times less weight and half the size of conventional DC fast EV chargers (DCFC), as well as a high voltage direct current (HVDC) port to utilize energy storage and renewable energy systems, minimizing demand on the power grid.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2021

Renewable power generation coupled with continued electrification of end use sectors can unlock major reductions in emissions, but the scale will still be contingent on the overall power mix. Speeding up this shift will be vital to meeting climate targets.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2013

Power supply, building systems, intelligent power grids, and information and communication technologies will interact optimally. Decentralized power generation from renewable energy sources will supply Aspern’s electrical needs. Corporate Technology, Siemens global research department, will be in charge of the project.

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Austria Power Grid Grid Building 239