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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The company’s president, Tom Gage , dubbed the system “vehicle to grid” or V2G. And EV owners would become entrepreneurs, selling electricity back to the grid. And indeed, that’s how promoters of vehicle-to-grid technology perceive the EV.

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Making battery energy storage an integral part of ‘Net-Zero’ – ET Auto

Baua Electric

600 GWh of BES systems can get added globally by 2030 with more than 85% of it consumed by front-of-the-meter (FTM) customers like RE developers and utilities. As the global hunger for renewable energy (RE) increases, battery energy storage ( BES ) systems are expected to become omnipresent. Experts predict that approx.

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BMW i ChargeForward Program to demo contribution of intelligent EV charging to grid efficiency

Green Car Congress

Working with a select group of BMW i3 drivers, BMW i ChargeForward will demonstrate how intelligent management of electric vehicle charging can contribute to improved electric power grid efficiency while reducing total cost of electric vehicle ownership.

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Tesla’s ‘Drive on Sunshine’ feature is close: Here’s a first look

Teslarati

Tesla’s “Drive on Sunshine” feature aims to allow owners to charge their all-electric vehicles with excess energy generated by residential solar arrays and stored in their Powerwalls. Now that the feature is close to a wide rollout, we’re getting our first looks at the feature in the Tesla App.

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BMW launches BMW i ChargeForward pilot in SF Bay Area

Green Car Congress

The program is now issuing calls to participating BMW i3 drivers in the Bay Area to request the interruption of the charging of their EVs for one hour. The study has two parts: (1) a managed charge pilot program involving BMW i3 owners; and (2) a battery second-life energy storage system. Managed charge.

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Renault and Powervault in EV battery “second-life” partnership trial

Green Car Congress

In the UK, Renault and Powervault are partnering to re-use electric vehicle (EV) batteries in home energy storage units. Powervault is an innovative home battery system, which enables homeowners to increase their ability to store and use the solar energy freely-generated from their own solar panels.

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Green Crossover Project in Japan Showcases Li-ion Stationary Storage for EV Charging; EnerDel Providing Packs for Vehicles and Stationary Storage

Green Car Congress

Itochu Corporation, Mazda, Family Mart, EnerDel and 11 other partners have launched a 3-year project in Tsukuba City, Japan—the “Green Crossover Project”—designed to showcase a real-world integration of the smart grid, stationary lithium-ion grid storage, electric vehicles, rapid recharging and renewable energy technologies.

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