Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

As more power stations adopted the clocks, the frequency regulation allowed them to share electricity and create an interconnected power grid. But by the 1950s, clocks with improved batteries and oscillating quartz crystal resonators began to replace consumer electric clocks that synchronized with the power grid.

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Power Grid Grid Powered Power 135

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2016

The joint research initiative will study transformational energy innovations including integrating renewable energy sources into the current supply mix and advancing traditional energy sources in ways that improve efficiency and reduce impacts on water, air and climate.

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Power Grid Austin Universal Texas 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

The e-gas project consists of two main components: Audi is contributing to the construction of offshore North Sea wind turbines which will generate clean power,that is then fed into the public power grid. Audi wants to use green power to produce and also operate its electric-drive e-tron models in the future.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 24, 2023

These natural cold traps are where water ice can be found. That ice could provide water to drink and, after undergoing electrolysis, oxygen to breathe. But to power the early years of the Artemis base, the company expects that NASA will adopt Astrobotic’s fully solar-powered LunaGrid.

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Power Grid Grid Powered Power 139

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NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Nel Hydrogen Electrolyser AS, a division of Nel ASA, has received a purchase order for a 20MW alkaline water electrolyzer from Ovako , a leading European manufacturer of engineering steel. The electrolyzer will be installed at Ovako’s existing plant in Hofors, Sweden.

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Purchase Hydrogen Sweden Volvo 418

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DECEMBER 28, 2019

Highview Power’s proprietary liquid air energy storage system, called CRYOBattery, relies on low-risk, proven technology, generates zero emissions, has zero water impact and can be delivered at a cost of approximately half of the current cost of traditional lithium-ion batteries.

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Energy Storage Renewable Energy Vermont 364

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Advanced Separation and Processing Technologies for Enhanced Product Recovery and Improved Water Utilization, Cost Reduction, and Environmental Impact of an Integrated Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling System. Adaptive Second-Use Battery Utilization with Different Degradation Levels for EV Charging Stations and Power Grid Support and Resiliency.

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Lithium Ion Batteries Battery San Diego 312

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The synthetic fuel is produced at the power-to-gas plant in Werlte from water and carbon dioxide using electricity generated by wind power. Audi sources the CO 2 from an adjacent biogas plant that recycles agricultural waste.

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Audi Gas Gas-Electric Gasoline-Electric 504

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

However, the development of a fully renewable electrical grid in the US by 2035 is technically and socially viable, and if realized electrolyzed hydrogen can serve as a compelling zero-emissions solution for aviation. Hydrogen is very attractive because it only produces water vapor emissions when utilized on an aircraft.

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Grid Hydrogen 2020 Fuel 290

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

At Carmon Creek, the design includes a novel well delivery system and the use of cogeneration that will also feed power into the Alberta grid; enough to power half a million homes. The central processing facilities will separate bitumen from water and natural gas, which can then be used to produce steam.

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Oil-Sands Oil North America Water 231

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2011

Much recent research on batteries, including other work done by Cui’s research group, has focused on lithium-ion batteries, which have a high energy density; however, energy density really doesn’t matter for storage on the power grid. The researchers chose to use a water-based electrolyte. Cost is a greater concern.

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Low Cost Grid Powered Power 304

Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2011

The project will be the first concentrating solar power (CSP) parabolic trough plant to use an air-cooled condenser unit, which will decrease water use by nearly 90% compared with a water-cooled CSP facility.

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Solar California Powered Power 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2010

Cyclone Power Technologies Inc. has received a work order from Phoenix Power Group LLC (PPG) to develop a prototype electric generator system that will be powered by Cyclone’s heat-regenerative, external combustion engine running on waste oil.

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Waste Oil Phoenix Motoring 170

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2013

If every home in the US were to implement these energy-saving technologies, it would be the equivalent of taking all the homes in California, New York and Texas off the power grid (32 million homes). Hot water heaters are more efficient and use nighttime electricity. Connected appliances can use less energy during peak periods.

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Plug-in Georgia Renewable Energy 277

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2011

Deployment of the CLEARgen system will enable Toyota to satisfy peak and mid-peak power needs using electricity from either the fuel cell system or from the power grid. The CLEARgen fuel cell system will utilize hydrogen produced by steam-reformation of renewable bio-gas generated at a landfill.

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Toyota California Fuel Lexus 225

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

These “buffer stations” will be protected by the industry’s highest safety standard fire suppression system using piped-in water running alongside the battery racks and behind each battery module. The backs of each module have an opening allowing water spray to enter in the event of any thermal events.

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Mariner DC Recharge Fully Electric 259

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The new contracts result from a plan recommended by SCE in response to state forecasts of local reliability needs due to the closure of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station and anticipated retirement of older, natural gas generation plants along the Southern California coastline that rely on ocean water for their cooling needs.

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Energy Storage Purchase California Grid 244

Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2011

By rapidly ramping up and down in response to fluctuations in wind and solar power, the technology will enable the integration of more renewable resources into the power grid, GE says. The FlexEfficiency 50 Combined Cycle Power Plant. GE’s advanced W28 Generator with water-cooled stator. Click to enlarge.

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Wind Grid Solar Gas 244

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DECEMBER 13, 2018

For the connection to the public power grid in Jettingen-Scheppach, a loading container with two charging connections was realized in the project: one connection has a charging capacity of max. The cooling liquid is an environmentally friendly water-glycol mixture used, making the cooling circuit can be made semi-open.

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Porsche Charging Phoenix Vehicles 331

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Powered by electricity, ERC combines captured carbon dioxide with water to produce high value materials that are conventionally obtained from the thermochemical processing of fossil fuels, including: formic acid, formate salts, oxalic acid, and methanol.

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CO2 Production Power Grid 2007 199

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MAY 18, 2011

These technologies will be implemented to eliminate factors causing power voltage impacts in the distribution grids and fluctuations in power frequency when large volumes of renewable energy with weather-dependent tendency are added to a power grid. Advanced Energy Company: Advisor for EV charger business.

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Grid Hawaii Japan Charging 218

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FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The site also provides access to the power grid, the Natchez Port facility, a statewide rail system, and a 40 million gallon per day water treatment facility operated by the City of Natchez. The site is served by American Midstream’s Midla pipeline system that intersects three interstate gas pipelines.

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Gas Mississippi Pennsylvania Oklahoma 218

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2012

The demonstrations will help address key challenges associated with installing utility-scale offshore wind turbines; connecting offshore turbines to the power grid; and navigating new permitting and approval processes. waters in the most rapid and responsible manner possible; and.

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Wind Cost Of Energy Power Grid 218

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JULY 8, 2015

Geely’s CRI investment and work with renewable methanol is similar to the approach Audi is taking with its own e-fuels projects—producing very low carbon liquid or gaseous fuels using only renewable energy, water and CO 2. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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Renewable Carbon Water Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2011

Energy Technology Ventures—a joint venture among GE, NRG Energy and ConocoPhillips—is making its first non-US and first water-related investment by providing capital to Emefcy Ltd, an Israeli company that uses naturally occurring bacteria in an electrogenic bioreactor (microbial fuel cell, MFC) to treat wastewater.

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Israel Energy Companies Water 186

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APRIL 26, 2023

Unlike other hydrogen production technologies, its Steam/CO 2 Reformation does not require fresh water as a feedstock. Additionally, Raven SR’s goal is to generate as much of its own power onsite as possible to reduce reliance on the power grid and be independent of the grid.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2011

The B&W mPower reactor design is a passively safe Advanced Light Water Reactor (ALWR) with a below-ground containment structure. The scalable nature of nuclear plants built around the B&W mPower reactor would provide customers with practical power increments of 125 MWe to meet local energy needs within power grid and plant site constraints.

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Virginia Power Grid Grant Grid 186

Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2017

The virtual power plant demonstration project will use energy management to coordinate power demand according to the supply of wind, solar and biomass energy, which is susceptible to changes in weather and other factors, with the aim of verifying the feasibility of local production and consumption of carbon-free renewable energy.

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Toyota Power Powered PHEV 170

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2014

million in development funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to support research aimed at significantly reducing the current costs of electrical vehicle (EV) chargers and developing “smart” charging capabilities that support power grid efficiency and consumer demand. In 2012, Siemens was awarded $1.6

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Plug-in Plug Ford Charging 299

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

trafficThis scenario is highly desirable to automotive manufacturers, who harbor great concerns about battery warranty if vehicle-to-grid discharging is allowed. V2GFull varies not only the charging of the vehicle battery, but also can vary the discharging of the battery back into the power grid.

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Wind Grid PHEV Power Grid 210

Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2011

During the same time frame, Thomas Built has focused on reducing water consumption and decreasing its energy use overall. DTNA is also part of Duke Energy’s distributed generation plan, in which electricity is produced at numerous solar panel micro-generating sites, rather than at a large, centralized, traditional power plant.

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Waste North Carolina North America Solar 186

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

With an increasing supply of electricity from fluctuating renewable energies, such as wind farms or solar power stations, they can help stabilize power grids, levelling out energy fluctuations with virtually no loss—a role that is partly fulfilled by fossil power plants at present.

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Grid Batteries Battery Lithium Ion 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The Tri-gen system, owned and operated by FuelCell Energy, produces renewable electricity, renewable hydrogen, and water from directed biogas. Tri-gen is an example of FuelCell Energy’s ability to scale hydrogen-powered fuel cell technology, an increasingly important energy solution in the global effort to reduce carbon emissions.

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Long Beach Toyota Energy Production 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

About 200 megawatts of electricity will be put on the power grid. A combination of recycling, deep-well injection, and evaporation ponds will eliminate the release of process and brine water to surface waters.

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Coal Texas Clean Cleaning 170

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JANUARY 18, 2023

Unlike other hydrogen production technologies, its Steam/CO 2 Reformation does not require fresh water as a feedstock. Additionally, Raven SR’s goal is to generate as much of its own power onsite as possible to reduce reliance on the power grid and be independent of the grid.

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Supplies Fuel Waste Hydrogen 210

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Unlike other hydrogen production technologies, its Steam/CO 2 Reformation does not require fresh water as a feedstock. Additionally, Raven SR’s goal is to generate as much of its own power onsite as possible to reduce reliance on the power grid and be independent of the grid.

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Hydrogen Carbon Industrial Industry 170

Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2015

The Audi e-gas plant in the city of Werlte in Lower Saxony ( earlier post ) produces CO 2 neutral-fuel (synthetic methane from water, renewable electricity and CO 2 ); it now also contributes toward stabilizing the public power grid.

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