Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Rio Tinto approved a $98-million investment in a new solar plant at the new Koodaideri mine in the Pilbara, Australia, as well as a lithium-ion battery energy storage system to help power its entire Pilbara power network. billion Koodaideri mine was approved in November last year with construction commencing earlier this year. square miles).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2020

Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba ESS) announced that its hydrogen-based autonomous energy supply system H2One, which Toshiba ESS delivered and installed on the rooftop of Toranomon Hills Business Tower (Minato-ku, Tokyo), has started full-scale operation with the opening of commercial facilities.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2023

To accommodate the energy demands of this growing fleet, the Riverside site will also feature 4 MWh of battery storage and will increase its solar power generation by an additional 1.5 InCharge Energy and ABB E-mobility are supplying and preparing to activate 40 Terra 124 DC fast chargers.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Battery maker Octillion Power Systems will supply advanced lithium-ion batteries to Brazilian manufacturer FNM (Fábrica Nacional de Mobilidades) for the production of 1,000 electric trucks for beverage maker Ambev. Octillion and FNM announced their partnership in October 2020. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2020

at Expo Park in Osaka, Japan, to showcase next-generation mobility services using a small electric vehicle, similar in size and functionality to a golf cart, and a solar-powered wireless charging system, provided by DAIHEN. DAIHEN recently launched a demonstration with Kansai Electric Power Co.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2021

MAN Truck & Bus and Sono Motors have signed a Letter of Intent to investigate the technical and economic feasibility of integrating Sono Solar technology into MAN’s eTGE electric transporter. Sono Motors is developing its own electric car that is suitable for daily use, with integrated solar cells and innovative mobility services.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2021

Denmark-based Everfuel A/S has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with an undisclosed German-Norwegian shipping company for collaboration on hydrogen supply to a new zero-emission shipping solution. The company plans to initially supply hydrogen from its HySynergy facility in Fredericia using a new inhouse developed fueling solution.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2020

Leading Australian energy infrastructure company Jemena has signed a new deal to supply Australia’s emerging zero emission vehicle industry with renewably generated green hydrogen. Jemena’s Managing Director, Frank Tudor, said the deal will make hydrogen gas generated from solar and wind power available to the vehicle industry.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2020

and Iwatani Corporation announced that Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field (FH2R), which had been under construction in Namie town, Fukushima Prefecture since 2018, has been constructed with a solar-energy-powered 10MW-class hydrogen production unit, the largest in the world, at the end of February. Overview of FH2R system.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2020

Other industrial applications, such as general-purpose switched mode power supplies (SMPS), will also be able to take advantage of the many benefits of the new 650V silicon carbide MOSFETs from the largest, global and vertically integrated supplier of silicon carbide technologies.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Africa can produce 50 million tons of green hydrogen a year by 2035, according to a new study by the European Investment Bank (EIB), International Solar Alliance and the African Union, with the support of the Government of Mauritania, HyDeal and UCLG Africa.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2023

The conditional agreement signed in Oslo will see Statkraft supply renewable power to support FFI’s operational plans for a 300 megawatt green hydrogen and green ammonia facility. The Group produces hydropower, wind power, solar power, gas-fired power and supplies district heating.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 15, 2025

The tiny Telo MT1 electric truck will be available with solar panels The solar panels will add 1-2 kwh of energy to the battery per day Aptera, which hasn't yet delivered its electric three-wheeler, will supply the solar panels The tiny Telo MT1 electric pickup truck will be able to recoup some range from the sun thanks to solar panels supplied by. (..)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2022

Once ramped, Sella 2 will enable SolarEdge to have its own supply of lithium-ion batteries and the infrastructure to develop new battery cell chemistries and technologies. The opening of Sella 2 is an important milestone for SolarEdge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2023

A new approach developed by researchers from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria and international colleagues proposes using solid air (nitrogen or oxygen) as a medium for recycling cooling energy across the hydrogen liquefaction supply chain. The Solid Air Hydrogen Liquefaction process © Hunt et al.

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Electrek

MARCH 14, 2025

If the world covered every suitable roof with solar panels, it could supply 2/3 of humanitys total electricity consumption allowing the globe to transition completely off of fossil electricity generation, according to a new study out of the University of Sussex.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2022

The challenge of meeting Net-Zero Emissions by 2050 “will be short-circuited and remain out of reach” unless significant new copper supply comes online in a timely way, according to a new study by S&P Global that examines the growing mismatch between available copper supply and future demand resulting from the energy transition.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2020

The 100% renewable electricity mix in Chengdu is the result of a newly signed supply contract and will reduce the plant’s CO 2 emissions by more than 11,000 tonnes per year. Under the new contract, around 65% of the electricity supply comes from hydropower, while the remainder comes from solar power, wind power and other renewable sources.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2022

This ensures safety and provides a supply of electricity to the entire home not just in normal situations, but even during power outages caused by natural disasters. In addition, by linking with a photovoltaic system, it can supply the appropriate amount of electricity based on customer needs throughout the day and night.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2021

Located at the heart of Total’s La Mède biorefinery and powered by solar farms with a total capacity of more than 100 MW, the 40 MW electrolyzer will produce 5 tonnes of green hydrogen per day to meet the needs of the biofuel production process at Total’s La Mède biorefinery, avoiding 15,000 tonnes of CO 2 emissions per year.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2020

During the energy sector’s transition to carbon neutrality, wind, solar, and battery storage will form an increasing share of power systems. There will, however, also be a need for renewable fuels to enable long-term storage in persistent low wind and solar weather conditions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2021

In the “high risk” category is California, which relies on large energy imports during peak demand scenarios and when solar resource output retreats in the evening hours. While more than 3 GW of additional resources are expected in California this summer compared to 2020, most will be solar photovoltaic (PV) generation.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Texas-based Nacero, a company seeking to produce low- and zero-lifecycle carbon footprint gasoline blendstock ( earlier post ) has awarded a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC a 20-year power purchase agreement to supply wind power to Nacero’s planned flagship manufacturing facility in Penwell, Texas. Renewable power procurement.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Electricity generated by solar panels installed across nine thousand square metres of roofing at Asko’s regional warehouse is being used to split water, producing emissions-free hydrogen fuel and oxygen. In addition to solar, Asko is a major industrial wind power producer.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Ford is partnering with solar company Sunrun to enhance home energy management, leveraging the onboard battery capability of the all-electric F-150 Lightning. Sunrun will also offer home solar options to customers in select areas who are interested in leveraging more renewable energy.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2020

Other elements of the note: BNEF cut the global solar demand forecast for 2020 from 121-152GW to 108-143GW. This could make 2020 the first down year for solar capacity addition since at least the 1980s. Chinese factories are restarting, so the pressure on supply of key components and equipment is likely to ease.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2021

In Australia, BHP Nickel West has increased its offtake from 20 MW to 50 MW from the Risen Energy solar farm Merredin Solar Farm in a new 10-year renewable power purchase agreement (PPA). The Northern Goldfields Solar Project will include a 27.4 MW solar farm at Mt Keith and a 10.7 MW solar farm and 10.1

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2022

The program will address vulnerabilities in the domestic critical materials supply chain. Critical materials, which include rare-earth elements, lithium, nickel, and cobalt, are required for manufacturing many clean energy technologies, including batteries, electric vehicles, wind turbines, and solar panels.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The project partners will generate zero-carbon hydrogen onsite via electrolysis with solar and wind power and reformation of renewable natural gas from a Texas landfill. The team will assess available resources, prospective hydrogen users, and delivery infrastructure, such as existing pipelines that supply hydrogen to refineries.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2020

The Congressional Research Service last year noted increasing interest among producers of distributed energy resources (DERs)—such as rooftop solar—to sell electricity to neighbors. Electricity generated from renewable resources such as solar and wind that customers cannot use can be diverted to the grid, but there are limits.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2023

The trial, completed last month in New Mexico, allowed engineers to assess the experimental solar-electric drone within the edges of the planet’s atmosphere. As a High-Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) vehicle, the PHASA-35 (standing for Persistent High Altitude Solar Aircraft) is powered by the sun during the day and by batteries overnight.

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 24, 2025

The New Terminal One will have what its creators have said is the largest solar array at any US airport, which will power a fleet of electric vehicles used at the terminal both landside and airside. Construction of the massive array, consisting of more than 13,000 solar panels on the terminals roof, began in 2024.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The demonstration project, comprising 15 HEVO-Solar units and associated balance-of-plant equipment, will produce 15 tons of green hydrogen per year and avoid the emission of 135 tons of CO 2 annually. HEVOs are affixed to the back of high-efficiency concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) panels to make a HEVO-Solar generator.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2021

Demand outlooks and supply vulnerabilities vary widely by mineral, but the energy sector’s overall needs for critical minerals could increase by as much as six times by 2040, depending on how rapidly governments act to reduce emissions. Solar PV follows closely, due to the sheer volume of capacity that is added. Source: IEA.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Together with E.ON, Audi is building a solar energy park on the roofs of the two logistics centers of its plant in Gy?r With the construction of the solar-cell park, we are now taking a further step to achieve this in terms of power supply. r covering about 160,000 square meters. As part of the joint project with E.ON

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The Aptera solar-assisted EV will get a carbon-fiber composite body from the same supplier used by supercar makers, to aid in its quest for 1,000 miles of real-world range. Group for supply of bodywork. Aptera recently announced an agreement with Italy's C.P.C.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2022

Called the Off Grid Battery Energy Storage System (ESS), Pramac’s technology—which features lithium-ion cells from Jaguar I-PACE batteries taken from prototype and engineering test vehicles—supplies zero-emission power where access to the grid supply is limited or unavailable.

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