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Truck Charging: Start Small, Scale Smart

December 27, 2024 admin batteries, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, clean trucks, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, ev charging, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, grid, investment, Manufacturing, microgrids, Oil, renewable energy, Solar energy, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:02:18 +0000

Key Takeaways: Trucks won’t all be electric immediately, so don’t build charging for 100% electric Design charging microgrids for standardized increments of capacity Analyze all sites and design increments that are good enough Gaining the benefits of electric trucks, including significantly reduced maintenance and operations costs and increasing market share, … [continued]

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What Are The Implications Of $66/kWh Battery Packs In China?

December 27, 2024 admin batteries, bess, carbon emissions, catl, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric cars, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, Europe, Fossil Fuels, GERMANY, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen, investment, Manufacturing, Oil, renewable energy, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2024 01:21:04 +0000

The Power Construction Corporation of China drew 76 bidders for its tender of 16 GWh of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery energy storage systems (BESS), according to reports. Bids averaged $66.3/kWh, with 60 bids under $68.4/kWh. The tender, covering supply, system design, installation guidance, 20-year maintenance, and safety features, targets … [continued]

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Battery Technology News From Sionic, Group14, And Paraclete

December 27, 2024 admin batteries, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, green economy, group14, paraclete energy, sionic energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2024 21:25:18 +0000

Battery news is always welcome, but much of it seldom filters down into commercial production. Today, silicon anodes are in the news.

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Charging Microgrids: Progress for Electric Trucks, Challenges Remain

December 26, 2024 admin batteries, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, clean trucks, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev charging, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, Oil, renewable energy, Solar energy, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:24:10 +0000

Key Takeaways: Microgrids speed power availability and deployment of freight truck charging Specific charging challenges face microgrid deployment that must be overcome There are federal, state, and non-profit organizations that can assist As previous articles have made clear, microgrids, strategically designed for truck stops and depots, are a path forward … [continued]

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Vanadium Opens The Door To Low-Cost EV Batteries Made From Salt

December 25, 2024 admin argonne national laboratory (anl), batteries, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, pacific northwest national laboratory (pnnl), research, SCIENCE, sodium, sodium-ion, sodium-ion battery, us department of energy (doe), vanadium

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 04:58:34 +0000

Researchers are deploying vanadium to develop a new generation of high performing, low cost sodium-ion EV batteries and stationary energy storage systems.

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Heat Pumps For Electric Buses Blow Another Meme Out Of Water

December 25, 2024 admin batteries, buses, California, Canada, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric buses, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, Europe, ev batteries, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, heat pumps, hydrogen fuel cell buses, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, Oil

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2024 20:27:42 +0000

Every time I publish anything on electric buses — and I’ve published a lot on them recently — hydrogen bus fans point out that in the west, diesel heaters are often included in buses for winter time use. They say that as if the waste heat from fuel cells was … [continued]

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New Flow Battery To Take Up Housekeeping In Derelict Oil Tanks

December 25, 2024 admin circular economy, clean power, Energy, Energy Storage, flow batteries, flow battery, long-duration energy storage, quino energy, recycle, renewable energy, repurpose, reuse, Solar energy, waste reduction, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 21:48:35 +0000

The US startup Quino aims to demonstrate that its new flow battery platform can repurpose former oil tanks for wind and solar energy storage.

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Gogoro Receives 2024 Global Company of the Year Award

December 24, 2024 admin batteries, battery swapping, clean transport, electric scooters, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev battery swapping, gogoro, motorcycles + scooters

Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 15:35:18 +0000

Gogoro, the darling of the electromobility world in Asia and elsewhere, faces turmoil, loses its CEO, and is revamping itself. Global research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan has recognized Gogoro AS with its 2024 Global Company of the Year Award for its leadership in the electric two-wheeler (E2W) battery-swapping … [continued]

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Florida Gets $29 Million Boost to Help Grid in Extreme Weather

December 24, 2024 admin batteries, climate change, Energy Storage, Florida, grid, grid storage, hurricanes, investing in america, jennifer granholm, Joe Biden, justice40 initiative, lithium-ion batteries, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 04:50:53 +0000

I grew up in Florida and lived here through college. Then I moved away for about 14 years. Then I moved back about 6 years ago. In short, I’ve lived here for approximately 3 decades. We went through some hurricanes when I was younger, and were certainly threatened by many … [continued]

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Draft US Energy Storage Strategy & Roadmap Update Released, Input Requested

December 24, 2024 admin batteries, Energy Storage, energy storage grand challenge, lithium-ion batteries, pumped hydro storage, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 04:06:10 +0000

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy released its draft Energy Storage Strategy and Roadmap and a Notice of Availability seeking stakeholder input on the draft Strategy and Roadmap. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released its draft Energy Storage Strategy and Roadmap (SRM), a plan that provides strategic direction and identifies … [continued]

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