Smart Energy International

APRIL 17, 2024

A project is being run between the municipality of Hague and Dutch grid operator Stedin to develop a battery-powered smart beach electric grid to power the coast of Scheveningen. The new beach battery has a capacity of 360kWh and can power a beach pavilion for two days. Innovation is key to addressing this challenge.

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Batteries Smart Cities Electric vehicle Innovation 105

AutoGrid

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Hey, Europe: You Can’t Get to 100% Renewables Without Demand Side Flexibility. Europe has inspired the world with its ambitious renewables integration, smart energy trading, and grid balancing. Not true, and today DSF is no longer optional for Europe. Demand Side Flexibility Answers the Call. That equates to €4.6

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Europe Demand Fossil fuels Wind power 52

Charged

APRIL 30, 2024

The Megawatt Charging System (MCS), a new charging standard for heavy-duty EVs that industry experts call a game-changer for electric trucks, is in the final stages of standardization, and is expected to enter the implementation phase this year. Automakers and EVSE manufacturers are busily putting the new system through its paces.

Electricity 124

Electricity Europe Technology Demand 124

Smart Energy International

APRIL 26, 2024

Despite immense cost cuts and their deployment in the power sector last year more than doubling, batteries need to lead a sixfold increase in global energy storage deployments to enable the world to meet 2030 targets, says the International Energy Agency (IEA). But today, the energy sector accounts for over 90% of overall battery demand.

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Batteries Electric vehicle Policy Electricity 59

Charged

OCTOBER 26, 2022

It’s safe to say that, five years ago, few corporate leaders gave a thought to the supply of batteries. Nowadays the problems and opportunities of the battery supply chain are hot topics in executive suites far beyond the automotive industry, and a growing number of market research companies are churning out detailed reports on the sector.

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Batteries Electric vehicle North America Automotive 118

Charged

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Volvo Trucks plans to offer a complete range of all-electric heavy-duty trucks in Europe, starting in 2021. The company is now running tests of the electric heavy-duty Volvo FH, FM and FMX trucks, which are aimed at regional transport and urban construction applications.

Europe 131

Europe Electricity North America Transportation 131

Charged

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Italy-based EDN , a producer of on-board battery chargers and power converters, will showcase its new on-board battery chargers (BHP19 for the US and BHP22 for Europe) for electric and plug-in hybrid applications in the off-highway sector at construction trade show CONEXPO-CON/AGG in Las Vegas in March. EDN says its 19.2

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Batteries Power grid Europe Construction 132

Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Kyon Energy received approval for a 137.5MW/275MWh battery project that will be located near a substation, charging and discharging as per renewable availability to help shave peak demand from Germany’s power grid. The battery storage project will be located in Alfeld (Leine), Lower Saxony, Germany. Join Enlit Europe in Paris.

Batteries 72

Batteries Power grid Europe Demand 72

Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

An ongoing study has indicated that roaming charging on the main French roads for long-distance transport could represent an energy demand of up to 3.5TWh per year by 2035. The study, which evaluates electric charging infrastructures for heavyweight vehicles, aims to identify the needs (in terms of power, charging infrastructure, etc.)

Demand 64

Demand Transportation Europe Electricity 64

Smart Energy International

APRIL 4, 2024

Smart Energy Solutions (SMS) has begun laboratory testing of Interoperable Demand Side Response (IDSR) solutions as part of the UK Government’s Flexibility Innovation Programme. An estimated 30GW of low-carbon flexible assets are projected to be deployed across the grid by 2030 (representing a three-fold increase on today’s levels).

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Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 59

Charged

APRIL 8, 2022

As demand for EVs soars, US and European automakers are racing to establish localized battery production, and break the long-standing reliance on supply chains originating in Asia. There are currently at least a dozen battery “gigafactories” under construction or planned in Europe. Source: InsideEVs.

Batteries 121

Batteries Carbon-neutral Asia Energy 121

Smart Energy International

MARCH 8, 2024

Despite record investments into power grid expansion to accommodate demand, grid operators Alliander, Enexis and Stedin have reported inefficient capacity to prevent increasing network congestion. According to Alliander, traffic jams will recur on the Dutch electricity network for at least another 10 years. billion ($1.6

Demand 59

Demand Investment Power grid Electricity 59

Charged

MARCH 15, 2022

The investment includes a new battery assembly facility scheduled to start operations in 2024. An electric “sports crossover” will follow in 2024. Ford’s top-selling passenger vehicle in Europe, the Ford Puma, will be produced in an electric version in Craiova, Romania starting in 2024. Sources: Ford , InsideEVs.

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Europe Electricity Investment Demand 131

Business Green

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The two 50MW batteries are located near the village of Minety in Wiltshire and are currently being developed by two Chinese state-owned companies. Batteries are uniquely suited to optimising power supplies as the UK moves towards a net-zero carbon system.". The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2020.

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Europe Batteries Electric vehicle Solar Power 94

Charged

MARCH 25, 2022

Buzz is expected to go on sale in Europe in the third quarter of this year, but US customers will have to wait until 2024. At its launch in Europe, the ID. Buzz will offer a 77 kWh battery and a 150 kW (201 hp) rear-mounted electric motor. Demand is through the roof, we might need to act accordingly,” said he.

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Demand North America Europe Batteries 129

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2024

The facility, Kilmarnock South, is the third major investment of a large programme of battery storage assets provided by Zenobē, a specialist in fleet electrification and battery storage. The announcement follows last November’s launch of Zenobē’s 50MW grid-connected battery in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire.

Energy 287

Energy Energy Batteries Wind power 287

Charged

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Swedish commercial vehicle manufacturer Scania, a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group, says it will “gradually” electrify its heavy-duty vehicles, and that “battery-electric vehicles will be the main tool to drive this shift.”. “By Scania unveiled its first fully electric truck, which has a range of up to 250 km, last September. “In

Hydrogen 115

Hydrogen Batteries Electricity Electric vehicle 115

Charged

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Mercedes-Benz Trucks presented several battery-electric trucks for construction site applications at this year’s bauma construction industry trade show in Munich. Mercedes has already been equipping the eActros , which went into series production in 2021, for heavy-duty distribution with the appropriate electric power take-off.

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Construction Electricity Transportation Politics 138

Charged

AUGUST 19, 2022

Battery innovator Northvolt has issued a $1.1-billion billion convertible note to finance its expansion of battery cell and cathode material production in Europe. We will continue to work hard to deliver on the promise we have made to them to build the world’s greenest battery.”. Source: Northvolt.

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Europe Construction Batteries Electric vehicle 105

GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

Keep your eyes on these 9 electric truck and van companies in 2021. And the demand and interest in this technology is only growing stronger. These new vehicles are quickly bumping up against familiar challenges of battery range, production capacity and charging, or fueling, infrastructure. Mike De Socio. Mon, 01/04/2021 - 02:00.

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Electricity Electric vehicle North America Hydrogen 545

Business Green

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Chinese electric vehicle company Nio and energy giant Shell have inked a deal which will see the partners work together on developing a network of 'battery swap stations' in China and Europe. Under the terms of the agreement, the partners will work together on research and development and battery swapping technologies.

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Electric vehicle Batteries Startups Electricity 91

Charged

JUNE 2, 2022

Several cities in Europe, and a couple in China, have implemented zero-emission zones , and this is expected to generate demand for electric service trucks. By the end of 2023, Bucher expects to deliver up to 80 electric sewer cleaner trucks to cities in Europe. “We

Europe 65

Europe Electricity Demand Batteries 65

Business Green

MARCH 16, 2021

The race to secure vehicle battery supplies is heating up, as the world's biggest car firms prepare to go electric. Volkswagen (VW) is planning to build six battery factories across Europe over the next decade, as the world's biggest car firm prepares to accelerate its full-scale transformation into an electric vehicle (EVs) business.

Europe 90

Europe Batteries Lithium Electric vehicle 90

Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Global energy storage platform provider Powin and Pulse Clean Energy, an investor, developer and operator of flexibility and stability assets in the UK, will deploy a 50MW/110MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) on the Scottish project Overhill, located in Aberdeen.

Batteries 59

Batteries Power grid Energy Energy 59

Charged

JANUARY 17, 2023

The EV Metals Group acquired the battery materials and technology business of Johnson Matthey in 2022. Now subsidiary EV Metals Arabia has advanced its plans to build a battery material processing plant in Saudi Arabia. Construction is scheduled to commence in Q3 of this year.

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Batteries North America Lithium Electric vehicle 126

Business Green

JULY 16, 2021

Energy storage system installed in village of Minety will help balance UK's increasingly renewables-reliant electricity grid. Shell announced yesterday that it has switched on a 100MW battery system in a village in Wiltshire that it claims is the largest in Europe. Projects like this will enable that transition.".

Europe 56

Europe Batteries Aviation Demand 56

Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

We are not yet where we need to be to fully exploit the benefits of demand side flexibility, smartEn reports in its 2021 Market Monitor. The new annual update reviews 30 European markets to find that participation of demand side flexibility is developing in the region but significant progress is still required. Have you read?

Demand 52

Demand Business Energy Monitoring Europe Energy Monitor 52

Smart Energy International

AUGUST 3, 2022

Japan’s electricity sector is facing the triple challenges in the energy transition of energy security, cost and decarbonisation , writes James Tedd from GridBeyond. Can we control or at least manage the levels of volatility in electricity prices? Demand side measures. Image: GridBeyond.

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Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 98

Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Leading this week’s Smart Energy Finances is investment into CarbonScape, which will bring biographite – a wood chips-based alternative to graphite, sourced from forest waste – to Europe. EDF UK to develop three new grid-scale battery sites RTEi’s US Subsidiary RTEi has launched RTE international Inc.

Batteries 64

Batteries Energy Energy Europe 64

Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

As the global Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) battery market is forecast to grow from $57.4 Additionally, the increasing costs of fossil fuels and gas have triggered significant adoption of electrical automobiles, propelling market enlargement. billion in 2023 to $120.65

Batteries 59

Batteries Lithium Electric vehicle Demand 59

Business Green

MAY 15, 2020

Firm will move the Gresham's lithium-ion 50MW/75MWh Thurock battery storage site's outputs between different markets from its Edinburgh control room. Demand response specialist Flexitricity has clinched a deal to manage, optimise, and provide balancing services for one of Europe's largest battery storage sites.

Europe 85

Europe Batteries Demand Lithium 85

Charged

AUGUST 3, 2021

TES, a provider of sustainable technology lifecycle services, has taken over a recycling facility at the Port Of Rotterdam , Europe’s largest seaport, from Battery Recycling Services Netherlands. TES plans to focus the facility on the recycling of lithium-ion batteries. The TES project in Rotterdam is exactly that.

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Recycling Recycling Building Energy Monitoring Batteries 131

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 29, 2023

Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) on the road, having seen a remarkable 70% jump in charge points over the past year, figures that seem to demonstrate the substantial impact of the government’s ongoing efforts to expand the charging infrastructure network. The UK now has one publicly accessible charge point for every 11.2

Electric vehicle 130

Electric vehicle Electricity Europe Transportation 130

GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Fueled by public policy and declining battery costs, global electric bus adoption is set to triple by 2025. China dominates the heavy-duty electric vehicle (EV) segment, accounting for 98 percent of the global e-bus market through 2018. In 2018, 23 percent of bus purchases in China were electric. and Europe by 2025.

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Electricity Europe Electric vehicle Government 189

Charged

MAY 6, 2021

Volkswagen’s Braunschweig plant is expanding its production of EV battery systems. Following the first expansion stage, which established a maximum capacity of 250,000 battery systems, the second expansion stage has started up with the same capacity. As of 2023, this will increase to 300,000 battery systems. 302 and ID.403,

Batteries 104

Batteries Europe Electricity Innovation 104

Renewable Energy World

JULY 21, 2021

The need to ensure renewable energy resources can meet baseload power demand is intensifying the race for giant battery storage systems across Europe. Fluence, a joint venture of Siemens and AES, will provide the batteries for the project set to be constructed on a 5,000 square meter piece of land.

Building Energy Monitoring 132

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Batteries Construction 132

Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2022

Transition to electric vehicles now 'inevitable' in UK and much of Europe thanks to declining upfront costs, major new study finds. By 2035, almost all car sales will be electric, according to the study. We all need to respond appropriately to ensure we meet the demands of consumers," she said. "It

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Fossil fuels Europe Electric vehicle Demand 88