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Tesla's co-founder is pioneering a circular system for electric vehicle batteries

GreenBiz

Tesla's co-founder is pioneering a circular system for electric vehicle batteries. This week, I've been thinking a lot about electric vehicle batteries and the massive potential for battery recycling and reuse. Electric Vehicles. Katie Fehrenbacher. Wed, 09/02/2020 - 01:30. Transportation & Mobility.

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Electric vehicles balance the grid in UK for first time

Smart Energy International

Electric cars are balancing supply and demand on the UK power grid for the first time in a trial hosted by National Grid ESO and Octopus Energy. Running through the Power Responsive programme, the ESO’s live trial builds on previous work to incorporate the operation of EVs into the Balancing Mechanism.

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How Much Do Electric Vehicles Help in Reducing Pollution?

The Environmental Blog

Fortunately, there’s a new trend on the rise – that of electric vehicles (or EVs for short). Foregoing fossil fuels, these vehicles are charged directly through a power outlet, generating no harmful emissions, and offering savings in the long run, despite their higher initial price.

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Second-life bus batteries backup Poland’s power grid

Smart Energy International

Polish power distribution company Tauron has launched an energy storage facility project in Poland, using second-life electric bus batteries to support power grid management. The warehouse contains a power of 150kW and a capacity of 150kWh in Jaworzno and already cooperates with the power grid, says the DSO in a release.

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Open-source AI to protect power grids from DER fluctuations

Smart Energy International

Researchers at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology have developed open-source AI algorithms to protect grids from random fluctuations introduced by variable renewables. Have you read?

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Rolls-Royce supplies battery containers to balance Singapore’s power grid

Smart Energy International

Rolls-Royce has supplied three mtu EnergyPacks to system integrator Eigen Energy in Singapore to integrate more renewable energy and offset peak electricity loads on the power grid.

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The Revolutionary Power of Electric Vehicles with V2G Technology

AutoGrid

Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology is a relatively new innovation that has the potential to revolutionize the way we consume and generate electricity. and on how and when utilities turn on and off sources of electricity generation to respond. V2G is now technically possible.