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The business of Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G)
NRG Energy and the University of Delaware have partnered on V2G. V2G aggregates EVs that at scheduled times will charge or discharge their batteries to provide ancillary services such as frequency...
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Notre Dame examining PEVs and the power grid
Under funding from the National Science Foundation's Cyber-Physical Systems Program, a research group is attempting to develop mathematical algorithms to help guide the integration of plug-in hybrid...
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IBM, Honda, and PG&E testing EV Grid charging instructions
IBM has teamed with Honda and Pacific Gas and Electric on a pilot project for communication between electric vehicles (EVs) and the power grid. This project will test an electric vehicle's ability to...
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Toshiba participates in solar PV and battery storage system project for EV...
Toshiba Corp. announced Jan. 31 its participation in the Clay Terrace Plug-In Ecosystem Project in the United States to study the use of solar photovoltaic power generation with a vehicle charging and...
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Rome Welcomes Toshiba for EV Charging Storage
Italy is poised to welcome electric cars to the streets or Rome, according to Toshiba. Toshiba's Italian subsidiary Ansaldo Transmissione & Distribuzione S.p.A (Ansaldo T&D) won a contract to...
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(India) Patent Application for 'Vehicle to Home' Backup Power System
According to ... Intellectual Property India: "This invention relates to the methods and systems for the back-up or standby power sources using electric vehicle to home (V2H) strategy operated through...
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Siemens connects 500kWh Li-ion pilot power system to Enel's grid in Italy
Siemens Infrastructure & Cities connected a 1MVA, 500kWh pilot energy storage solution to the medium voltage distribution network of Italian utility, Enel, in February. Enel uses it to study Smart...
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Report: Vehicle-to-Building (V2B) market
Vehicle-to-building (V2B) technology may seem a bit pie-in-the-sky at first glance, but according to Pike Research, the concept of using plug-in EVs as storage for commercial and residential buildings...
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350Green enters EV charging-related stationary storage market
350Green LLC, which is installing 280 charging stations in Chicago and the suburbs, confirmed Thursday that it plans to open a $3.5 million assembly plant on Chicago's Northwest Side to produce...
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Study: Rush To EV's Will Cause Huge Grid Load Spikes
With a million EVs in one metropolitan area, a huge percentage of grid energy would be diverted towards transportation that was once powered by gasoline
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350Green to open Chicago battery plant; targets grid ancillary services
350Green will open a battery plant in Chicago in August that is targeting grid energy storage applications. Supporting EV charging is “just the tip of the iceberg” for creating services for the grid,...
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GM OnStar Pilots Gathering EV Charging Data for Utilities Demand Planning
Hundreds of regional utility employees will drive leased Chevrolet Volts as their everyday vehicle. Through the OnStar Advanced Telematics Operations Management System (ATOMS), a utility will gain...
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Sendyne and the Univ. of Toronto research grid and EV storage
Sendyne Corp., a New York-based semiconductor developer, and the University of Toronto have entered into a research agreement to develop systems and electronics with the goal of accelerating the...
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NRG Teams with Univ Delaware for EV-to-Grid Charging Pilot Projects
Princeton, N.J.-based NRG Energy has formed a new company with the University of Delaware to test out V2G's promise to relieve grid instability while making a profit for EV owners. In its earliest...
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NREL releases technical report on EV-to-Grid integration
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released a report to help car designers and engineers optimize the connection of electric vehicles and hybrids to utility grids. The report provides...
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S&C Electric: How the grid is blocking EV adoption, and what to do about it
There’s no question that electric vehicles are a hot topic. They can potentially increase our energy independence while reducing our reliance on fossil fuel. Yet barriers are slowing adoption. We are...
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GM tests residential EV and PV storage in a Texas planned community
The demonstration has many components, including smart appliances used in conjunction with home-management systems and smart electric meters; energy storage technologies that optimize the use of solar...
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A123 tells forum about Vehicle-to-Grid opportunity for fleet operators
A topic at last week’s 2012 High-Efficiency Truck Users Forum (HTUF) was the vehicle-to-grid (V2G) concept. The idea behind V2G is that electric vehicles can generate additional revenue for fleet...
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Myth: EV fleet will form a distributed energy storage system
The idea that a distributed fleet of EVs could act as a standby energy storage network is compelling … From technical and commercial points of view, V2G is surprisingly hard to integrate.
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Hydro-Québec to test vehicle-to-grid and vehicle-to-home power exchanges
Hydro-Québec’s research institute, IREQ, is teaming up with B3CG Interconnect, based in Saint-Eustache, and its partners to test vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and vehicle-to-home (V2H) power exchanges. The...
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