Grid Coordination Opens Road For Electric Vehicle Flexibility
Unlocking the Value of Electric Mobility Technologies to Drive Efficiency and Reliability Across the Power System
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The 2nd Life Of Used EV Batteries
When an electric vehicle (EV) comes off the road, what happens to the vehicle battery? The fate of the lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles is an important question for manufacturers, policy makers, and EV owners alike.
Tesla Superchargers in Tunisia?
Tunisia is not only the first democratic Arab country, but it is also a place for Tesla owners and advocates. Tesla owners in Tunisia have already made Tesla road trips possible for Tesla owners living or traveling through Tunisia thanks to their initiatives to install Tesla wall chargers in several locations throughout the country. Tesla Club Tunisia has also now taken the initiative to bring Tesla’s Supercharging network to Tunisia. Although they are doing this from their own funds, the goal is to make it easier for Tesla owners in Tunisia and traveling through the small country to have access to charging.
sonnen Restructures North America Leadership Team With New CEO & Board Of Directors
Hot on the heels of the news of Shell New Energy acquiring sonnen, the company is restructuring its North American leadership team. Blake Richetta has been named CEO of the new sonnen Inc, which will focus on expanding the company’s presence in North American markets. A team of industry-hardened leaders has been formed into a US Board of Directors to support the renewed push into new and existing markets for sonnen’s products.
Companies Will Save The World (Fringe Stories From COP24)
COP24 is behind us and I am still deep in materials, interviews, and reflections after the event. And trust me, reflections are not easy when you are Polish. I bet you all remember the famous phrase: “Life is Stranger than Fiction.” That is basically what I felt listening and watching to our government in action. Having said that, I will say almost no more about the Polish contribution to climate change and will focus on what I learnt and didn’t learn during the 2018 Sustainable Innovation Forum held in Katowice, Poland, alongside COP24 itself.
Microgrid Cybersecurity Tightens With Standards Adoption
Hackers targeting the electrical grid, your local utility, or the solar microgrid your home is linked into will have a harder time disrupting your electrons in the near future. Manufacturers of electronic equipment used in smart homes, in microgrids, and in utilities are beginning to adopt a set of cybersecurity standards set out by the Underwriters Laboratory. At the same time, manufacturer-sponsored test hacking is helping to drive more frequent —and more secure — firmware and software upgrades.
Flexible Energy Options Key To Energy Transition, Claims BNEF
Flexible energy options such as energy storage, smart-charging electric vehicles, demand response, and interconnectors are a necessary part of an optimal energy transition, without which electricity grids will be forced to rely on fossil fuels for backup and excess generating capacity, according to new research from Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
Eaton’s Intelligent Power Defense Breakers Add Functionality For C&I Customers
CleanTechnica caught up with Eaton’s John Vernacchia and Rob Griffin after SPI to learn a bit more about how their residential breakers work and to see what Eaton is doing to scale that potential up for commercial and industrial (C&I) applications.
Nissan & Eaton Accepting 2nd-Life EV Battery Home Storage Pre-Orders
Nissan and its partner Eaton have begun accepting pre-orders in the UK for its new xStorage Home portfolio of energy storage products. The product line — which includes a total of 6 different product configurations — was developed cooperatively by Nissan and the power management firm Eaton.
Nissan EV Batteries Reused At French Data Center
Nissan EV batteries that were no longer suitable for vehicles have found another life as stationary energy storage at a data center in France. Saint-Romain de Colbosc Eco Park is the site of the Webaxys data center. Nissan collaborated with Eaton, a power management company, to create the energy storage system. “This installation … [continued]
