The 85-megawatt wind power project will have 25 wind turbines and generate up to the equivalent of the energy needs of 40,000 homes. A wind farm expected to generate £30 million for the Highland economy has been approved. Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing gave planning consent to Beinneun wind farm near Invegarry in the Highlands. … Continue reading Scotland wind farm project approved
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Microgrid Deployment Tracker 4Q12
Most microgrids operating today are, in essence, retrofit projects, cobbling together existing assets and deriving revenues from an overlay of controls used to enable legacy technology to talk to the new technology (usually small amounts of solar PV or a new advanced energy storage unit). Today, however, microgrids are beginning to move more into the … Continue reading Microgrid Deployment Tracker 4Q12
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Volvo Car Corporation cuts electric car recharging time to 1.5 hours
Volvo Car Corporation is testing a new fast-charger for electric cars that cuts recharging time to an outstanding 1.5 hours. The fast-charger operates six times faster than today’s on-board devices. “We know that short recharging times and extensive operating range are a necessity for potential electric car consumers. The fast-charging unit helps cure what is … Continue reading Volvo Car Corporation cuts electric car recharging time to 1.5 hours
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Kenya inks wind power deal with Iberdrola
Kenya on Thursday awarded a 59 million U.S. dollars deal with a Spanish firm for the construction of a substation power project, which will allow the transmission of electricity imported from Ethiopia and the Lake Turkana wind power project into Nairobi. The Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Ltd (KETRACO) signed the power transmission project with a … Continue reading Kenya inks wind power deal with Iberdrola
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Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Challenges in British Columbia
GRIDbot Canada, a Canadian manufacturer of Level 2 electric vehicle supply equipment is pleased to announce its strategic partnership with ERTH Business Technologies Inc. (ERTH) to offer improved economics to proponents of the British Columbia Community Charging Infrastructure Fund (CCIF). Under the strategic partnership, GRIDbot will begin manufacturing a unique charging station for purchasing groups … Continue reading Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Challenges in British Columbia
Continue readingExelon-funded report inflates wind energy integration costs
A so-called economic study on wind power being circulated by Exelon Corp. contains some serious errors. The report, prepared by Jonathan Lesser of Continental Economics, says wind integration costs are five times higher than they actually are. The real total integration cost for wind is under $100 million, which works out to about 3 cents/month … Continue reading Exelon-funded report inflates wind energy integration costs
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Electric vehicles will play a key role in reducing our dependency on foreign oil
ChargePoint is the world’s largest network of independently owned charging stations for electric vehicles. ChargePoint today announced it has joined the Green Parking Council. The Green Parking Council is a not-for-profit organization providing leadership and oversight of the green conversion of parking facilities to sustainable, environmentally responsible assets. As GPC’s newest Bronze Level member ChargePoint … Continue reading Electric vehicles will play a key role in reducing our dependency on foreign oil
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Mitsubishi uses electric vehicles to provide power
Electric vehicles aren’t just reducing greenhouse gas emissions and lowering our fuel bills. The whole idea of what a fully electric vehicle can do is still evolving, particularly as it relates to battery function. For instance, what about powering your home with your car – especially in the event of a natural disaster. It’s a … Continue reading Mitsubishi uses electric vehicles to provide power
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Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles will be $1.2 Billion Market in 2020
With government policy and investment driving automotive companies toward plug-in vehicles, the technology for delivering electricity to these vehicles will rise to a $1.2 billion market in 2020, according to a Lux Research report. Lux Research developed a forecast using vehicle sales to project the global electric-vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) market. Overall, despite slow adoption … Continue reading Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles will be $1.2 Billion Market in 2020
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Wireless system charges electric vehicles
“Wireless charging has been a much sought-after technical solution for everything from cellphones to electric cars,” University of British Columbia physics Professor Lorne Whitehead says. Canadian researchers say they’ve developed a safe, efficient technology to wirelessly charge electric vehicles using “remote magnetic gears.” “A significant concern for charging cars wirelessly has been the high power … Continue reading Wireless system charges electric vehicles
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Energy Storage in Asia Pacific
Governments and industries in the Asia Pacific region find themselves struggling to keep pace with new trends in global clean energy development. Due to the diverse applications and benefits of energy storage systems (ESS), most Asia Pacific nations have begun to pay attention to deployments of these systems. Although demand for ESS varies on a … Continue reading Energy Storage in Asia Pacific
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Senior housing complex on mission to power electric vehicles
Sand River Cohousing, formerly called Eldergrace, is a group of 28 houses on Cerrillos Road. Residents are age 55 and older. Many are on fixed incomes and rely on Social Security. A senior housing development in Santa Fe has an ambitious dream already under way to power shared electric vehicles off of a shared solar … Continue reading Senior housing complex on mission to power electric vehicles
Continue readingEndesa develops electric vehicles’ wireless fast charging
With a 2.3 million euro budget, this pioneering project in Europe will run for two-and-a-half years. Today, Endesa has launched the European Project ‘Unplugged’ in Barcelona through the project’s consortium. The initiative is aimed at developing wireless, or ‘inductive’, fast charge for electric vehicles as well as investigating how this innovative charging system can improve … Continue reading Endesa develops electric vehicles’ wireless fast charging
Continue readingSolar-Powered Electric Car Charger in Sofia
The solar car charger is free for citizens to use as it generates its own energy. “The photovoltaic equipment feeds from the light and not the heat and is even more efficient in winter time, when there is no need for cooling down,” engineer Rosen Malchev said. The new solar-powered electric car charger in Sofia, … Continue reading Solar-Powered Electric Car Charger in Sofia
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National Lab tests vehicle-to-grid (V2G)
According to IPC, the energy-storage benefits of grid-interconnected electric vehicles (EVs) are expected to be used for local peak demand reduction and grid ancillary services, and will likely be adopted initially for fleet vehicles. IPC’s Battery Converter will provide bi-directional power between the EV battery and a 480 Vac power grid. Ideal Power Converters (IPC), … Continue reading National Lab tests vehicle-to-grid (V2G)
Continue readingSecond life of lithium-ion batteries: Electric Car Batteries As Energy Storage Systems
“Energy storage batteries could be placed just before the end users — say 24 houses — and go on the grid during localized blackouts, peak (electric) usage and as a reserve for the grid,” said Neubauer, senior engineer for National Renewable Energy Laboratory of Golden, Colo. which is researching second-use capabilities for used lithium-ion car … Continue reading Second life of lithium-ion batteries: Electric Car Batteries As Energy Storage Systems
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Energy Storage on the Grid
Long Duration Energy Storage Systems: Compressed Air, Pumped Storage, NaS Batteries, Advanced Lead Acid Batteries, Flow Batteries, and Lithium Ion Batteries for Utility-Scale Storage: Market Analysis and Forecasts. Long-duration or bulk energy storage on the grid (ESG) is by far the largest market for energy storage, and until recently was the only market. Advances in … Continue reading Energy Storage on the Grid
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Why you must charge your electric car with wind power
The problem, according to a study [PDF] in the Journal of Industrial Ecology: Making electrical vehicles exacts a much higher environmental toll than making internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs). It’s a no-brainer that it’s better to charge electric vehicles with clean energy rather than the dirty stuff. But a new study makes the case that … Continue reading Why you must charge your electric car with wind power
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Microgrid Enabling Technologies
Microgrids are beginning to move more into the mainstream of the power generation and distribution industry, with greenfield projects that include necessary (and quite substantial) investments in distributed generation (DG). Going forward, new microgrids will increasingly rely not only upon new DG installations, but also on other microgrid enabling technologies, including smart islanding inverters, advanced … Continue reading Microgrid Enabling Technologies
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IBM and ESB deliver smart charging system for electric vehicles
The system will manage and support the 1,000 charging points throughout the country. Electric vehicle (EV) users have an RFID card that allows them to use the charging systems. The charging points, whether home, street or service station units, are SIM card equipped for mobile network communications. The charge points can then ensure that the … Continue reading IBM and ESB deliver smart charging system for electric vehicles
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