Endesa has developed a prototype V2G (Vehicle to Grid) charger that enables electric vehicles to return stored wind power to the grid.

Hertz and Hertz Global EV are implementing the first wireless charging system for electric vehicles (EVs) in the electric car rental industry. Hertz has the most diverse fleet of electric cars for rental and carshare.

Power and automation company ABBand European utility company RWE said they would work together to investigate a combined technology offering for networked charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.

Enel Green Power is a member of the Future Internet for Smart Energy consortium, which gathers 35 European energy and information technology players, universities and research centres.

European Wind Energy Association and industrial energy user body IFIEC are calling for clarity on how stakeholders will be involved in the planning and development of network codes.

The new plans would allow northern Europe to replace reduced wind power capacity in the summer, with electricity from other sources, such as concentrated solar power from southern Europe.

China ranks first in wind turbines, solar thermal and photovoltaic solar energy, and wants to be number one in electric vehicles and lithium ion batteries.

China ranks first in wind power, solar thermal and photovoltaic solar power, and wants to be number one in electric vehicles and lithium ion batteries.

Vehicle to Grid, or V2G, technologies imagined an advanced smart grid that took advantage of millions of potential electric cars that would be plugged into the grid during the day.

By now, everyone is familiar with the idea of an electric car plugging into an outlet to recharge. But vehicle-to-grid (V2G) electrification flips that around.

Central and Local Government Playing a Significant Role in Establishing Electric Car Charging Infrastructure; London to Become European Capital of Electric Cars.

Gamesa announced it had bought a 20 per cent stake in a company specialising in electric vehicles. The perfect marriage: wind power and electric car with lithium ion batteries.

The Riverside area will become a leader in powering electric cars with lithium ion batteries from the solar energy under a $2 million award to the Center for Environmental Research and Technology at the U. of California.

Electric vehicles in Bulgaria are still very few. According to experts, however, in 2012 a boom in the purchasing of such electric cars is expected.

One of the biggest problems with electric cars is charging them, so you can only imagine how hard it is to find a plug for your electric car.

Eaton Corporation and Coulomb Technologies announced plans to significantly expand the North American footprint of charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs).

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), market leader in the utility vehicles segment, is looking at setting up solar power charging stations to fuel electric cars.

FACTS solution to strengthen transmission grid and facilitate integration of wind power.

Evatran develops advanced technologies for the recharging of electric cars with lithium ion batteries like the Chevrolet Volt and electric car Nissan Leaf currently available in the market.

Bulgaria’s capital Sofia plans to use photovoltaic solar energy to charge electric vehicles.