The German solar firm sonnen is expanding its virtual power plant model to include electric cars. Networked households in the digital sonnen “community” who also own electric cars now make the storage capacity of the EV batteries available to the Dutch transmission grid operator TenneT.
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Transmission system operators TenneT, energy provider The Mobility House and carmaker Nissan have completed a vehicle-to-grid pilot project launched in 2018 to redistribute renewable energies in Germany.
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Jaguar now cooperates with the Dutch smart-charging specialist Jedlix to integrate the latter’s application into the infotainment system of the Jaguar I-Pace from early 2020. Jedlix helps to optimise charging processes.
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In the recently started research project “Bidirectional charge management”, the project partners want to develop the technologies for a charge management ready for series production. The results are to be evaluated in a field trial with 50 BMW i3 at the beginning of 2021.
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BMW and the power grid operator TenneT want to support the stability of the power grid with a new charging control system. The intelligent charge control system developed for BMW Charging has already been tested in pilot projects in Germany and the USA.
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Dutch smart charging specialist Jedlix and the Elaad Competence Centre have concluded that Renault Zoe can be used in a balancing capacity of TenneT in the Netherlands.
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Transmission system operator TenneT and Daimler subsidiary Mercedes-Benz Energy have joined forces in a development partnership to see whether EV batteries could stabilise large grids. The result: Automobile battery storage systems can indeed make a significant contribution to grid stabilization and system reconstruction.
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Transmission system operators TenneT, energy provider The Mobility House and carmaker Nissan have formed a joint venture to establish a pilot project for vehicle to grid (V2G) charging in Germany.
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Dutch grid operator Tennet relies on batteries from 100 Tesla cars to stabilise its grid, bizz energy has learnt. The company determines how fast or slow batteries of these vehicles get charged.
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