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Electric Vehicle Charging

GM Is Launching a New Business to Connect Homes and Businesses With EV Chargers, Energy Storage

GM is starting a new business unit to offer electricity storage and management for homes and businesses.

Electric Car

Volvo’s First Bi-Directional EV Brings the Customer to the Grid

The upcoming fully electric Volvo EX90 will be the first Volvo car to be hardware-ready for bi-directional charging capabilities, alleviating the grid of unnece…

Wind Farm

Vattenfall Signs Grid Contract with Siemens Energy and Aker Solutions

Vattenfall has signed a contract with Siemens Energy and Aker Solutions AS to deliver grid connection infrastructure for the Norfolk Boreas Offshore Wind Farm o…

United Kingdom

Energy Giants Ink Tripartite Grid Contract for a Greener UK

Vattenfall, Siemens Energy and Aker Solutions AS have signed a grid contract for a High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) project to connect renewable energy onto t…

Electric Car

Elia and re.alto Partner With VW’s Elli on Grid Integration of EVs

The focus is on four areas in particular, price signals/incentives, market design, trusted data and data security and connectivity.

Energy Storage Technology

Renewables and Storage Are Better Together

The growth of intermittent renewable energy across the globe has necessitated the deployment of energy storage technologies to fully replace fossil fuels with c…

Distributed Grid

Dutch DSOs Make Bold Moves to Tackle Grid Bottlenecks

Holland’s grid is at capacity. Bottlenecks have been appearing in Dutch cities and to expand grid capacity Liander and Stedin – two DSOs – have announced dif…

Energy Storage Project

EU Approves €20 Million State Aid to Energy Storage Company in Croatia

The European Commission has approved €19.8 million (US$20.1 million) in state aid from the government of Croatia to energy storage operator IE-Energy for a ser…

Smart Grid

Transgrid Interconnector Uses Smart Grid Tech to Unlock Network Capacity

Australian TSO Transgrid has announced its use of smart grid technology through an interconnector project to unlock additional renewable energy capacity.

Electric Car

Quantum Computing to Advance Electric Vehicle Mobility

Quantum computing specialist Multiverse Computing is participating in a Renault-led electric and connected vehicle consortium in Spain.

Smart Grid

Project CARMEN: Joint Romania-Hungary Smart Grid

The Carpathian Modernised Energy Network (CARMEN) smart grid project is up for funding from the Connecting Europe Facility programme.

Solar Power Panel

Renewables Are Losing Steam as Bottlenecks Emerge

The renewable energy boom has a growing problem.

Russian Federation

Enel CEO Awaits Word on Sale of Russian Unit to Lukoil

Italian utility Enel has no indication on when it can close the sale of its Russian unit, CEO Francesco Starace said on Saturday, adding prospective buyer Lukoi…

LNG

Australian LNG Cargo Lands on UK Shores as Germany Reconnects Coal-Fired Power Plant

A tanker carrying LNG from Australia has reportedly docked in Kent.

Electric Car

UK EV Drivers to Sell Energy to National Grid

EVs will be connected with the UK’s grid through the balancing mechanism