Shell will trial a battery-backed ultra-fast charging system at a Dutch filling station, with tentative plans to adopt the format more widely to ease the grid pressures likely to come with mass-market electric vehicle adoption.
By boosting the output of the chargers from the battery, the impact on the grid is dramatically reduced. That means avoiding expensive grid infrastructure upgrades. It also eases some of the pressure on local grid operators as they race to make net-zero carbon ambitions possible.
The system will be provided by fellow Dutch firm Alfen. The two 175-kilowatt chargers at the Zaltbommel site will draw on a 300-kilowatt/360-kilowatt-hour battery system. Shell portfolio companies Greenlots and NewMotion will provide the software management.
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Green Energy UK supplies 100 percent renewable electricity and 100 percent green gas. The company has been championing sustainable energy in the UK for the past 20 years and was the first energy supplier in the UK to offer residential customers a Time of Use (TOU) tariff in 2017. The company s ‘TIDE’ time of use tariff offers a Low-TIDE electricity rate at off-peak times, enabling EV drivers to charge their vehicles overnight when electricity prices are at their lowest, from midnight to 7am daily.
Electric Nation is different to other V2G projects because it is using four different energy partners instead of just one. This means that the project is a more realistic simulation of a future world in which many streets will have a number of EVs using V2G chargers with different energy suppliers.
Reactive Technologies Receives Strategic Investment From Accenture Ventures
Accenture Ventures made a strategic investment in
Reactive Technologies, a London, UK- and Finland based provider of power and grid technology to allow utilities to accelerate the transition to low-carbon energy.
The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Led by Marc Borrett, CEO, Reactive Technologies Reactive Technologies is an innovative UK and Finland based cleantech company which aims to accelerate the transition to a low carbon future via a patented data measurement and analytics platform for Transmission System Operators (TSOs) and Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) that address the energy industry’s greatest challenges. Reactive’s services enable TSOs, DNOs and energy market participants to operate effectively, with lower risk and cost exposure as greater renewable generation is deployed, used and traded across power systems globally.
Ofgem confirms approach to boosting green and smart investment in local grids for RIIO-ED2 electricity distribution price control · Investment in local grids unlocked to support up to 11 million electric vehicles by 2030 and increased demand for heat pumps. · Increased digitalisation and companies data use to drive smarter and more flexible energy such as through battery storage technology. · Fairer balance between shareholders and consumers, delivering investment to support an emissions-free Britain while keeping costs as low as possible. Ofgem has confirmed its methodology for setting the next price controls for Great Britain s local electricity distribution networks, known as RIIO-ED2, which run for five years from April 2023. This follows last week s confirmation of the
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