Category Archives: Green Energy
Nissan began providing location information of Nissan LEAF in a tourism campaign for Japanese professional baseball spring training camp in 2012, Camploo – okinawa! Campaign 2012, organized by JTB Okinawa from today. With an ICT (Information and Communication Technology) system designed specifically for EV, Nissan LEAF owners are connected 24-7 to the services being provided by the NISSAN CARWINGS Data Center an information control center, and the onboard Telematics Communication Unit (TCU). With the tour participants’ agreement, the vehicle location information is obtained through a constant connection between the vehicle and NISSAN CARWINGS DATA CENTER.
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Kyocera and Nichicon have completed an agreement for Kyocera to begin domestic sales of a new energy management system (EMS) which combines Kyocera’s highly reliable solar power generating systems with Nichicon’s long-lasting, high-capacity lithium-ion battery storage units. Designed for the Japan market, the new system responds to the growing demand for residential energy storage equipment following the March 11 disasters. Kyocera will begin sales in Japan this summer. Through its long-term R&D strategy and proprietary technology in solar and energy-related fields, Kyocera has developed an EMS which makes effective use of energy. By using Kyocera’s high quality solar power generating systems — which hold the No.2 Japanese market share and Nichicon’s energy storage system which utilizes a lithium-ion battery manufactured by Samsung SDI , the new energy system is able to more effectively control energy consumption.
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At the 2012 Distribu TECH conference, IBM and VELCO announced an agreement to build an intelligent fiber optic and Carrier Ethernet communications and control network across the State of Vermont. Spanning more than 1000 miles, this advanced fiber communications network will connect transmission substations to Vermont’s distribution utilities, delivering reliable electric service and the capabilities required for the state’s future Smart Grid. IBM will provide project management and networking services, part of its Intelligent Utility Network solution, to help VELCO improve the state’s electric infrastructure. This new system provides the communications capability to relay information back to the utility about usage, voltage, existing or potential outages, and equipment performance. Fiber transport and Carrier Ethernet systems will ensure reliability and security of the transmission network and allow utilities to improve power quality and avoid power outages or resolve them faster.
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Toshiba and Toshiba Solutions have been selected by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) as lead contractors for a Smart Community demonstration project in central Lyon, France’s second largest city. The project will start in January next year and run through to the end of March 2016 and has a value of approximately 5 billion yen. Lyon Confluence is a major project to redevelop a former industrial and transportation hub on the lower end of the peninsular formed by the confluence of the Rhone and Saone rivers in central Lyon. The scope of the project is making the project a showcase for advanced technologies.
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Mitsubishi Electric will exhibit a variety of green products, technologies and initiatives at Eco-Products 2011, one of the largest environmental exhibitions in Japan, which will take place at the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition complex on December 15-17. The main stage of the Mitsubishi Electric booth (No. 3029, East Hall 3) will present environmental products and initiatives via the company’s own large, high-resolution, organic light-emitting display (Diamond Vision OLED), laid out in a dramatic semispherical configuration. Visitors also will be able to tour the booth and learn about the company’s many sustainable power-saving solutions.
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Nissan today announced that it is commencing sales of its new quick charger on November 30 at Nissan parts companies throughout Japan. The newly-developed quick charging unit retains the high performance of the current quick charger manufactured by Nissan, but is nearly half the size (by volume). It offers many safety features for safe charging, such as monitoring against a potential short circuit when the charging unit is interfacing with the EV. It is compatible with Nissan EVs as well as EVs manufactured by other companies. The new charger unit’s smaller size will take up less space and enable easier installation.
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Nissan today released its Next Generation Fuel Cell Stack (2011 Model) for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEV). Through improvements to the MEA (Membrane Electrode Assembly) and the separator flow path, which make up the structure of Fuel Cell, Nissan significantly improved the power density of Fuel Cell Stack to 2.5 times greater than it’s 2005 model and realized a world’s best 2.5 kW per liter.
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Panasonic and Tesla Motors have finalized a supply agreement for automotive-grade lithium-ion battery cells. Panasonic’s automotive grade lithium-ion battery cells will be used in Tesla’s premium electric sedan, Model S. The agreement supplies Tesla with Panasonic’s lithium-ion battery cells to build more than 80,000 vehicles over the next four years. It guarantees the availability of enough cells in 2012 to meet Tesla’s aggressive production ramp-up and fulfillment of more than 6,000 existing Model S reservations. Panasonic and Tesla together have developed a next-generation battery cell based on this nickel chemistry and optimized specifically for electric vehicle quality and life. These new cells will combine with Tesla’s proven EV battery expertise gained from more than 15 million customer miles driven in Tesla Roadsters and thousands of hours of cell and battery testing to create the most capable electric vehicle ever produced, Model S.
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