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The European Patent Office has approved a patent for San Diego-based Envision Solar’s EV ARC product line. Envision recently announced the issuance of a Chinese patent for its EV ARC product and a US patent for its Transformer ARC product. The company’s EV-Standard and UAV ARC are in advanced stages of development, and patents are pending. The EV ARC and EV ARC HP are portable solar-powered charging stations that fit inside single parking spaces without reducing available parking. According to Envision, the EV ARC generates enough clean solar electricity to power up to 225 miles of EV driving in a day, while the EV ARC HP DC fast charging system can power up to 1,100 miles per day. EV ARC products feature on-board energy storage. Because they require no trenching, foundations or installation work of any kind, they can be deployed in minutes and can be easily moved to new locations. “Our core US business is going from strength to strength and we fully intend to take advantage of what we believe are meaningful international opportunities,” said CEO Desmond Wheatley. “Our patented EV ARC is now covered in China and Europe – two of the fastest-growing markets for EVs in the world. I’m confident that EV-Standard, UAV ARC and our other developing products will enjoy equal success.”
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Envision Solar earns European patent for EV ARC portable solar charging station Energy Web Foundation releases blockchain-based toolkit to enable EV charging with clean energy The Energy Web Foundation (EWF) has introduced a new software toolkit for EV charging that enables the verification and tracking of green attributes associated with electricity generation and consumption. The EV charging toolkit is an extension of EWF’s existing EW Origin blockchain-based toolkits. It’s focused on automatically charging EVs with clean energy and determining the avoided carbon emissions based on the timing of charging. It supports renewable energy certificates (RECs), guarantees of origin (GOs), and other certificates that underpin renewable energy markets. “Green energy and electric vehicle charging are a natural fit for each other as we move toward a low-carbon, electrified energy future,” says EWF’s Jens Griesing. “The new EV charging toolkit will allow application developers to build blockchain-based solutions that enable EV drivers to charge their vehicles with clean energy, and to confidently know the emissions-reduction benefits of their e-mobility.” EWF has teamed up with e-mobility solution provider Wirelane to demo the EV charging toolkit at the upcoming European Utility Week in Vienna. Wirelane’s user interface shows how kilowatt-hours of electric vehicle charging are paired with renewable energy certificates and avoided marginal emissions are securely tracked on the Energy Web blockchain.