丹麥一家能源公司與一家由以色列開設的矽谷公司在3月27日對外宣布，他們將在丹麥打造一個電動車網絡，其中包含2萬座風力發電的充電站。
丹麥的東能源公司(Dong Energy)與加州的貝特培斯(Better Place)公司聲明他們將會聯手打造這個成本4230萬美元的計畫，預計在2011年正式開始運作。
這家矽谷的新公司是由以色列裔的美國創業家阿格西(Shai Agassi)所創立。他說這些充電站將會使用東公司的風力發電機，大部分人將會在晚上充電，而這正是可以讓發電機維持運轉，但是能源需求卻比較低的時段。
丹麥是全世界第二個採行貝特培斯電動車計畫的國家。以色列名列第一，他們在2008年1月宣布將會建立一個使用再生能源的電動車網絡。
東能源執行長艾如伯(Anders Eldrup )說：「多數電動車輛將於晚間充電，既然而晚間是電力需求比較低的時段，所以在此同時，我們也藉機尋得一個儲存多餘發電量的方法，讓我們可以對能源作最有效的運用，這樣對環境很好。」
在哥本哈根，該公司將使用由雷諾與日產汽車公司合力製造的電池。日產汽車和他協力的日本NEC公司發明了一個可供電動車使用的新型鋰電池組，之後將正式量產以供此計畫之用。本計畫由「投資丹麥」這個丹麥外交部下屬的單位開始接洽。
這家位於加州的帕羅奧圖(Palo Alto)公司已經在籌募第一階段約2億美元的資金，其中投資者包括以色列集團、摩根史坦利、Vantage Point等公司，另外還有由葛倫諾夫(Michael Granoff)為首的私人投資，前任世界銀行總裁沃夫森也參與其中，而本計畫的董事長將由以色列集團(Israel Corp.)的董事長奧弗(Idan Ofer)出任。
奧弗說：「貝特培斯專案打造了一個將商業與環保結合的創新企業，將有助於能源與交通的嚴峻挑戰。目前全球有超過7億台汽車，每年產生28億噸的碳排放。」貝特培斯專案希望能夠將充電站建立成一個可以複製的模式，然後透過各國的本地公司推行，該公司也正與各國政府洽談設立更多試驗地點的可能性。
A Danish energy company and a Silicon Valley startup with Israeli links Thursday announced they will establish an electric car network in the Scandinavian nation with about 20,000 recharging stations powered by the wind.
DONG Energy of Denmark and California-based Project Better Place said they will work together to build the US$42.3 million project for a start date in 2011.
The startup is headed by Israeli-American entrepreneur Shai Agassi, who says the Danish recharging stations will use power from DONG Energy's wind turbines. Most people will plug their cars in to charge overnight, at a time when wind turbines are spinning but demand for power is low.
Denmark is the second country to embrace a Better Place electric car project - Israel was the first, announcing in January that it will have a electric car network powered by renewable energy.
"At the same time," said CEO of DONG Energy Anders Eldrup , "we will achieve a new way of storing the unstable electricity output from wind turbines, as EVs are typically charged during the night, when the exploitation of power generation is low. This provides optimum exploitation of our resources for the benefit of the environment."
In Copenhagen, the two organizations debuted Better Place Denmark, which will bring battery driven electric vehicles manufactured by Renault-Nissan to the streets of Denmark.
Nissan, through its joint venture with NEC of Japan, has created an advanced lithium-ion battery pack that meets the requirements of the electric vehicle and will be mass produced for this project.
The initial contact between Project Better Place and DONG Energy was originated by Invest In Denmark, a government department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Idan Ofer, chairman of Israel Corp., serves as chairman of the board. The Palo Alto based company has secured a first round of funding in the amount of $200 million with investments from Israel Corp., Morgan Stanley, VantagePoint Venture Partners, and a group of individual private investors managed by Michael Granoff, which includes former World Bank head James Wolfensohn.
"Project Better Place offers a compelling business and environmental case for how to address global energy and transportation challenges. We now have 700 million cars driving on the world roads, annually emitting 2.8 billion tons of CO2," said Ofer.
Project Better Place will focus in phase one on establishing a repeatable framework and implementing electric recharge grids through local operating companies in multiple countries. The company is currently in discussions with various governments to establish more pilot sites.
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