2020 Climate Change IDEA Power Grid 
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 30, 2021
2021 was a big year for energy-related news, what with the ongoing hunt for new forms of energy storage and cleaner if not carbon-free electricity and events and research that spotlighted the weak links in our power grid. The basic idea is to add particles of sea salt to the atmosphere to brighten clouds and cool the planet.
Cars That Think
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
Jenkins has also helped push Congress to think more seriously about the power grid, releasing a report last year that showed that much of the 43 percent emissions reduction expected by 2030 would be squandered if the United States doesn’t double the pace of transmission upgrades. power-grid transmission.
Revenge of the Electric Car
NOVEMBER 19, 2009
The “cash for volts&# approach was touted Monday by the Electrification Coalition, a 13-member group that sees electric plug-ins as the answer to a host of problems, from dependence on foreign oil to tailpipe emissions that some believe is contributing to global climate change. lawmakers are supportive of the idea.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
’s power generation, he said. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , which regulates interstate transmission of electricity, is on board with the idea. Vehicle-to-grid is, I believe, the salvation of the automotive industry in the United States,” declared Marc Spitzer, an agency commissioner who was also on the panel.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
The utility.will get a Ford plug-in hybrid vehicle by the end of this year and as many as 20 by some time in 2009 to test their durability, range and impact on the power grid, said Susan M. When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. "I By partnering with these two industries.
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