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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. Once electricity is generated and passes into the grid, it is typically used almost immediately.

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New nanoparticle copper compound cathode could enable low-cost, long-life and high-power potassium-ion batteries for grid storage

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Much recent research on batteries, including other work done by Cui’s research group, has focused on lithium-ion batteries, which have a high energy density; however, energy density really doesn’t matter for storage on the power grid. Nature Communications 2, Article number: 550 doi: 10.1038/ncomms1563.

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How To Survive the Winter Driving an EV

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This article may contain affiliate links. With a bit of patience and understanding, there are plenty of ways to keep your EV’s battery healthy during cold weather months! In cold weather, it becomes more important to save battery power. How To Survive the Winter Driving an EV. Warm your EV Before You Hit the Road.

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Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

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Airplanes, for example, won’t be able to fly long distances on battery power. Regardless of whether hydrogen or PtX products are being generated, the production islands won’t be directly connected to an onshore power grid, and so they’ll need to operate reliably on their own. It turns out that the former option is better.

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Cash for Volts?

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Here’s the text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. Updated to attribute projection on “smart-grid&# earnings to FERC Chairman.). The group issued a lengthy report and a 30-second television commercial touting its plan, and its members outlined it at a presentation in Washington, D.C.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

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From the article: “The San Francisco building code will soon be revised to require that new structures be wired for car chargers. And at the headquarters of Pacific Gas and Electric, utility executives are preparing “heat maps” of neighborhoods that they fear may overload the power grid in their exuberance for electric cars.&#.

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What are Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles? Will They Replace BEVs?

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Companies like Audi and BMW for example, continue to build limited series or prototype FCEVs but, like VW the majority of their R&D budget is devoted to the resource judged most likely, namely the battery-powered electrification of their product line. Conclusion.