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How to Prevent Blackouts by Packetizing the Power Grid

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That need for balance is true of electric power grids, too. Spiking demand for electric heat collided with supply problems created by frozen natural-gas equipment and below-average wind-power production. Packetized energy management (PEM) allows the power grid to flexibly handle a varying supply of renewable energy.

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Obama gives $2.4bn Jump Start To Battery Makers

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Here’s a quote from the LA Times article By Maeve Reston: Obama unveils $2.4-billion “Even as our economy has been transformed by new forms of technology, our electric grid looks largely the same as it did half a century ago,&# Obama said. Read the full LA Times article and the complete Town Hall Transcript.

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Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

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Experts call this Power-to-X (PtX). These applications tend to be strongly clustered in three broad sectors: transportation, heating, and industry, in such segments as manufacturing and processing. Powering these applications will require electrifying these sectors or converting electricity to a more suitable form via PtX.

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HVDC Networks Come to Europe

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The 260-kilometer, 320-kilovolt high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission system, based on technology from Hitachi Energy , in Zurich, marks a milestone in an ongoing transformation of the European power grid: It will plug into the first truly dynamic multiterminal HVDC network in Europe. Emmanuel Martin-Lauzer , a U.S.

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Electric Vehicle Project Ideas | Ph.D., MTech, MSc | Electrical, Management, Mechanical & Moreā€¦

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Vehicle to Grid is a really interesting area to do projects. The idea here is that you can connect your EV to the power grid and flow power from your EV to the Grid. An electric car acts as a load or micro-generating station for the grid. Advantages of V2G in grid perspective 2. Thank you. #16

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Tennessee, Nissan and TVA forge a path for electric car | www.tennessean.com | The Tennessean

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Chambers Williams III • THE TENNESSEAN• April 26, 2009 Print this page E-mail this article Share Del.icio.us Alternatives that would reduce pollution include nuclear energy and renewable sources, such as wind and solar power. See instructions for fixing the problem. That depends on how fast they come," Hoagland said.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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ā€œVehicle-to-grid is, I believe, the salvation of the automotive industry in the United States,ā€ declared Marc Spitzer, an agency commissioner who was also on the panel. The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia.

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