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Dominion Virginia Power Tests Plug-In Hybrid Cars, Hybrid Bucket Trucks

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Dominion Virginia Power has added two plug-in electric hybrid cars and two hybrid-powered bucket trucks to its fleet as part of its efforts to determine the impact of plug-in vehicles on electricity demand and to find ways to conserve energy and reduce vehicle emissions. A Dominion PHEV Prius and hybrid bucket truck.

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NETL investigating researching chemistries for large-scale battery- and supercapacitor-based grid energy storage systems

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This research is being performed through teamwork with local universities: the University of Pittsburgh, the Pennsylvania State University, West Virginia University, and the University of Maryland. High-energy density magnesium batteries for smart electrical grids. Earlier post.)