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Study busts myth about EV greenhouse gas emissions and dirty grids

Green Car Reports

A new study confirms that, even when charged from the dirtiest electricity grids, electric cars are still cleaner than internal combustion engines over their lifecycles.

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SAE Adopts New Standards For Vehicle-To-Grid

CleanTechnica EVs

continued] The post SAE Adopts New Standards For Vehicle-To-Grid appeared first on CleanTechnica. There is a delightful fantasy out there that says the batteries in all the electric cars in the world could.

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LiNa Energy successfully demonstrates Na-ion technology for battery energy storage systems

Green Car Congress

Traditional hydrocarbon-based sources of electrical generation provided inertia to the grid as turbines would spin synchronous with the grid frequency and generator trips would be buffered by momentum. The demonstration was performed in a 1 kWh system containing LiNa’s lithium- and cobalt-free solid state sodium battery cells.

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The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

Cars That Think

Congress has provided hundreds of billions of dollars to speed the deployment of clean-energy technologies. These investments are one reason why the International Energy Agency (IEA) in September insisted that there’s still hope to hold global temperature rise to 1.5 °C clean-tech legislation. In the past two years, the U.S.

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Role of Batteries in Clean Energy Transitions – ET Auto

Baua Electric

India recently achieved a significant milestone in its journey towards clean energy with the commissioning of a 40 MW/120 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Chhattisgarh. However, beyond celebrating this achievement lies a broader recognition of the crucial role batteries play in driving clean energy transitions worldwide.

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New Tesla Energy products teased in internal meeting: report

Teslarati

As per recent reports, the company teased updated and new Tesla energy products that will be coming later this year during a recent “internal meeting.” During a recent “internal meeting,” Tesla reportedly explained that it had improved its energy product lineup through a change in strategy.

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BloombergNEF: clean energy investment in developing nations slumps as financing in China slows; coal burn surges to record high

Green Car Congress

New investment in wind, solar, and other clean energy projects in developing nations dropped sharply in 2018, largely due to a slowdown in China. China, both the world’s largest CO 2 emitter and largest market for clean energy production and consumption, played a crucial role in the story. billion and $2.7 billion in 2018.

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