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Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion

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The deficit is driving up electricity prices, reducing grid reliability, and hobbling renewable energy deployment. Big Benefits One of the main values of connecting regional networks is that it enables, and is in fact critical for, incorporating renewable energy. The cost of the project, estimated at US $1.9

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PNNL study finds that PHEVs and BEVs could serve as feasible resource to offset grid imbalances caused by integration of large amounts of intermittent wind generation

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The report examined grid conditions in the Northwest Power Pool, which covers Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming; many of them home to abundant wind resources and wind energy projects. A comparison between Level 1 and Level 2 charging revealed very little differences. kW) compared to Level 1 charging (1.7

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Idaho National Laboratory low-energy electrochemical process could eliminate need for steam cracking of hydrocarbons

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Compared to the industrial ethane steam cracker, the electrochemical deprotonation process can achieve a 65% in process energy saving and reduce the carbon footprint by as much as 72% or even more if renewable electricity and heat are used. Comparison of process energies and carbon footprint in NDP and steam cracking. (a) Ding et al.

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