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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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Support mobility technologies such as connected and automated vehicles, as well as innovations in transit. e-Mosaic: Electrification Mosaic Platform for Grid- Informed Smart Charging Management. Utility Managed Smart Charging for Consumer and Grid Benefits. AOI 10: Enabling Vehicle and Infrastructure Connectivity.

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Maxwell supplying ultracaps to ABB for hybrid version of Philadelphia rail energy recuperation system

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Rather than having the braking energy be dissipated, the ENVILINE Energy Recuperation System (ERS) saves the surplus braking energy of the train by returning it back to the AC grid. When used with batteries, ESS can also provide emergency power and generate revenues by participating in the local energy markets.

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Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

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A microgrid is like a miniaturized, tightly controlled version of a power grid. People, Power, and the Sun: Honnold Foundation x Adjuntas, Puerto Rico Although most microgrids today operate independently, one way to get the maximum benefit from them is to connect them, letting them share resources wherever and whenever possible.

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ORNL researchers use stop-light cameras to reduce fuel consumption of less-efficient vehicles via traffic management

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Such camera systems do exist—including one produced by GRIDSMART , a company located just a few miles from the ORNL campus in East Tennessee. Lacking an available city-wide grid of intersections equipped with GRIDSMART traffic lights, Karnowski’s team instead turned to computer simulations to test their system.

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OnStar and Google demonstrate concept service for managing charging Chevrolet Volts with renewable energy

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The technology is enabled as OnStar receives a signal from PJM Interconnection that shows the percentage of available renewable energy on the grid. Renewables in the US grid. The renewable energy technology is the latest addition to OnStar’s suite of Smart Grid solutions. was conventional hydropower. Time-of-Use (TOU) rates.

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This Clock Made Power Grids Possible

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As more power stations adopted the clocks, the frequency regulation allowed them to share electricity and create an interconnected power grid. The Telechron Model Type E master station clock shown at top was used at the Tennessee Valley Authority beginning in the 1930s. How Warren’s clocks regulated grid frequency Henry E.

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Improve EV charging ROI and customer experience by choosing the right fast chargers

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By choosing the right product architecture, operators can serve more EVs with the same grid connection, delivering more efficiency and a better customer experience. You want to take power from the grid, but at the same time maximize the availability of the chargers in the space. So that’s the company.

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