Cars That Think
MAY 25, 2024
Yilu Liu Yilu Liu is a Governor’s Chair/Professor at the University of Tennessee, in Knoxville, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. IEEE Spectrum spoke with Yilu Liu , who has been researching EMPs at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in Tennessee, about the potential effects of the phenomenon on power grids and other electronics.
Green Car Congress
JULY 26, 2010
Eaton Corporation is collaborating with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on a prototype integrated solar-assisted electric vehicle charging station to be erected at EPRI’s research laboratory in Knoxville, Tenn. All subsystems are linked by being grid-tied.
Charged EVs
MARCH 17, 2023
Some charging operators assume they need the highest-power DC chargers available, but it makes more sense to choose the right power levels for the use case of each specific charging site. Shortly after that, your focus seemed to shift to DC fast chargers. Then they got involved in developing the first DC fast charger.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 9, 2014
When decelerating or braking, a traction vehicle (train, tram or trolleybus) is feeding the regenerated braking energy back into the DC power network. 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.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 11, 2012
Nine HES cabinets are in-service with 3 systems deployed by EPRI for the Tennessee Valley Authority SMART Station Program and 6 storage-only systems deployed as part of a complete EV charge station by Oak Ridge National Labs’ US Department of Energy EV Charger trial program.
Cars That Think
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
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.
Electric Auto Association
MARCH 16, 2021
The Electric Highway Coalition—made up of American Electric Power, Dominion Energy, Duke Energy, Entergy Corporation, Southern Company, and the Tennessee Valley Authority—announced a plan to enable EV drivers seamless travel across major regions of the country through a network of Direct Current (DC) fast chargers for electric vehicles (EVs).
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
140 
Let's personalize your content