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90 kW solar-to-EV project in San Diego Zoo completed

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Smart City San Diego and City of San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders unveiled the completed Smart City San Diego Solar-to-EV Project—a 90kW solar photovoltaic canopy that directly charges up to 5 electric vehicles (EVs) in the San Diego Zoo parking lot.

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New San Diego Albertsons Using UTC Power Fuel Cell for Nearly 90% of its Electricity

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A new Albertsons supermarket in the San Diego, California community of Clairemont is generating nearly 90% of the electricity it needs with a PureCell 400 kW fuel cell from UTC Power, a United Technologies Corp. Water-saving faucets and fixtures installed in the restrooms to reduce the amount of water used by more than 45%.

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Maven deploying its first all-electric shared-use fleet in Austin; 20 Chevy Bolts

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Maven is now offering its first all-electric fleet of cars for use in the gig economy; 20 Chevrolet Bolt EVs are available for freelance drivers in Austin, Texas to earn money on their own schedules. million all-electric miles since February 2017 and have saved an estimated 250,000 gallons of gas.

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Here’s a list of every county suing Tesla for its handling of hazardous waste

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Credit: peekaystudio/Instagram ) Tesla is said to use lubricating oils, brake fluids, lead acid batteries, aerosols, antifreeze, cleaning fluids, propane, paint, acetone, liquefied petroleum gas, adhesives, and diesel fuel at its Fremont Factory in Northern California. ” Tesla’s Fremont Factory.

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UCSD, South 8 team report improved liquefied-gas electrolytes for Li-metal batteries

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Improvements to a class of battery electrolyte first introduced in 2017—liquefied gas electrolytes—could pave the way to replacing the graphite anode with a lithium-metal anode. Meng and colleagues’ approach was to switch to a more compatible electrolyte, called liquefied gas electrolytes. —Yang et al.

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Study identifies main culprit behind lithium metal battery failure; counters conventional wisdom

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This could potentially double the range of electric vehicles. As the battery cycles, its stores of active lithium and electrolyte are depleted. Shirley Meng, a nanoengineering professor at UC San Diego. Any bits of unreacted lithium metal chemically react with water to produce hydrogen gas. —Professor Meng.

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NSF awards UCSD team $39M to improve integration of distributed energy resources into grid; EV batteries also

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The major driver for the project is the need to decarbonize the electrical grid, protect it from cybersecurity attacks and make it more resilient. Most utilities struggle with the fact that renewable and distributed energy sources are not as stable as traditional sources, such as natural-gas power plants.

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