Plugs and Cars

JULY 31, 2008

One week earlier, former Vice President Al Gore issued his well-received challenge to make the American grid 100% renewable in ten years. Grove made it clear one thing was glaringly missing from Gore’s plea: dealing with our national petroleum addiction. Coming on the heels of the Google/Brookings event in Washington, D.C.,

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 12, 2009

Last month, I completed my GRID Alternatives volunteer training in San Diego and this Monday and Tuesday I’ll be in El Cajon, California as one of the volunteers installing a solar PV system on a new Habitat for Humanity home. Using AB 811 To Finance Solar PV Installation : Finding the Green to Green the Grid, House By House.

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APRIL 16, 2009

Vehicle to Grid (V2G) technology is a bi-directional electric grid interface that allows a plug-in to take energy from the grid or put it back on the grid. Smart Grid City will use a realtime high-speed two-way communication throughout the distribution grid. Smart meters and substations will be integral.

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Plugs and Cars

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

The good news about electricity as a transportation fuel for cars is finally breaking through to the mainstream. Diverse, American sources of energy have made the electric grid essentially resilient and secure, immune to petroleum’s price volatility or politics. Tags: joe romm pickens plan t boone pickens al gore cng.

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