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Tesla’s solar neighborhood in Austin could help TX learn if renewables are viable

Teslarati

These directives build upon the reforms passed this session to increase power generation capacity & ensure the reliability of the Texas power grid. The directives also included allocating “reliability costs to generation resources that cannot guarantee their own availability, such as wind and solar power.”

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Gravity Batteries, Green Hydrogen, and a Thorium Reactor for China

Cars That Think

2021 was a big year for energy-related news, what with the ongoing hunt for new forms of energy storage and cleaner if not carbon-free electricity and events and research that spotlighted the weak links in our power grid. billion EV battery plant —that’s GM’s and LG Chem’s new mega-gigafactory in Lordstown, Ohio.

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Tesla Energy takes a stand against coal and gas generators in Australia

Teslarati

First, Tesla is firmly against the idea of extending the life span of existing coal and gas generators. . Tesla hopes that Australia takes the opportunity to introduce structural reform to its power grid through this project. . “As Two main points were driven in the letter. Credit: Tesla Energy).

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Remembering IEEE Director Emeritus Theodore W. Hissey

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But in a 2014 interview with The Institute , Hissey said his real passion was organizing outreach events for students and mentoring new volunteers through IEEE Young Professionals. “I He spent time in Brazil helping engineers there expand and stabilize the power grid. Hissey Outstanding Young Professional Award was established.

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Are EVs Charged Mostly By Coal Power in the US?

EV Adoption

One of the common arguments you hear from people in America who are not fans of the idea of electric vehicles is that they are mostly charged from electricity produced from coal power plants. I expect that the states with greenest grids will also continue to adopt EVs at a faster rate than high coal powered grid states.

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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

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The support from IEEE gave us validation, and that helped us to believe in ourselves and the ideas we came up with,” Orajaka says. Expanding microgrids beyond the underserved During their final semester in 2010, the students decided it was time to implement their idea, and they turned to IEEE once again.

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Lean Software, Power Electronics, and the Return of Optical Storage

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But I did actually want to— another news story that came up this week was Apple closing down its EV division. Cass: No, it is this idea of interdependence and these very systems that are all coupled in all kinds of ways we don’t expect. And that may help with all just getting a little bit leaner. And you mentioned Bob Charette there.

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