Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2013

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) have identified two compressed air energy storage methods for the temporary storage of the Northwest’s excess wind power and two eastern Washington locations to put them into practice.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2021

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. This article, by researchers at PARC and the University of Washington, is one possible answer.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Thousands of Washington insiders and climate activists have had a hand in these legislative breakthroughs. How fast can you ramp your power plants up and down to handle the variability from wind and solar? power-grid transmission. C in this century.

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JULY 27, 2016

University of Washington. PNNL’s lead role in the consortium builds on its decades of leadership in materials science, chemistry, transportation and power grid modernization. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Binghamton University (State University of New York). Stanford University. University of California, San Diego.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

A new study by researchers at MIT’s Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL), concludes that electric commercial vehicles can cost 9 to 12% less to operate than trucks powered by diesel engines when used to make deliveries on an everyday basis in big cities and when V2G (vehicle-to-grid) revenue is incorporated.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

trafficThis scenario is highly desirable to automotive manufacturers, who harbor great concerns about battery warranty if vehicle-to-grid discharging is allowed. V2GFull varies not only the charging of the vehicle battery, but also can vary the discharging of the battery back into the power grid.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Officials didn’t clarify what exactly that means, but it could look like this: Imagine building a model that forecasts power grid loads with a training set of real-world electrical consumption data (which could include personal information, if the data are household-level). They see China as a common threat,” says Castro.

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Cars That Think

MAY 21, 2022

Wires have a lot going for them when it comes to moving electric power around, but they have their drawbacks too. Wires also challenge electric utilities: These companies must take pains to boost the voltage they apply to their transmission cables to very high values to avoid dissipating most of the power along the way. kilometers).

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

As electric vehicles gain traction and renewable energy rises in prominence, an increasing number of drivers are contemplating the shift to solar power for charging their vehicles. Solar energy is not just a clean power source; it represents a self-sufficient lifestyle. Kia Soul EV 64 243 26.3 Chevrolet Bolt EV 60 238 25.3

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2010

FGC operates power grid equipment in 73 regions of the Russian Federation, with 118,045 km (73,350 miles) of electricity transmission lines and 758 sub-stations with a total installed transformer capacity of more than 286,000 MVA, with voltage ranging from 35-1150 kV. Tags: Batteries Russia Smart Grid.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Another study found that if people choose to charge their EVs during times when there’s less demand on the power grid, we could cut emissions by another 18% – and maybe even allow EVs to support the grid. Let’s not forget our carbon footprint. They can be charged using clean energy, reducing their environmental impact.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2011

The work is funded by NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate in Washington. Moreover, the fuel burn reduction and the ‘greening’ of the electrical power grid can produce large reductions in emissions of life cycle CO 2 and nitrous oxide.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

The group issued a lengthy report and a 30-second television commercial touting its plan, and its members outlined it at a presentation in Washington, D.C. Updated to attribute projection on “smart-grid&# earnings to FERC Chairman.). WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Move over, cash for clunkers. November 16, 2009: 06:01 PM ET.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Breaking the Board: Bringing Three-Dimensional Packaging and Thermal Management to Power Electronics - $2,746,501. Synteris is developing 3D-printable ceramic packaging for power electronic modules to improve their thermal management, power density, performance, and lifetime. Cornell University. Stanford University.

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JUNE 26, 2021

High Efficiency Power-to-Gas in a Modular Hybrid Electrobioreactor, $1,000,000. Kairos Power (Alameda, California). Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Washington). Grid-Edge Intelligent Distribution Automation System for Self-Healing Distribution Grids, $550,000. Electrochaea GmbH (Munich, Germany). First Solar Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2010

At the inaugural ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit in Washington this week, US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that $100 million in Recovery Act funding will be made available for ARPA-E’s third round of funding opportunity. Agile Delivery of Electrical Power Technology (ADEPT). Earlier post.) Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The new ARPA-E selections focus on accelerating innovations in clean technology while increasing US competitiveness in rare earth alternatives and breakthroughs in biofuels, thermal storage, grid controls, and solar power electronics. Solar ADEPT: Solar Agile Delivery of Electrical Power Technology ($14.7 Lead organization.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

GE Aviation, which consumes more than 10 million gallons of jet fuel annually at its engine testing centers, has signed an agreement to purchase cellulosic synthetic biofuel from The D’Arcinoff Group (DG), based in Washington, DC, to be used for production and development testing of GE jet engines, starting in 2016. The D’Arcinoff Group, Inc.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

And at the headquarters of Pacific Gas and Electric, utility executives are preparing “heat maps” of neighborhoods that they fear may overload the power grid in their exuberance for electric cars.&#. Battery-powered motors are more efficient than gasoline engines. February 15, 2010. They cost drivers on average only 2.5

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Their “hybrid polymer” membrane uses large heteropoly acid molecules, linked to a commercially produced synthetic elastomer, to offer a highly selective, robust solution for the production of flow batteries at a price point that allows their affordable integration into the power grid. grid, transforming domestic energy production.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The utility.will get a Ford plug-in hybrid vehicle by the end of this year and as many as 20 by some time in 2009 to test their durability, range and impact on the power grid, said Susan M. And ride off into the sunset on electric power. By partnering with these two industries. That tore it for me," says Lutz. "If Newsweek ).

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Green Cars News

MAY 7, 2009

In the United States, the Alliance is exploring ways to promote zero-emission mobility and the development of an EV infrastructure in the State of Tennessee, the State of Oregon, Sonoma County and San Diego in California, and Tucson, Phoenix Arizona, Seattle in Washington and Raleigh in North Carolina. The Renault-Nissan Alliance.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

In effect, cars would be acting like tiny power stations. ’s power generation, he said. February 17, 2009 7:03 am Link Smart Grid An Invaluable Idea Worldwide / Buildings could become the new power plants BRUSSELS ? In the city of the future, could power suppliers be rivalled by innovative construction firms?

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EV Match

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

While most of us who read about energy slapped our palms to our foreheads , many people believed Governor Abbott and blamed renewable energy for power outages. Former President Trump dismantled the Clean Power Plan with an executive order, something that a future president could not do to an established piece of legislation.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Just a few days after the California Air Resource Board's mandate came out, Governor Newsom had to publicly beg electric vehicle owners not to charge their cars due to concerns of the power grid and blackouts. This winter, residents in the Sierra Nevada mountains lost power for days due to heavy snow storms.

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