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. And Warren, who eventually solved the grid-frequency problem, was actually working on a different puzzle when he came across the answer. How Warren’s clocks regulated grid frequency Henry E.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 17, 2011
In a paper published in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science , the team said these steps include smart co-product utilization; decarbonization of the electricity and heat grids as well as indirect energy requirements for fertilizer; transport; and building material. They noted that an EBR of 1.2 MJ/MJ and 0.9 MJ/MJ and 0.9
Green Car Congress
JULY 12, 2011
Conversely, smart charging one million electric cars via a central network operator can cut in half the increase in wholesale energy costs compared to ad hoc charging or time-of-use pricing while reducing driving costs by one-fifth. —Hugh McDermott, Vice President of Utility and Smart Grid Alliances for Better Place.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 24, 2016
In the US alone, oil reserves have expanded 59% between 2000 and 2014, and natural gas reserves have expanded 94% in the same time. This requires estimates of total reserves and resources of each fossil fuel, carbon conversion factors, estimates of historical emissions, and a model to convert carbon dioxide emissions into temperature changes.
Electric Auto Association
JANUARY 5, 2023
When Straubel—also known for his 1984 Porsche 944 EV conversion—left Tesla, he founded Redwood Materials , a leading lithium battery recycling company in Carson City, Nevada. More recently, Gage became the CEO of EVGrid , working on Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) tech. That was quite a conversion.” After that, the word spread fast.”
Cars That Think
MARCH 26, 2023
This conversion happens in your phone’s or laptop’s wall charger, in the much larger chargers and inverters that power electric vehicles, and elsewhere. Why Power Conversion Matters in Climate Calculations Before we get to the semiconductors themselves, let’s first consider why we need them.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Plug-In Hybrids Are Cleaner (Even on a Coal Grid) [ to top ] This entire section is finally obsolete -- because we now have a definitive study by the Electric Power Research Institute and the Natural Resources Defense Council. Only PHEVs and battery EVs get cleaner as they get older - because the electric grid gets cleaner every decade.
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