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Opinion: Reinventing fuel-based power for a more secure and resilient grid

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by Toby Gill, CEO, Intelligent Power Generation. With battery storage able to provide a unique role in balancing a renewable electricity grid, Toby Gill, CEO of Intelligent Power Generation, asks could innovations in green hydrogen and biofuel technologies contribute to a more optimized and economical energy mix?

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Stockton school district partners with Mobility House for electric school bus charging; savings of $500K over 5 years

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million for this project was provided to Stockton Unified School District by California Climate Investments. The intelligent Charging and Energy Management system ChargePilot and underlying EV Aggregation Platform enable customers and partners to integrate electric vehicles into the grid for optimized and future proof operations.

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Policy Options for Expanding and Modernizing the US Power Grid

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The US will need to expand and modernize its outdated power transmission grid to incorporate more renewable energy sources, but balkanized ownership and regulation are going to make that process slow and difficult, according to a new Duke University analysis. Source: Yang, 2009. Click to enlarge.

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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

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Based on what he learned, he and three classmates built a solar-powered 6-kilowatt minigrid that supplied power to about 60 homes in a village. Minigrids use distributed off-grid energy solutions that operate independently from the national transmission grid. The project received support from Power Africa and USAID.

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California Energy Roadmap Targets Outlines Activities to Support Electrified Transportation; Sufficient Charging Stations to Support 1M Plug-ins by 2020

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Four California state agencies and the independent power grid operator have released a new plan and vision for California’s energy future in advance of the Air Resources Board consideration of a first-in-the-nation rule requiring that a third of California electricity come from renewable sources by 2020.

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GM Quantifies CO2 and Fuel Consumption Reductions Via E-REVs And PHEVs, As Compared To Conventional Hybrids

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The paper was presented by authors Ed Tate and Peter Savagian at last month’s SAE 2009 World Congress in Detroit. Data on primary power used to fuel electrical grids was taken from current and projected status of the EPA’s Emissions and Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID). Adapted from Tate et al. Click to enlarge.

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Torrance Enviro Commish - From Curious to CringeWorthy

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She talked about the ability of a Torrance solar co-op to sell excess solar power back to the grid - even though that kind of feed in tariff doesn’t exist in Torrance and in fact exists in only one city in the United States - Gainsville Florida. But we ARE in a serious climate crisis and we have made those commitments.

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