Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2015

Eos Energy Storage announced the commercial availability of its MW-scale Aurora system for deliveries starting in 2016. Eos’s grid-scale product is designed to reliably integrate renewable energy, improve grid efficiency and resiliency, and reduce costs for utilities and consumers.

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MAY 11, 2017

The California Energy Commission awarded more than $24 million in grants today for clean energy freight transportation projects in Los Angeles and Long Beach and more than $12 million for other clean transportation projects. Recipients included Motiv Power Systems, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2017

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) is developing a measure to reduce emissions from Transport Refrigeration Units (TRUs) by transitioning to zero-emission technologies. At the upcoming workshop, ARB staff will discuss preliminary concepts developed since the first workshop in April 2016. NO x : 6,100 tons per year.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2013

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) established a combined energy storage target of 1,325 megawatts (MW) for Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric by 2020, with installations required no later than the end of 2024. (MW

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2015

Working with a select group of BMW i3 drivers, BMW i ChargeForward will demonstrate how intelligent management of electric vehicle charging can contribute to improved electric power grid efficiency while reducing total cost of electric vehicle ownership.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2015

Representing GE’s largest energy storage project to date, the plant will be located in California’s Imperial Valley, approximately 100 miles east of San Diego. GE anticipates project construction will begin early next year, with commercial operation scheduled for the third quarter of 2016.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

When Elon Musk posted his Master Plan, Part Deux back in 2016, he highlighted that solar solutions like the Solar Roof and Powerwall could smoothly integrate energy generation and storage. kWh of energy back to the grid. By supporting the grid with your Powerwall in 2022, you earned $574.77. Following is Tesla’s message.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced a settlement with Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A. The At-Berth Regulation is a critical tool for CARB to cut harmful toxic diesel emissions from ships docked in California ports, and we hope this penalty will send a message that violators will pay a hefty price if they fail to comply.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2013

The Governors of California, Oregon and Washington and the Premier of British Columbia signed a regional agreement strategically to align policies to reduce greenhouse gases and promote clean energy. British Columbia and California will maintain their existing carbon-pricing programs.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2016

The CPUC decision comes two weeks after a separate CPUC decision to approve a proposal from Southern California Edison to deploy 1,500 charging stations across its territory. To meet just 10% of California Governor Brown’s target of 1.5 Earlier post.). SDG&E will install at least 10% of the chargers in disadvantaged communities.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2015

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has awarded $2.1 million to Eos Energy Storage, LLC to demonstrate an AC-integrated system incorporating the company’s zinc hybrid-cathode battery technology (“Zynth”) to enhance renewable energy generation and provide grid-scale, multi-hour energy storage.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2017

Between 2006 and 2015, California’s GDP per capita grew by almost $5,000 per person, nearly double the growth experienced by the US as a whole. Job growth between 2006 and 2015 in California outpaced rates experienced prior to 2006, and outpaced total US employment gains by 27%. Commute times in California increased 2.8%

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AUGUST 6, 2022

This analysis builds on a previous comprehensive life cycle analysis, updating that study’s 2016 assumptions and methods. The electricity mix used in stationary processes (unless otherwise specified) comes from the 2035 US grid generation mix projected by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) in the Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) 2021.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has posted a revised draft of California’s proposed Short-Lived Climate Pollutant (SLCP) Strategy. Although wildfire is the largest source of black carbon in California, the legislative direction and intent of SB 1383 is to include only non-forest sources of black carbon in the target.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Reciprocating engines can start up even when the grid has no power, which helps electric transmission grid operators match fluctuating power requirements and restore power after major storms. Engine manufacturers have also made advances in efficiency and emission reductions, particularly emissions of nitrogen oxides (NO x ).

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

After taking solar installation classes and volunteering with GRID Alternatives for several years and learning to install racking systems, PV modules and inverters, and how to wire them up – including bending conduit – in 2015 I installed a solar PV system on my own roof with a crew of GRID experts. Installing the 5.2

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Funding for this second phase was secured through a competitive bid for a California Energy Commission (CEC) grant. Phase 1 of the program demonstrated the viability of creating grid value by optimizing smart charging of EVs. Earlier post.) BMW was the first to showcase this technology in a real-world application. Phase One Findings.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2015

California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff posted 32 new Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) fuel pathway applications for comments at the LCFS website. The LCFS is a regulation to reduce the carbon intensity (CI) of fuels sold in California by 10% by 2020. The average CI for gasoline and gasoline substitutes for 2016 is 96.50

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2016

million grant from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for reducing greenhouse gases and other pollutants. The project is part of the California Climate Investments, which use proceeds from the state’s cap-and-trade auctions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while providing a variety of additional benefits to California communities.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2015

AMS will install and operate Tesla’s Powerpack energy storage systems in commercial and industrial facilities to provide grid support to utilities using customer load. AMS’ first 10-megawatt Hybrid-Electric Building Project will be installed in Irvine, California in 2016.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2016

The all-in-one storage-plus-solar system uses the sonnenBatterie eco storage system to provide benefits to residential customers, from cost savings through better energy management, to backup power in the event of grid outages and the capability to go off-grid. Guaranteed lifetime is 10,000 cycles or 10 years.

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Baua Electric

MAY 15, 2024

The 5 million milestone comes just eight years after the US achieved its first million in 2016 – a stark contrast to the four decades it took to reach that initial milestone since the first grid-connected solar project in 1973. Meanwhile, other states are experiencing rapid growth.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Southern California Edison (SCE) opened the largest battery energy storage project in North America—the Tehachapi Energy Storage Project—to modernize the grid to integrate more clean energy. This installation will allow us to take a serious look at the technological capabilities of energy storage on the electric grid.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2013

In a new report, Navigant Research forecasts that global vehicle-to-grid (V2G)-enabled plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) servicing the ancillary services market will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 64.3% Commercial fleets will be the foundation of the market, Navigant projects in the report “ Vehicle to Grid Technologies.”

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

The 2016 Chevrolet Volt with an electric range of 53 miles [ 2 ] is the first commercial car that almost qualifies as a PHEVLER. from University of California, Davis and years of experience as an agricultural researcher. PHEVLERs make our electric grid more efficient. [ PHEVLERs help support the electric grid.

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Cars That Think

MAY 21, 2024

s power grid is relatively well-resourced and hardened against cyber attack, at least when compared to American water systems. Last month, Arkansas congressman Rick Crawford and California congressman John Duarte introduced the Water Risk and Resilience Organization (WRRO) Establishment Act to found a U.S. He says the U.S.’s

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JUNE 12, 2023

One molten salt thermal storage device installed at a manufacturing facility outside Copenhagen stores electricity from the grid when it’s cheap and releases steam at 180 degrees Celsius to make cardboard. Getting a 100 percent decarbonized grid is nothing but an optimization problem.”—Matthew

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2015

The California Energy Commission approved a grant of $2.4 In addition, the Energy Commission approved $500,000 for advanced vehicle technology apprenticeship training through California Community Colleges and the California Employment Development Department, with emphasis on veterans and disadvantaged residents.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2016

Fulcrum BioEnergy, the parent company of Fulcrum Sierra BioFuels, has applied for a new fuel pathway under the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCSF) for its process of converting municipal solid waste (MSW) into Fischer-Tropsch (“FT”) diesel fuel. For 2016, the target for diesel and diesel substitutes is 99.97

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2016

Acura revealed its second-generation autonomous driving development vehicle in California, a modified version of the RLX Sport Hybrid SH-AWD luxury performance sedan. This same concept is applied in the AcuraWatch safety and driver-assistive suite available on all model year 2016 Acura sedans and SUVs.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2016

A new study by a team at the University of California Irvine highlights the importance of intelligent plug-in vehicle (PEV) charging for minimizing the scale of infrastructure required to meet renewable utilization targets. With vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging, non-vehicle energy storage systems are no longer required. million in 2050.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2018

H2@Scale recognizes and applies hydrogen’s multifaceted utility as a connectivity tool to improve the efficiency and resiliency of the electrical grid and of the transportation sector, and to realize gains in the various industries using or producing hydrogen that can enable cross-sector benefits. Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report 2016.

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JULY 11, 2017

Together, the two companies have deployed or have been awarded 48 projects totaling 463 MW of battery-based energy storage across 13 countries, including the world’s largest lithium-ion battery-based energy storage project near San Diego, California. Siemens and AES will have joint control of the company with each holding a 50% stake.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2017

District Court for the Northern District of California on 25 October 2016, Volkswagen Group of America is investing $1.2 In addition, other use cases/technologies are also under consideration including targeted battery storage to manage peak demand and ease grid loads, etc. As required by Appendix C to the 2.0-Liter

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JANUARY 21, 2015

CSULA) Hydrogen Research and Fueling Facility has become the first hydrogen station in California to be certified to sell fuel to the public by the kilogram measure. Governor Jerry Brown’s office informed the university this month that the fueling facility had received the certification, known as California Type Approval.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2016

Jeremy Michalek accounted for regional differences in emissions due to marginal grid mix; ambient temperature; patterns of vehicle miles traveled (VMT); and driving conditions (city versus highway). The researchers said this is due to the combined effect of grid carbon intensity, highway driving, and regional temperature.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

For example, in the San Diego, California territory of SDG&E, optimal time of use residential EV charging rates range from $0.19/kWh BEVs currently offer the most readily available alternative fuel source via the existing electric grid. Similarly, the hydrogen-refueling infrastructure is practically nonexistent outside of California.

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