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HOMER Grid software now models EV charging stations

Green Car Congress

The new capability helps users design optimal renewable energy and storage systems to reduce utility costs—especially demand charges—of electric vehicle charging. The solution is to co-locate renewables and storage with charging infrastructure. UL, a global safety science leader, acquired HOMER Energy in December 2019.

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How to Have a Greener Christmas?

Driivz

million in 2021 , nearly doubling the sales from 2020 and tripling that of 2019. And with the increase in sustainable power generation, EVs will someday run on 100% renewable energy. Sustainable gifts for the home: smart EV charging and smart meters. Smart electricity meters work in a similar way.

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How does the Zappi EV charger minimise your electricity bill but still keep you Fully Charged?

EVolution

An ABS statistics review released in 2019 states that the average passenger ICE vehicle consumes about 10.8 To charge your car with PV you’ll need a wall charger capable of connecting to your renewable power. Driving electric is becoming more popular, but a common question we get is 'how much cheaper is it than petrol, really?'.

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RESPONSE TO: Ministry of Transport’s Charging Our Future: Discussion Document

Drive Electric

The transition to electric vehicles depends on the availability of renewable electricity and the infrastructure to enable users to charge their vehicles. 2 There are issues that need to be addressed around at-home charging including the adoption of smart charging, retrofitting apartment buildings, safety rules etc.

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EV Chargers for All!

Cars That Think

For instance, a recent National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) quarterly EV charging infrastructure trend report has identified only 1,246 EV charging ports at private multifamily residences across the entire United States, with nearly all being Level 2 chargers.

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Emporia’s energy management system prepares for the bidirectional EV charging future

Charged EVs

This idea that you can store 75-plus kilowatt-hours of energy in your car and it’s sitting in your garage 95% of the time, and be able to tap into that as storage for distributing renewable generation, we think is a complete game-changer for accelerating the EV transition and solving some of the issues that the grid is having today.

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