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World Engineering Day Focuses on Shaping a Sustainable Future

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Despite growing awareness of environmental challenges and early advancements in green technologies, many climate policies and technologies fail to curb greenhouse gas emissions at the necessary pace and scale. IEEE 1547 , for example, ensures the integration of renewable energy sources into power grids.

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3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

Green Car Congress

An analysis of near-term spending plans on renewables by the biggest oil and gas companies shows that real investments in renewable energy will continue to pale in comparison to capex plans for greenfield fossil fuel projects. Indeed, much of Big Oil's reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions leans on the so-called natural gas bridge.

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Get to Know the IEEE Board of Directors

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This article features IEEE Board of Directors members Bala S. He holds five patents and has published more than 30 articles, including pieces featured in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. The devices, circuits, and systems help improve power grid performance and protect the grid from cyberattacks. Jackson, and H.

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What makes maintaining electric vehicle charging stations more difficult than gas stations?

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We discuss this issue in the article. Unlike gas pumps, which require relatively simple and infrequent maintenance, charging stations are more complex and require regular upkeep. I hope this piece of article can help those who are running charging stations or want to get into this investment. appeared first on SETEC POWER.

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Are EVs Charged Mostly By Coal Power in the US?

EV Adoption

Last year I wrote an article — Electric Vehicles Have Lower Well-to-Wheel Emissions in All 50 States and DC Than Gas-Powered Vehicles — looking at “well to wheel” from the US Department of Energy and my own analysis of EV sales and source of electricity by state. And so “EVs are bad.”

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3 Things Utilities Can Do to Prepare the Power Grid for More Electric Cars

EV Connect

Can the power grid actually handle that many electric cars? The capacity is there, but to truly handle this new surge in EV grid demand, it will take planning on the part of utility companies across the U.S. grid produced in 2020. Can the Power Grid Handle the Growing EV Demand? toward a tipping point.

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The Staggering Scale of the EV Transition

Cars That Think

So when he called me on a Friday afternoon in the summer of 2021 to propose an article delving into the complexities of the global transition to electric vehicles, I knew that he’d do the research at a deeper level than any tech journalist, and that he’d explore angles that wouldn’t even occur to them. Take power-grid transformers.