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.

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CN EV Post

AUGUST 20, 2022

The post Power crunch: How NIO's swap stations help reduce grid peak load appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost. This summer, a total of 108 NIO battery swap stations participated in peak load reduction initiatives in their cities.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

There have been vigorous debates pro and con in the United States and elsewhere over whether electric grids can support EVs at scale. grid, but the rising number of EVs will test the local grid’s reliability at many of the 3,000 electric-distribution utilities in the United States , which themselves own more than 5.5

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 21, 2024

In the previous article on off-grid EV charging , the focus was on the energy storage battery and the DC-AC inverter that supplies the EV charger (and all of the other AC loads). This article first appeared in Issue 68: April-June 2024 – Subscribe now. This time the focus will be on the renewable energy sources themselves.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2020

Such reasons include advantages to the electrical grid such as load balancing and energy storage, increased jobs and economic development, reduced stormwater pollution and consumer savings. The article points to the 2019 Supreme Court case of Virginia Uranium v. —Matthew Metz, lead author of the article and founder of Coltura.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 11, 2023

Whenever new technologies are introduced into the power grid, there’s always a chance they could disrupt the system, possibly even leading to blackouts. Finding ways to deal with the impact on the grid caused by incorporating renewable energy has been the focus of Vijay Vittal ’s research for nearly 20 years.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

One of the biggest pieces of misinformation flying around about EV adoption is that power grids can’t handle electric vehicles. We’ve debunked this one repeatedly (you can find a good article here), but it’s something we keep seeing and seeing and seeing.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2010

The power of EVs is electricity from the grid. Generation mix of the six interprovincial power grids in 2008. China comprises six large interprovincial power grids: Northeast China, North China, Central China, East China, Northwest China, and South China. The South and East grids also have 5% nuclear power. Wang, David G.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 1, 2022

As the number of electric vehicles on the world’s roads explodes, electric utilities are grappling with increasing demand while simultaneously having to stabilize their grids where more intermittent renewable-energy sources like wind and solar are coming online. That’s the promise of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology.

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CN EV Post

AUGUST 20, 2022

The post NIO to put swap stations with ability to discharge to grid into trial operation appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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CN EV Post

AUGUST 18, 2022

The post State Grid reduces EV charging power during peak hours in some parts of China amid power crunch appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost. Nearly 350,000 charging piles in Chongqing, Zhejiang and Hubei will be limited in charging power during the peak hours of 15:00-22:00.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2018

The researchers divided the area in 24 grid squares and calculated the ?REY REY values and resource potential of each grid. The maps were generated by ArcGIS and are shown with 2,400 grids (60?×?40). The grid square with the highest REY potential (B1) holds an estimated resource amount of 1.2

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 1, 2023

Here at CleanTechnica, we’ve written a great number of articles about Vehicle-To-Grid (V2G) technology.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2013

Elements of these solution sets were introduced by SMART in a 2006 article entitled “ New Mobility: The Next Generation of Sustainable Urban Transportation ,” in the Bridge Magazine of the National Academy of Engineers. The five themes are: Systems integration.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 13, 2023

In a previous article series, I compared the lifetime emissions of various real EVs and PHEVs on the road, as well as several hypothetical EVs. I even compared power sources (renewables vs. dirtier grids) to see how that all stacks up.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2020

Further, natural gas can be used to keep the power grid stable as solar and wind power fluctuate. Link to original article: [link]. Natural gas does produce about 28% less CO2 emissions than heating oil and 50% less than coal for the same amount of energy when burned.

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Cars That Think

MAY 25, 2024

IEEE Spectrum spoke with Yilu Liu , who has been researching EMPs at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in Tennessee, about the potential effects of the phenomenon on power grids and other electronics. How do EMPs damage power grids and electronic equipment? This article appears in the June 2024 issues as “5 Questions for Yilu Liu.”

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The 260-kilometer, 320-kilovolt high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission system, based on technology from Hitachi Energy , in Zurich, marks a milestone in an ongoing transformation of the European power grid: It will plug into the first truly dynamic multiterminal HVDC network in Europe. grid research and advocacy consortium.

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EV Adoption

MAY 25, 2021

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.” of US EV sales in 2020.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2014

An article in the latest issue of IEA Energy: The Journal of the International Energy Agency reports that Estonia, which has the most developed oil shale industry in the world, is collaborating in pursuing wider use of oil shale in a cleaner, more sustainable manner. Different that shale oil—i.e.,

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EV Solutions

AUGUST 9, 2022

What is vehicle-to-grid energy distribution? This article will explore EV charging and the future of clean energy.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 1, 2024

A space solar project would “waste capital that could be better spent improving less risky ways to shore up renewable energy, such as batteries, hydrogen, and grid improvements.” This article appears in the June 2024 print issue as “The Chasm Between Imagination and Feasibility.” For example, U.K.-based km-long solar array in orbit.

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Green Energy Consumers

APRIL 6, 2022

Renewable energy is different in that people do want to make sure it's on the grid, in ever increasing numbers. Our Executive Director Larry Chretien is quoted in a recent article by the Daily Beast that tackles the topic of competitive electricity suppliers, their shady practices, and their greenwashed products.

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EV Box

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The electrical grid is a large and established network delivering electricity from producers to consumers, and connection to it can be quite complex. DC fast-charging stations almost always require a connection to the electrical grid to provide their fast-charging service. Table of contents What is a grid connection?

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 1, 2022

In a previous article, we covered the Stella Vita experimental camper van. It doesn’t need to charge from the electrical grid, which still uses fossil fuels. Unlike nearly every other camper on the face of the planet (this is the other exception I know of), the Stella Vita runs on sunlight.

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Charged EVs

APRIL 21, 2025

Those include reduced off-peak or dedicated EV-charging rates; less load on the household (and parenthetically the electric grid) during sleep hours; and the advantage of having a full tank every morning. Delonis said the companys dealers, in particular their salespeople, are encouraged to stress the pluses of overnight recharging.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2013

The battery, which can be low cost and reliable in terms of safety, provides another chemistry for post Li-ion batteries, they suggest, and with higher practical energy densities than Li-air systems for supporting applications including electric vehicles and large-scale grid energy storage.

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Teslarati

APRIL 10, 2023

Now, in a further blow to the business, Reuters reports California is cutting the pay residential solar owners will receive from the power they contribute to the grid. While currently, these owners are paid an elevated rate for whatever power they generate for the grid, that will change on April 15th. What do you think of the article?

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Wallbox

JANUARY 4, 2021

This article is your lighthouse: it will give you some background on what bidirectional EV charging means and how it works. Whilst with unidirectional (one-way) EV chargers, electricity flows from the electric grid into the electric vehicle, with bidirectional (two-way) EV chargers, electricity can flow both ways. V2G: Vehicle to Grid.

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Teslarati

APRIL 21, 2021

In his response, Musk noted that utility permission is typically needed when the Powerwall is full and capable of stabilizing the grid. . Utility permission is required for flowing electricity back to grid, but usually not if stored in our battery. Utility permission is still needed for when Powerwall is full & can stabilize grid.

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EV Connect

APRIL 17, 2023

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? But it also raises a big question.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2011

During FTD production, electricity could be produced from unconverted syngas, some of which could be exported to the electric grid as a coproduct. Environmental Science & Technology Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/es1017703. The CO 2 may be vented or captured and sequestered (with the CCS technology). In addition to synthetic diesel.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2014

But for something like building or grid-level power storage—where they’re just going to sit there—the fact that you get more kilowatt hours per dollar becomes a strong selling point. —UMD Professor Chunsheng Wang. Sodium-ion batteries are also heavier, so for now they’re not suitable for most vehicles and airplanes.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2019

As a result, switching to lithium-metal anodes would significantly extend the range of electric vehicles and lower the cost of batteries used for grid storage, explained UC San Diego nanoengineering professor Shirley Meng, a corresponding author on the new paper in Joule. 1721646).

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Cars That Think

MARCH 19, 2024

Internet of Things Security Internet-enabled devices including connected lighting fixtures, voice-activated virtual assistants, doorbell cameras, and smart appliances “all serve as data-transferring endpoints in a system known as the Internet of Things,” expert Brooke Becher said in her article about the importance of IoT security.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 31, 2023

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.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2016

Electrical Grid Connections. While future demand from the automotive industry is significant, the real game changer for the lithium industry may be electrical grid storage. Grid storage is designed on a variety of scales, each with a different price point. Link to original article: [link].

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