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Prompted by Tesla’s proposed VPP, Texas PUC assembles workshop on DER Pilots

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Energy Markets Policy Lead, Arushi Sharma Frank, shared a thread on Twitter about the upcoming July 11 Aggregated Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) workshop. These views may inform participants' approaches at the upcoming July 11 Aggregated #DERs workshop. The July 11 PUC Workshop. Tweet thread on @PUCTX #DER Docket No.

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The EV Transition Explained: Can the Grid Cope?

Cars That Think

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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Tesla giving 50% off at select Superchargers in Texas during off-peak hours

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I suspect this is to help the Texas grid cope with the intense heat wave affecting the Deep South. The discounted Supercharging rates will encourage Tesla owners to charge their vehicles during off-peak times which will help the Texas grid. I would assume not since Texas has its own grid and Tesla’s now headquartered there.

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Researchers Aim to Decarbonize Chemical Industry by Electrifying It

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This sponsored article is brought to you by NYU Tandon School of Engineering. We are able to model how these reactions would be implemented in the chemical plant and we are able to consider how the grid and chemical plant would work synergistically together.” That’s what DC-MUSE is addressing.”

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SiliconRepublic.com: IBM to build smart grid for electric cars - R&D

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Within the project, researchers from IBM Denmark and from IBM’s Zurich Research Laboratory will develop smart technologies that synchronise the charging of the electric vehicles with the availability of wind in the grid.

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TWAICE battery analytics platform promises enormously valuable insights at every point in a battery’s lifecycle

Charged EVs

Charged : The energy players you mentioned, you’re talking about stationary storage on the grid? There are these really large grid storage [systems], which have hundreds of megawatt-hours, sometimes even gigawatt-hours. This article appeared in Issue 61: Jul-Sept 2022 – Subscribe now.

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Electric Vehicles Open-up New Business Opportunities

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You may think about the integration of solar panels to the charging station along with the grid connection. Magenta Charge Grid. #3 EV Workshop. Electric vehicle repair and maintenance workshops can be started in a place where there are a lot of electric vehicles available on road. 3 Software Development. 9 More Ideas.