Teslarati

JULY 13, 2021

Last week, Elon Musk announced Tesla’s first involvement in a major housing development project in Austin, Texas. The project aims to build the first Tesla Solar neighborhood, making a sustainable residential community. The Tesla Solar neighborhood was provisionally named SunHouse at Easton Park. and Darca on the project.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2011

The primary element of one of Michigan’s largest solar power generation systems at Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant is now up and running. Ford collaborated with DTE Energy to install the 500 kW solar photovoltaic panel system at Michigan Assembly. Michigan Assembly will operate on a blend of renewable and conventional electricity.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 30, 2023

Yotta Energies, a clean energy startup based out of Austin, Texas, has been making waves in the solar field since its founding in 2017. Its newest product, which was launched in September of 2022, is seeking to provide off-grid charging for electric vehicles across the US.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The new ARPA-E selections focus on accelerating innovations in clean technology while increasing US competitiveness in rare earth alternatives and breakthroughs in biofuels, thermal storage, grid controls, and solar power electronics. Solar ADEPT: Solar Agile Delivery of Electrical Power Technology ($14.7 Description.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2010

Ford, Detroit Edison and Xtreme Power are teaming up to establish one of Michigan’s largest solar power generation systems and electric vehicle charging stations at Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich. Ford will work with Detroit Edison to install a 500 kW solar photovoltaic panel system at Michigan Assembly.

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Teslarati

APRIL 10, 2021

The Tesla Solar Roof may not inspire as much coverage as the company’s electric cars like the Model 3 and Model Y, but the integrated solar shingles are still a unique flagship product. Tesla enthusiast and Los Angeles resident Austin Flack had a 9.09 kW Solar Roof installed on his home last year. Of that, 67.8%

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2011

The new strategy promises to be applicable to both the electric-vehicle market and the problem of electrical energy storage for the grid. More recently, at the University of Texas, Austin, Dr. Goodenough patented a new class of iron phosphate materials with potential to replace the more costly cobalt materials. —Lu et al.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2015

The first eye-opener for large scale solar was the Austin Energy PPA last year that was priced at 5 cents. In the commercial sector, and in the case of community solar, there is more flexibility and tracking arrays may make sense, especially when mounted on the ground. The arithmetic is pretty simple. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

The projects will center on solar and battery technologies; plasma physics; Arctic sea-ice modeling; and the impact of carbon dioxide absorption on the world’s oceans. ExxonMobil and Princeton University announced the selection of five research projects associated with their partnership focused on energy technologies.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Tesla has revised its application for Giga Texas to reveal a potential 500,000 square foot expansion of the automaker’s electric vehicle production factory located outside of Austin. Teslarati discovered Tesla has officially filed a revised application with the City of Austin’s Housing and Planning Department on September 20.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2015

Milliron (University of Texas at Austin, USA): Resonate Award recipient for leveraging nanomaterials to improve the carbon reduction capabilities of smart windows. The Resonate Awards honor breakthrough achievements in energy science and sustainability.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Tesla’s Megapack power storage systems are being deployed around much of the world, effectively offering massive batteries for storing energy from renewable sources such as solar or wind energy. The company also has Megapacks in use at many of its own facilities, including its Gigafactory in Austin, Texas.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

By allowing utility operators to pump water up to a dam or impoundment during periods of low electricity demand and release water during times of peak electricity demand, pumped storage hydropower improves the reliability of electric grids and helps increase the use of variable renewable energy resources such as wind and solar power.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2021

To date, the TCF has funded more than 380 projects by unlocking more than $170 million in funding from more than 300 private sector partners, including automotive manufacturers, energy storage companies, utilities, bioenergy companies, solar providers, and aerospace companies. NovaCentrix (Austin, Texas). First Solar Inc.

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Cars That Think

MAY 26, 2025

Tech for an aging population The inaugural Life Members Conference was held in April 2024 in Austin, Texas. A session on systems that impact society is expected to discuss the energy grid and telecommunications. MOVE India donated solar lanterns and mobile chargers to survivors of the Wayanad landslides who were without power.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 18, 2022

The posting is for Product Operations Manager, Retail Electricity and the job category is in Energy- Solar and Storage. The position is based in Austin and will support the launch and growth of Tesla as the new electricity retailer in the Texas market. Disclaimer: Johnna is long Tesla. . Your feedback is important.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2016

cloud partner Amazon Web Services, NXP Semiconductors, Mobileye, Autodesk, Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs, AT&T, DC Solar and Continental Automotive. The Department announced partnerships with some of the most innovative folks in the private sector, including launch partner Paul G. Allen’s Vulcan Inc.,

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Photo: Base Power Select Lennar communities in Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, come with Base Power home backup batteries for free when homeowners sign up for Bases monthly electricity service. Bases model is such that it gets paid by the grid, rather than by homeowners. Get started here.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I Vehicle-to-grid is, I believe, the salvation of the automotive industry in the United States,” declared Marc Spitzer, an agency commissioner who was also on the panel.

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Baua Electric

MAY 9, 2024

Image: Base Power Base Power just became the only licensed electricity provider in Texas to offer customers an all-in-one monthly energy service, home battery, and installation, and solar isn’t required. Base says it will take a bit longer to get owners of rooftop solar set up due to additional integration requirements. Texas is No.

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Teslarati

JUNE 21, 2022

Many towns are investing in Tesla Model 3s as police cars , Austin and other major cities have invited investment from the Boring Company to ease congestion and reduce emissions. Since Tesla moved its headquarters to Texas late last year, the state has made strides in EV adoption.

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Driivz

MAY 1, 2022

Vehicle to Grid (V2G) is one approach being taken, where stored energy from the electric vehicles is used to power the grid during peak hours, and then the vehicles are recharged during non-peak times. Origin is cross-promoting its solar energy system with Hyundai. Powering the Future.

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Cars That Think

JULY 10, 2024

The missile strikes terrorized Ukrainian citizens and shut down the power grid, but Russia’s blockade was arguably more consequential, devastating Ukraine’s economy and creating food shortages from North Africa to the Middle East. With its navy seized or sunk during the war’s opening days, Ukraine had few options to regain access to the sea.

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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 17, 2024

So in places that have boneheadedly made it illegal for local governments to restrict the use of gas leaf blowers like Texas has , cities like Austin and Dallas have nevertheless instituted incentive campaigns to help their residents and encourage switching over. It’s free, with no sales calls until you choose an installer.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 20, 2009

Neutral Kaitou KID @ Apr 19th 2009 4:45PM not if the electricity is from ultra efficient solar panels, hydroelectric dams or wind. Once weve consolidated everything to depend on the grid, we can clean up everything by cleaning up the grid. Neutral who? @ Apr 19th 2009 4:54PM Or fuel cells (ex: hydrogen).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2019

Austin, Texas First Solar Inc., Flexible perovskite-perovskite PV for mobile power applications, $745,500 Swift Solar, Redwood City, Calif. Solar Energy Industries Association, Washington, D.C. The Solar Foundation, Washington, D.C. Montgomery Center, Vt. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Tempe, Ariz.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2021

2021 was a big year for energy-related news, what with the ongoing hunt for new forms of energy storage and cleaner if not carbon-free electricity and events and research that spotlighted the weak links in our power grid. IEEE Spectrum did its best to cover those developments, and these were the stories that our readers liked best.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Wind, hydro, DC transmission lines, and smart grid electronics are also Portland strengths. If you charge with solar, is way less. The small electric will be king and batteries a valuable commodity, so valuable in fact, they will have to be wielded in to prevent theft by the Solar, Wind, Wave, Tidal, folks for their home installations!

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Posted by: Pete Austin | Apr 14, 2009 9:46:22 AM @ Joe I am one of the first to say end the income tax and property tax on houses and cars (not land). Plus you can use solar and break technology, as well as other more experimental technology, and never have to charge it because it would then charge itself. Fisker is a good example.

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