Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2011

As part of its role, SunEdison will be leading development of the advanced home solar photovoltaic (PV) charging systems for the Chevrolet Volt. is creating a consumer-focused smart-grid demonstration project in Austin, Texas, built around home applications, and consumer electronics. has joined the Pecan Street Inc. smart grid project.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 6, 2021

The Tesla Owners Club of Austin shared that it is hosting the Kilowatts booth at the ALTNRGShow, which is an acronym for alternative energy show, in Austin. The event will take place on June 12 and 14 from 9 am to 5 pm and is sponsored by Wells Solar and Electrical Services. Anyone who buys […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 28, 2021

Tesla owner Mallory Tompsett lives in the Whisper Valley area of Austin and had an idea for Tesla Energy. The idea is for Tesla to partner or collaborates with Whisper Valley to create another solar neighborhood.

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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 5, 2021

The Tesla Owners Club of Austin is celebrating Elon Musk Day on April 20th. The club set up the event and announcement on Tesla’s new Engage platform, and referenced the article I wrote last year when #ElonMuskDay was trending on Twitter on 4/20 — which happened to be the same day that the price of […].

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Tesla has been gradually deploying a massive set of solar panels on the roof of its Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, set to be the world’s largest upon completion, according to one person from the company. The post Tesla solar roof at Giga Texas to be world’s largest when complete appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2014

The centers selected for the second round of funding will help lay the scientific groundwork for fundamental advances in solar energy, electrical energy storage, carbon capture and sequestration, materials and chemistry by design, biosciences, and extreme environments. Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center.

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Electrek

JULY 9, 2021

Tesla has signed what could be described as a breakthrough deal to deploy solar roofs and Powerwalls on a “large scale” in a new community being built by Brookfield Asset Management and Dacra in Austin.

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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

DECEMBER 14, 2011

The 19 launch markets also include Atlanta; Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston; Chicago; Denver; Detroit; Los Angeles; San Francisco; San Diego; New York; Orlando, Fla.; Renewable energy collected by the solar panels directly feeds the energy-efficient microgrid, helping power the plant. Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.;

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2010

smart car2go with solar roof. The cars being used are two-seater smart car2go edition models equipped with carsharing telematics and a solar roof. The cars being used are two-seater smart car2go edition models equipped with carsharing telematics and a solar roof. Click to enlarge. inch touch-sensitive screen.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The world’s first Tesla solar neighborhood is becoming a reality in Austin, Texas, where Tesla is deploying solar roofs and Powerwall in a brand-new development. The post The world’s first Tesla solar neighborhood is becoming reality appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2018

The new bus contract also includes the installation of five electric quick-charging stations at Navy Pier, Chicago/Austin and the CTA’s Chicago Avenue garage. The remaining buses are expected to arrive through 2020 and will be assigned to operate along the #66 and #124 Navy Pier. Buses can run between 75-120 miles on a single charge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2012

s smart grid research project in Austin’s Mueller community, the Pecan Street Demonstration. Headquartered at The University of Texas at Austin, Pecan Street Inc. More than a third of the homes in Mueller have rooftop solar collectors, and Pecan Street will evaluate how solar and electric vehicle charging interact.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, including Prof. —Braga et al. Maria Helena Braga, Nicholas S. Grundish, Andrew J. Murchison and John B Goodenough (2016) “Alternative Strategy for a Safe Rechargeable Battery” Energy Environ.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2013

John Goodenough at the University of Texas at Austin and colleague Kyu-Sung Park have written a perspective paper on Li-ion batteries (LIBs), published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. More recently, at the University of Texas, Austin, Dr. Goodenough patented a new class of iron phosphate materials. Earlier post.).

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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 Abengoa Solar Inc.

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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

JANUARY 6, 2021

Kennedy International Airport, San Francisco International Airport, Chicago O’Hare International Airport, Richmond International Airport, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, Kahului Airport, Kona International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport and Louis Armstrong International Airport.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2018

EVgo has integrated second-life BMW i3 batteries to store energy from the grid generated during peak solar hours and later use that stored energy to fast-charge EVgo customers during periods of high demand. —Austin Brown, Executive Director of the UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

General Motors has made its largest renewable energy procurement to date, purchasing enough wind power to equal the electricity needs of 16 of its US facilities, including business offices in Fort Worth and Austin, Texas, a major assembly and stamping complex in Arlington, Texas, and 13 parts warehouses east of the Mississippi River.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2011

John Goodenough from the University of Texas as Austin, has found one of the most effective catalysts yet discovered for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) for use in water-splitting to produce hydrogen or in rechargeable metal-air batteries. storage options such as direct-solar and electricity-driven water splitting (H 2 O ?

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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. This product, the Yotta REV, is a deployable EV […]

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Teslarati

JUNE 25, 2022

Tesla’s self-inscription of its name atop Gigafactory Texas with solar panels continues on. On Thursday, Gigafactory Texas drone operator Jeff Roberts captured images of the solar array on top of Tesla’s newest manufacturing facility, giving the best look of the progress that has occurred so far at the factory.

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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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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2011

First launched in Ulm, Germany three years ago, car2go was successfully rolled out a year later in North America in Austin, Texas. To date, a total of more than 35,000 customers have joined the car2go program in Ulm and Austin. A newly created company, car2go Canada Ltd.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

In 2012, Enel Green Power’s Stillwater Geothermal Power Plant was commissioned in the Silver State, becoming the country’s first hybrid solar-geothermal project. Year-end data also shows that Nevada, the nation’s second leading geothermal capacity state behind California, now has more than 500 MW of installed capacity.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 9, 2022

. “Based on our analysis of Giga Austin, it appears paperwork is now clearing the way for Model Y production starting over the next 7-10 days. We believe the stamping machines for Model Y and testing is already in place and mostly completed, green light for Tesla to kick off Austin,” Ives posted. .

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Electrek

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Austin approves a huge electric transit bus purchase – 197, to be precise. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Gray County Wind Farm in Kansas is celebrating its 20th birthday.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have received about $2.5 However, efficient, cheap and abundant materials have yet to be discovered to make solar water splitting a viable process. million to identify new materials that will efficiently absorb sunlight and split water into hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

City of Austin, Austin. Austin and San Antonio region; and hold training seminars regarding multifamily housing and workplace electric vehicle charging. Carolina Solar Center. . $500,000. The Central Texas Fuel Independence Project will expand an interagency. propane vehicle safety and training initiatives. 500,000.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2021

The project will leverage Texas’ extensive resources—wind power, solar energy, underground salt-dome storage formations, hydrogen pipelines, natural gas infrastructure, international port operations, and a large, concentrated industrial infrastructure—to demonstrate the potential of DOE’s H2@Scale initiative.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

This project will develop and implement an Energy Internet microgrid, located in a large mixed-use infill development site in Austin, Texas. This project will install 20 CES units, 25kW/2hr each, into a system that includes a 1 MW storage device integrated into a solar system. Pecan Street Project (TX). 24,063,978. 48,127,957.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Using a new kind of hydrogel material, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have pulled water out of thin air at temperatures low enough to be achieved with sunlight. The UT Austin technique is aimed at the latter. But Yu and his colleagues at UT Austin developed theirs with arid atmospheres in mind.

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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 29, 2014

Southern Company; Northeast Utilities; Southern California Edison; Pacific Gas & Electric Company; San Diego Gas & Electric; Commonwealth Edison; TVA; Manitoba Hydro; Austin Energy; Con Edison; and CPS Energy. Electric (Battery) Infrastructure Smart charging Smart Grid Standards V2X'

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