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ARPA-E awards $35M to 12 new projects to support medium-voltage devices for grid, industry and transportation

Green Car Congress

These devices will provide highly efficient power conversion (such as from direct to alternating current) in medium voltage applications, including renewables like solar and wind power, as well as transportation. The Ohio State University, GaN MOCVD Growth on Native Substrates for High Voltage (15-20 kV) Vertical Power Devices – $2,211,712.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Most charge points available today take much longer to re-energize batteries than it does to fill a gas-powered cars tank. The demands on the grid would require a lot of infrastructure work without some sort of "energy reservoir" in place. They have several stations already built and plan on thousands more.