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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The company’s president, Tom Gage , dubbed the system “vehicle to grid” or V2G.

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US and Japan collaborating on smart grid project in Hawaii; EV operation and charging, including grid-balancing services

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JFE Engineering Corporation, Sharp Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd., have been selected as contractors for a joint US-Japan collaboration supporting a Smart Grid project on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Smart Grid Model at a Substation with One Distribution Grid Level in Kihei (Hitachi). Hitachi, Ltd.,

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New nanoparticle copper compound cathode could enable low-cost, long-life and high-power potassium-ion batteries for grid storage

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Much recent research on batteries, including other work done by Cui’s research group, has focused on lithium-ion batteries, which have a high energy density; however, energy density really doesn’t matter for storage on the power grid. Cost is a greater concern. —Colin Wessells. —Colin Wessells.

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Opinion: Debunking the mythsWhy fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) are viable for the mass market

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Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the Universe but, on earth, it must normally be extracted from water or organic compounds. This renewable production capacity is increasingly important to ensure the existing power grid can accept more renewable sources. It’s time to debunk a number of myths.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

And at the headquarters of Pacific Gas and Electric, utility executives are preparing “heat maps” of neighborhoods that they fear may overload the power grid in their exuberance for electric cars.&#. Battery-powered motors are more efficient than gasoline engines. February 15, 2010.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Honda Sees PHEVs as having "unnecessary fuel engine and fuel tank;" promises all-electrics "assuming we can come up with a really high-performing battery that we are working on currently." Cischke, Ford senior vice president for sustainability, environment and safety engineering. "By See Chevy Volt for latest.

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