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

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It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. Once electricity is generated and passes into the grid, it is typically used almost immediately.

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ARPA-E awards $30M to 21 projects advance new class of high-performance power converters

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A Bidirectional, Transformerless Converter Topology for Grid-tied Energy Storage Systems. kVAC), 60 kW power converter design for energy storage systems connected directly to the power grid. Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University I. Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University II.

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NETL investigating researching chemistries for large-scale battery- and supercapacitor-based grid energy storage systems

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This research is being performed through teamwork with local universities: the University of Pittsburgh, the Pennsylvania State University, West Virginia University, and the University of Maryland. High-energy density magnesium batteries for smart electrical grids. Earlier post.)