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A Driver-Centric Approach Is Essential to Broad Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Adoption

Driivz

Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, part of smart energy management , will help stabilize that demand – if we make V2G easy, convenient, and profitable for drivers to use. V2G returns the energy stored in EV batteries to the grid. Convincing EV owners to give back to the grid will take more than a vision of making the world better.

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Tesla is quietly building another virtual power plant in Japan

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In a recent blog post, Tesla Japan shared some insights about its virtual power plant (VPP) in Miyakojima, located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Similar to other VPPs that Tesla has set up , the Powerwall batteries installed in the Miyakojima VPP could provide backup power to the grid when needed. What could be better than that?”

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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

Creative Greenius

As a former top corporate subject matter expert, I took a very deep made myself a environmental resource for others in my reincarnation as The Creative Greenius and author of this blog. Learning to install solar with GRID Alternatives in 2009. We’ve been driving our electric cars on sunshine ever since.

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CU-NREL Energy Institute Launches Study of Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles in Boulder; 18 Prius PHVs

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in a field study of household experiences and the technical impacts of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), in a smart grid environment. A community blog on the field study will be hosted at cupluginhybrid.org. Toyota Motor Sales will supply 18 Prius PHVs for the two-year program. Earlier post.)

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Future-proofing EV Charging with the Right Management Platform – Part 1

Driivz

The highlights of the whitepaper will be covered in a three-blog series. . The total amount of utility-generated energy is finite, so as more energy is required to serve the increasing number of EVs on the road, the greater the risk becomes of over-straining the grid. At the same time, grid utilization should be always maximized.

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Data-driven Decision Making for the Fast-Growing EV Charging Industry

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As EV adoption accelerates globally, EV charging data and analytics are becoming increasingly important in planning new EV charging infrastructure and the grid capacity that will be needed for charging. Smart energy management makes it possible to blend these energy sources with grid energy to optimize the use of both.

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Is Exponential EV Adoption in the U.S. an Expensive Headache for Utilities or an Opportunity for New Revenue?

Driivz

This is great news for the environment, but the US needs the infrastructure in place to keep all those EVs charged. Grid congestion is imminent If we look at the big picture, EV charging only accounts for about 4% of total demand for electricity; not something for utilities to be alarmed about. What does that mean for utilities?

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