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Algenol closes on additional $25M internal equity financing

Green Car Congress

Algal fuels producer Algenol has closed on a $25-million dollar investment from BioFields, a Mexican business group devoted to the development of renewable and clean energy projects. This technology has the best chance of actually reducing carbon emissions while producing cheap fuel in the process.

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How I turned a shipping container into a solar off-grid charging station with A/C

Baua Electric

I used pressure-treated 2x4s to build a pair of mounts for the solar panels, each of which would hold three 200W panels. With 1,200W of theoretical power (and probably more like 900W of solid real-world Florida solar energy), that would be a decent flow rate. I started with the solar panels, which would need a frame.

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Voltage surge and transient suppression in EV chargers

Charged EVs

The most obvious cause of failure from a transient or surge is insulation breakdown (including semiconductor junctions, capacitor dielectrics, etc), but rapid heating from the energy content in a transient or surge—particularly those of longer duration—should not be dismissed as a culprit.

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Voltage surge and transient suppression in EV chargers – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

The most obvious cause of failure from a transient or surge is insulation breakdown (including semiconductor junctions, capacitor dielectrics, etc), but rapid heating from the energy content in a transient or surge—particularly those of longer duration—should not be dismissed as a culprit.

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What Robotics Experts Think of Tesla’s Optimus Robot

Cars That Think

What excites me is the idea of cheap and accessible hardware! Interest in building such systems is welcome because Tesla and Elon Musk’s involvement in the problem brings attention, talent, and resources to the problem, setting in motion a flywheel of progress. The energy and excitement at AI Day2 was amazing. “AI Dennis Hong.

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GM demos its new Energy products by running a mansion off a Silverado EV

Baua Electric

Photo: GM GM has a new suite of energy products that allow you to share power between your car and your home, and we got to see them in action. GM invited us to a swanky house in Beverly Hills to demonstrate its new home energy products, including vehicle-to-home (V2H) backup power that allows you to power your house off of your EV battery.

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EV Chargers for All!

Cars That Think

Harry’s 200-unit condominium building in Minneapolis, Minn., They rejected my request to allow cyclists to hose off their bikes in the alley behind the building, which cost nothing. Nearly every one of these apartment buildings are without any on-site EV charging. apartment buildings poses another challenge.