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DOE provides $65M for “connected communities” of buildings powered to transform electric system

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $65 million through its Connected Communities funding opportunity announcement (FOA) to expand DOE’s network of grid-interactive efficient building communities nationwide. ( interactive Efficient Building: An energy?efficient DE-FOA-0002206 ). Source: DOE.

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Audi involved in EEBUS standard for intelligent connection of EVs and buildings

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Buildings, electric cars and household appliances, heat pumps, and other consumers can coordinate their particular power requirements, thereby preventing overloads. However, this requires all large power generators and consumers to be connected in order to ensure intelligent control of power requirements.

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MTU researchers develop optimization model to fill in the gaps in connected vehicle data

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Researchers at Michigan Technological University (MTU) have developed a data-driven optimization modeling framework to reconstruct the location-duration-path choices for the missing observations from incomplete data from connected vehicles. For example, connected vehicles provide high-frequency (e.g., s) time and location information.

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Texas DOT to form connected and automated vehicle task force

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The Texas Department of Transportation is going to create a Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) Task Force to become a central point for CAV advancement in Texas. The task force is designed to be a one-stop resource for information and coordination on all ongoing CAV projects, investments and initiatives in Texas.

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Mercedes-Benz wins landmark road monitoring program in the Netherlands; connected vehicle data

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The raw material for this is anonymized data from car-to-X or other systems from intelligent, connected Mercedes-Benz vehicles. Once processed in the backend, the information can then be sent to digital maps and dashboards in road maintenance depots, enabling quick and effective deployment of the necessary resources.

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ENGIE New Ventures increases investment in 2nd-life battery company Connected Energy

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ENGIE New Ventures, the corporate venture fund of ENGIE, is participating in a new round of investment to further the development of Connected Energy. Based in the United Kingdom, Connected Energy uses end-of-life EV batteries to create energy storage systems. —Matthew Lumsden, CEO of Connected Energy.

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DOE makes $65 million available for Connected Communities charging management projects – Charged EVs

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The DOE has announced a new Funding Opportunity Announcement ( DE-FOA-0003136 ), which offers up to $65 million for Connected Communities 2.0, This FOA has two major topic areas: Connected Communities, focused on grid edge technical measures in buildings, industry and transportation to prepare the electric grid for expected new loads.