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JANUARY 25, 2023

The report says that reordering the US transportation system through policy and spending shifts to prioritize public and active transit while reducing car dependency can also ensure transit equity, protect ecosystems, respect Indigenous rights, and meet the demands of global justice.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

Through meaningful engagement with the local community, building out the value chain downstream and around Lithium Valley can drive a just transition for the region, while catapulting the US into a leadership position in the 21 st Century economy. Global electric vehicle market growth is projected to rise from 1.7 Earlier post.).

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JULY 6, 2012

A new policy brief published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) International Transport Forum (ITF) notes that existing electricity systems will need to be reconfigured to support the widespread adoption of electric mobility and suggests that Smart Grid technologies and EVs and EVs could be mutually beneficial.

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JANUARY 12, 2023

During a keynote speech to the Transportation Research Board annual meeting Wednesday, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy questioned the safety impact of electric vehicles. Safety, especially when it comes to new transportation policies and new technologies, cannot be overlooked. Shaffer et al.

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JULY 29, 2014

The Electric Power Research Institute, 8 automakers and 15 utilities are working to develop and to demonstrate an open platform that would integrate plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) with smart grid technologies enabling utilities to support PEV charging regardless of location. Automakers and V2G. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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a program that “seeks to validate grid-edge technology innovations in real-world situations and provide new tools for utilities, grid planners and operators, automakers and smart charge management service providers.” Examples include managed EV charging, smart panels, energy storage and rooftop solar. Connected Communities 2.0

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NOVEMBER 20, 2021

The California Air Resources Board approved a $1.5-billion The plan is by far the largest annual investment in clean transportation incentives to date—more than double the amount of the largest past investment. billion budget that builds on programs to support zero-emission vehicles and their infrastructure over the past decade.

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MARCH 28, 2022

SHV Energy is committed to pioneering new solutions to offer customers an immediate, viable, and cost-effective solution to de-fossilize their off-grid energy needs. This announcement builds on a shared vision between both companies, including both being founding members of the Renewable Carbon Initiative.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

trafficThis scenario is highly desirable to automotive manufacturers, who harbor great concerns about battery warranty if vehicle-to-grid discharging is allowed. V2GFull varies not only the charging of the vehicle battery, but also can vary the discharging of the battery back into the power grid.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The team will assess available resources, prospective hydrogen users, and delivery infrastructure, such as existing pipelines that supply hydrogen to refineries. million project that will demonstrate how hydrogen production and use can enable grid resiliency, align domestic industries, increase competitiveness, and promote job creation.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

Enel X, the Enel Group’s advanced energy services business line, has been awarded two grants by the Accelerating Clean Transportation Now (ACTNow) program through the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC). —Surya Panditi, Head of Enel X North America.

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JUNE 10, 2021

We need to bridge the gap in electric vehicle charging or we won’t meet our goals for zeroing out harmful pollution from transportation. Building over a million chargers by 2030 is ambitious, but it’s also an opportunity to create good jobs and showcase California’s can-do spirit. In addition to the 1.2

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MAY 12, 2023

A new study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) assesses the near-term charging and refueling infrastructure needs for zero-emission Class 4-8 medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (MHDV) at the national and sub-national levels. Now is the time for electric utilities to step up and deliver the power freight trucks need.

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AUGUST 13, 2020

As our Nation’s energy system continues to undergo dramatic transformations, there is a growing need for research on how to best integrate all of our energy resources on the grid in order to provide the most reliable and affordable electricity to the American people.

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MAY 10, 2022

Part 1 of this two-part blog discusses the challenges facing electric utilities – both electricity generators and grid operators – with electric vehicle (EV) adoption coinciding with the electrification of buildings, heating, and industry. That is one way to balance the load on the grid. Leveraging EVs as grid assets.

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MAY 3, 2022

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first installment in our two-part blog series on the role of utilities in turning EVs into a grid asset. We set the stage by examining EV adoption trends, the impact of EV charging on the grid, and the risks of unmanaged EV charging. . The impact of EV charging on the grid. Which statement is correct?

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Widespread adoption of electric transportation, including electrification in the off-road sector, could lead to substantial reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and could modestly improve air quality, according to a new analysis released by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In the area of electric charging or hydrogen refueling infrastructure along important transport routes, Daimler Trucks collaborates with Shell, BP and TotalEnergies. With formation of this JV, the three parties will be pooling their resources to address this challenge.

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AUGUST 15, 2014

Researchers at the Institute of Transportation Studies University of California, Davis suggest that a number of positive trends indicate that we may be seeing the beginning of a real hydrogen transition in transportation, despite earlier starts that fizzled. —“The Hydrogen Transition”. Driving factors.

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JULY 20, 2017

million) repayable contribution from Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) under the Canadian Energy Innovation Program. The existing grid infrastructure sometimes proves inadequate to support faster charging. The project, designed to encourage the adoption of electric vehicles in Canada, entails an investment of C$17.3 million (US$13.6

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AUGUST 2, 2018

At the H2@ Scale project ( earlier post ) kickoff meeting in Chicago, EERE’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Steven Chalk announced the release of a request for information (RFI) soliciting stakeholder feedback on opportunities to enable high volume production and multi-sector use of hydrogen. Demand-Sector Market Expansion.

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JANUARY 9, 2019

certification, and provide onsite grid-to-bus testing and commissioning to ensure safe, reliable, and cost-effective infrastructure projects. With the announcement, New Flyer becomes the first North American bus manufacturer to offer a comprehensive infrastructure service.

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

The reuse and recycling of batteries is a key issue as increasing numbers of cities plan transition to electrically powered transport. It can also be used to buy and store electricity from the national grid when it is cheap and green, for later use. The battery warehouse consists of 14 used lithium-ion electric bus batteries.

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JUNE 24, 2024

Rome wasn’t built in a day, and a massive national infrastructure project to build out a network of Alternative Fuel Corridors across the country is no different. Experts were hired, processes were developed, and resources–including a website– were created. The project list is broad.

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JUNE 17, 2011

resource constraints, they found. only for grid-scale batteries? started by noting that batteries for grid-scale and electric vehicle energy storage have significantly different performance requirements. Resource potential. Lifetime system cost, and other factors, will likely limit scale up more than. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Electrify America uses definitions for low-income communities (LIC) and disadvantaged communities (DAC) established by the State of California, which are published and mapped by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) on its “Disadvantaged and Low-income Communities Investments” webpage.

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JUNE 18, 2014

The UK’s LowCVP has published twin reports which set out how the UK could meet its 2020 targets defined in the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive, and proceed on a pathway to decarbonize road transport fuel in the period to 2030 and beyond. The UK’s long term climate strategy implies a virtual decarbonization of road transport by 2050.

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JANUARY 29, 2021

AutoGrid’s suite of flexibility management applications allows utilities, electricity retailers, renewable energy project developers and energy service providers to deliver clean, affordable and reliable energy by managing networked distributed energy resources (DERs) in real time, at scale through different value streams.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Sustainable transportation. Sustainable transportation funding requests include: Vehicle technologies. alternative fuel vehicle community partner projects, which are new competitively-awarded projects to build strategically-placed, high-impact, community-scale demonstrations of alternative fuel vehicles. Within the $10.7

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

The California Energy Commission adopted its 2014 Integrated Energy Policy Report (IEPR) Update, which outlines, among many things, how the state is working to transform the transportation system to zero- and near-zero technologies and fuels to meet its climate and clean air goals. This is the first IEPR to focus primarily on transportation.

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MARCH 10, 2024

Biliti has deployed vehicles and batteries across 15 countries and 5 continents, with the vision to leverage batteries as distributed energy resources, particularly in urban environments, contributing to energy storage and grid stabilization at scale, the release added. Richard Wagoner, Jr.,

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

A study lead by researchers at Rice University suggests that current approaches to manage the vapor intrusion risk into buildings in the vicinity of conventional fuel spills might need to be modified when dealing with some higher ethanol blend fuel (i.e., E20 up to E95) releases. E20 up to E95) releases. —Ma et al.

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APRIL 26, 2018

Without emitting any CO 2 during use, hydrogen can be produced from renewable resources (including wind power, solar power, and biomass [sewage sludge]) and can be stored and transported for use in various fields. Main points. The project. The project is the first such to be certified.

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JANUARY 13, 2011

The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) has released a report on the proceedings—and papers that informed those proceedings—of the 8 April 2010 symposium on The Electrification of the Transportation System: Issues and Opportunities. Currently, petroleum almost exclusively fuels the United States (US) transportation system.

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JUNE 4, 2018

Nuclear power generates nearly 20% of US electricity, delivering reliable, low-emission baseload power to the grid. As utilities have begun retiring older plants, however, comparatively high costs have made it difficult to justify building new nuclear power plants. GW by 2050.

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JANUARY 23, 2015

A new study from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) and E4tech finds that the targets adopted or proposed by British Columbia, California, Oregon, and Washington to reduce the carbon intensity of transportation fuels can be met with a range of low-carbon fuel options. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 23, 2018

Electrify America has selected Greenlots , a leading provider of grid-enabled electric vehicle (EV) smart charging solutions, to deliver the operating platform for its network of high-power fast chargers that will greatly expand highway and other EV charging capabilities across the United States. —Mark McNabb, CEO of Electrify America.

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