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The Birthplace of the AC Grid

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The facility generated three-phase 60 Hz AC electricity—the standard in the United States today—and powered Sacramento businesses such as Buffalo Brewing , as well as the California State Capitol building and the city's streetcars. The Folsom Powerhouse's main building contained four 750-kilowatt generators that were each 2.6

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Lean Software, Power Electronics, and the Return of Optical Storage

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We’ll have these little Docker images, basically, to do it,” but that does give you the freedom whereby you can build these huge images, which are essentially virtual machines running away. volts is pretty common—and really sipping microamps of power through these circuits. And so the idea was, “Oh, we will sandbox this out.

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How to Hasten India’s Transition Away From Coal

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MW of captive wind power off-site, the electricity from which will be wheeled in. Should the local power grid fail, the complex has backup diesel generators. To get closer to 100 percent renewable energy, the complex needs to store some of its wind and solar power. IIT Madras.

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Calif. Energy Commission to award more than $44M for hydrogen refueling and alternative fuel vehicle projects

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will receive $3 million to build a 100% renewable hydrogen fueling station in Chino (San Bernardino County). million to build a hydrogen fueling station in Anaheim (Orange County). This effort builds on a productive partnership of public agencies to make progress in attaining a clean, sustainable transportation sector.

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Three Battery-Electric Opel Merivas to Participate in MeRegioMobil Research Project; Vehicle-to-Grid Integration

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The research project has the goal of integrating electrical vehicles as mobile energy storage units in the future intelligent power grid (smart grid). The demonstration will also explore the vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capability of the car via the bi-directional charging system when the car is not in use and the driver permits it.

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Volkswagen intends sales of 150K e-cars by 2020; 100K ID, ID SUV; >1M in 2025; more on MEB

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The MEB is not just the technical building block for all models in the Volkswagen ID. The power electronics are effectively a link that controls the flow of high-voltage energy between the motor and the battery. The power electronics convert the direct current (DC) stored in the battery into alternating current (AC).

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Q&A with CharIN North America President: It’s all about interoperability

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The organization’s latest project is the Megawatt Charging System (MCS), a standard under development for large battery-electric vehicles, which will enable charging at power levels of up to 4.5 megawatts (3,000 amps at 1,500 volts). Without connectivity, you cannot really integrate transportation with the power grid.