Green Car Congress
JULY 31, 2019
These include energy shifting (moving in time the dispatch of electricity to the grid, often from times of excess solar and wind generation), peaking in the bulk power system (to deal with demand spikes), as well as for customers looking to save on their energy bills by buying electricity at cheap hours and using it later.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
Key distinguishing factors are the environmental footprint of industry, the availability of cheap but clean electricity, a technically skilled labor force, and incentives driving battery demand. France performed best in the environmental category, helped by its electricity grids low carbon emissions factor, at 28gCO2/kWh in 2019.
Green Car Congress
MAY 10, 2016
Nissan and multinational power company Enel will launch the first major vehicle-to-grid (V2G) trial carried out in the UK. By giving Nissan electric vehicle owners the ability to plug their vehicles into the V2G system, owners will have the flexibility and power to sell stored energy from their vehicle battery back to the National Grid.
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 30, 2022
It’s about one-twentieth the size of the minibus-scale geostationary satellites already in orbit, allowing for cheap and quick deployment. The transmission line will sidestep the growing difficulties of connecting renewable-energy sources to the power grid. But now, Électricité de France (EDF) says they are in the final stretch.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 22, 2017
Cheap gas prices and a strong economy are creating increased goods movement and prompting Californians to drive more. Effective grid management to incorporate this level of renewables remains a key challenge for the state. billion in 2014, up 0.08% from the previous year. and the European Union.
EV Info
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Wind farms stand idle for days on end, a fire interrupts a vital cable from France, a combination of post-Covid economic recovery and Russia tightening supply means the gas price has shot through the roof – and so the market price of both home heating and electricity is rocketing. Gas is the only answer. Gas is so last-century, you know!
EV Info
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
With the demise of the North Sea production as the fields empty we are increasingly reliant on the pipe that winds its way across Europe pumping Russian gas into Germany, France and other on route. Why, simple the US embraced Fracking to produce bountifully supplies of cheap gas. We have a pipeline from Norway and from the Continent.
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