Cleaner Global Parts Power Grid 
Green Car Congress
JULY 14, 2010
GE announced a $200-million open innovation challenge that seeks breakthrough ideas to create a smarter, cleaner, more efficient electric grid, and accelerate the adoption of more efficient grid technologies. Proposals are sought in three, broad categories: Renewables, Grid and Eco Homes/Eco Buildings.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 3, 2020
Smart infrastructure ESG and SDG initiatives will provide tangible health benefits with cleaner air and healthier climates as a result of the mass electrification of power grids derived from renewable energy resources like solar, thermal, water, and wind to fuel limitless fleets of electric vehicles producing zero or low carbon emissions.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 5, 2014
The selection was part of a larger contracting for 2,221 MW of power from diverse new resources. The 2,221 megawatts will represent roughly 10% of SCE’s current total customer peak usage and is enough to power about 950,000 average homes. —Janice Lin, Executive Director of the California Energy Storage Alliance (CESA).
Green Car Congress
MARCH 20, 2018
A UPS-led consortium has deployed new smart-grid charging technology in London that overcomes the challenge of simultaneously recharging an entire fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) without the need for the expensive upgrade to the power supply grid. A key part of this initiative is the use of onsite energy storage batteries.
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 30, 2021
2021 was a big year for energy-related news, what with the ongoing hunt for new forms of energy storage and cleaner if not carbon-free electricity and events and research that spotlighted the weak links in our power grid. It's a win-win-win for a part of the world that could really use a victory right now.
Green Car Congress
MAY 27, 2015
If every home in the United States were to implement these energy-saving technologies, it would be the equivalent of taking all the homes in California, New York and Texas—32 million homes—off the power grid. —Mike Tinskey, global director of Vehicle Electrification and Infrastructure, Ford Motor Company.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 30, 2016
A key element of that partnership is a goal for North America to strive to achieve 50% clean power generation by 2025. As part of that effort, the leaders committed to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from light- and heavy-duty vehicles by aligning fuel efficiency and/or GHG emission standards out to 2025 and 2027, respectively.
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