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Tesla Virtual Power Plant is providing energy security to Australian homes

Teslarati

So let’s say that there’s a–like there was in Texas, there was a peak power demand, and the power demand, because the grid lacked the ability to buffer the power, they had to shut down power,” Musk explained. “There’s no power storage. No good point on power storage.

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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

Green Car Congress

The project will be implemented by a unique Texas not-for-profit corporation created to research, develop and implement smart grid clean energy systems. NSTAR Electric & Gas Corporation (MA). The 16 utility-scale energy storage projects (ranked by DOE funding) are: Utility-Scale Energy Storage Projects.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia. Are we going to burn more oil, natural gas, or (gasp) coal to produce it? and tap clean, renewable energy sources.

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