The US now has an actual plan to connect clean energy to the grid
Electrek
APRIL 17, 2024
The US Department of Energy has just released its first-ever roadmap to speed up the connection of more clean energy to the grid.
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Innovation News Network
MARCH 20, 2024
Department of Energy has unveiled a strategic initiative aimed at bolstering the nation's electrical grid with clean energy. The post DOE invests $44m to enhance US electrical grid with clean energy technologies appeared first on Innovation News Network.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 6, 2023
The US Department of Energy (DOE) released the US National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap , a framework for accelerating the production, processing, delivery, storage, and use of clean hydrogen. Source: DOE. It also complements the massive $9.5-billion It also complements the massive $9.5-billion
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 24, 2022
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $40 million in funding to advance the development and deployment of clean hydrogen technologies. This North American consortium will address cross-border grid dependencies and electrical interconnections throughout region. DE-FOA-0002792 ).
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 1, 2020
IPG’s project will demonstrate the role of Flameless Ceramic Turbine technology in bringing EV charging to high-use and remote locations through clean, cheap, grid-independent power generation. Grid access and capacity issues, as well as the infeasibility of on-site solar and wind, is a barrier for EV charging in many locations.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 19, 2022
Revel, NineDot Energy and Fermata Energy announced that the first Vehicle to Grid (V2G) program connected to NYC’s grid is now live at Revel’s Red Hook, Brooklyn warehouse. The three bidirectional chargers can export approximately 45kW back to the grid. Revel, Fermata Energy and NineDot Energy V2G program in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
Electrek
OCTOBER 16, 2023
A first-of-its-kind study from the IEA finds that the world must improve or expand the equivalent of the entire existing global electricity grid in order to make the clean energy transition. more… The post This is what the electricity grids need now to support clean energy appeared first on Electrek.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 4, 2023
New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a $12-million initiative to support the development and demonstration of innovative, replicable solutions that advance electric vehicle adoption and the integration of electric vehicles with the electric grid. ( on 12 September 2023.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
The US Department of Energy (DOE) released draft guidance for a Clean Hydrogen Production Standard (CHPS), developed to meet the requirements of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), Section 40315. grid mix and ensuring that upstream methane emissions do not exceed 1%. renewables, nuclear), and certain biomass-based systems (e.g.,
CleanTechnica EVs
MARCH 24, 2024
continued] The post ACT Now: How the Advanced Clean Trucks Rule Will Impact The Electric Grid & Fleets appeared first on CleanTechnica. This travel emits more than 400 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent — 23 percent of the US transportation sector’s carbon footprint.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 14, 2021
An electric school bus in Beverly, Massachusetts, successfully delivered power back to the electricity grid for more than 50 hours over the course of the summer using vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology. Image source: Thomas Built Buses.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 22, 2021
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has established the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, a new DOE office that will support clean energy technology demonstration?projects projects in areas including clean hydrogen, carbon capture, grid-scale energy storage, small modular reactors, and more.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 1, 2023
An extension allows the state to rely less on natural gas and more on clean resources for the electricity grid. The determination comes as California is experiencing a substantial shift in conditions affecting the electric grid, which is transitioning to the state’s clean energy future, while confronting the impacts of climate change.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 11, 2022
million loan guarantee to the Advanced Clean Energy Storage project in Delta, Utah (ACES Delta)—marking the first loan guarantee for a new clean energy technology project from DOE’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) since 2014. Rendering of Advanced Clean Energy Storage salt cavern.
Green Car Congress
MAY 10, 2023
million to 10 industry-led projects to advance nuclear technologies, including two aimed at expanding clean hydrogen production with nuclear energy. While hydrogen generation creates additional flex-operating opportunities for nuclear plants, it also creates additional considerations for grid-interconnects and hydrogen end-users.
The Driven EV News
MARCH 26, 2024
Despite the scaremongering and fear tactics that commonly seek to question and undermine the “clean” credentials of electric vehicles, new research has again demonstrated that EVs continue to have lower… The post EVs are clearly less polluting than petrol cars, even when their grids are dirty appeared first on The Driven.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
launched Texas’ first grid-tied vehicle-to-grid (V2G) testing center at its lab in Austin, turning electric vehicles into a dispatchable load shaving tool for the municipally-owned electric utility, Austin Energy. V2G technologies allow us to unlock the potential of EVs for cleaner transit and a cleaner grid.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 1, 2023
The US Department of Energy (DOE) released its 2023 Critical Materials Assessment (2023 CMA), which evaluated materials for their criticality to global clean energy technology supply chains. The Assessment focuses on key materials with high risk of supply disruption that are integral to clean energy technologies.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 11, 2021
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has begun work on the Grid Storage Launchpad (GSL), a $75-million facility located at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington that will boost clean energy adaptation and accelerate the development and deployment of long-duration, low-cost grid energy storage.
Electrek
JULY 23, 2021
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Here are 3 ways clean energy is boosting grid resilience right now in the face of extreme weather. more… The post EGEB: 3 ways clean energy is making US grids more resilient right now appeared first on Electrek. Massachusetts announces $1.6
Green Car Congress
MARCH 16, 2021
The 178-page report finds that the goals of SB 100 can be achieved in different ways, but reaching them will require significant investments in new and existing technologies and an increased, sustained build-out of clean energy projects to bring new resources on-line. Additional Multiagency Actions.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 26, 2023
Raven SR, a renewable fuels company ( earlier post ), and Cap Clean Energy, a clean energy development company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to co-develop biofuels facilities in Canada to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (RD) for the heavy duty transport sector.
Green Car Congress
MAY 23, 2023
The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award nearly $42 million in funding for 22 projects to advance critical technologies for producing, storing, and deploying clean hydrogen. They will support DOE’s H2@Scale initiative, which aims to augment the affordable production, transport, storage, and utilization of clean hydrogen.
CleanTechnica EVs
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
continued] The post SAE Adopts New Standards For Vehicle-To-Grid appeared first on CleanTechnica. There is a delightful fantasy out there that says the batteries in all the electric cars in the world could.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 13, 2021
Bus manufacturer Solaris has joined the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance , an initiative led by the European Commission. The European Clean Hydrogen Alliance is one of the many measures being taken by the European Union to bolster its position as a world leader in the production and deployment of hydrogen in industry and the energy grid.
Green Car Congress
MAY 6, 2021
EPIC is California’s premier clean energy research and development program. Grid resiliency is a focus for EPIC investments. Generally, resiliency refers to efforts to minimize negative impacts to the grid caused by climate, environmental, and other types of threats. billion in private investment raised by awardees.
Cars That Think
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
The deficit is driving up electricity prices, reducing grid reliability, and hobbling renewable energy deployment. grids demands public scrutiny and accountability. The United States is not building enough transmission lines to connect regional power networks. Their grip over the backbone of U.S.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 20, 2021
billion investment plan that will increase access to clean vehicles and clean mobility options through a wide variety of projects that support the transformation of California’s vehicle and equipment fleet to zero-emission. Funded projects include: $525 million for clean car rebates through the statewide Clean Vehicle Rebate Project.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 1, 2020
With battery storage able to provide a unique role in balancing a renewable electricity grid, Toby Gill, CEO of Intelligent Power Generation, asks could innovations in green hydrogen and biofuel technologies contribute to a more optimized and economical energy mix? Our grid is changing, and so must the way we operate it.
CleanTechnica EVs
MARCH 17, 2024
(NASDAQ: ITRI), which is innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water, and The Mobility House, a leader in the battery charging and clean energy space, unveiled.
CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 30, 2023
Yotta Energies, a clean energy startup based out of Austin, Texas, has been making waves in the solar field since its founding in 2017. Its newest product, which was launched in September of 2022, is seeking to provide off-grid charging for electric vehicles across the US. This product, the Yotta REV, is a deployable EV […]
Green Car Reports
JULY 22, 2021
A new study confirms that, even when charged from the dirtiest electricity grids, electric cars are still cleaner than internal combustion engines over their lifecycles.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 1, 2022
The technologies will initially support transitioning of existing fossil assets to low carbon energy systems, with the long-term potential to support a fully decarbonized electricity grid by 2035. Hydrogen Storage for Load-Following and Clean Power: Duct-firing of Hydrogen to Improve the Capacity Factor of NGCC.
Teslarati
NOVEMBER 24, 2023
The 100MW/200MWh Chinchilla battery in Queensland, Australia, has been registered and connected to the grid. As per local reports, CS Energy is looking to develop a clean energy hub around Kogan Creek, so the Tesla Megapack farm could be considered part of the state-owned generator’s initiatives in the area.
Green Energy Consumers
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
We are seeing an unprecedented number of opportunities for citizens in the Commonwealth to speak out on a wide range of issues – grid modernization, strengthening the Clean Energy Standard, establishing a Clean Heat Standard, and energy policy in general. We encourage you to comment on topics that interest you.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 16, 2020
HOMER Energy by UL, a global developer of energy modeling software, announced that HOMER Grid , software for designing grid-tied distributed energy projects, can now model how hybrid systems power electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. HOMER Grid software addresses two types of charging scenarios when it simulates energy systems.
CleanTechnica EVs
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Million EVs To The Grid Last Year, & Electricity Use Went Down appeared first on CleanTechnica. 2023 set another record for EV sales in the United States. million vehicles, or 7.6% of all sales, [continued] The post The US Added 1.2
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
The collaboration aims to power EVs in California with clean energy, and generate cleaner air in the state by leveraging the latest biodigester technology to create renewable energy by capturing methane from manure to feed back into the power grid. —Adam Langton, energy services manager, connected eMobility, BMW of North America.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 13, 2020
It offers a view of the energy structures of the future, which will integrate systems to maximize energy use, generator profitability and grid reliability all while minimizing carbon emissions. This is a game-changer for both nuclear energy and carbon-free hydrogen production for numerous industries.
Green Energy Consumers
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
As more and more people switch from gas-powered cars to electric vehicles (EVs), we hear a lot of questions along the lines of “can the grid handle it?” will we have enough clean energy resources to supply all the kilowatt-hours of electricity those EVs will need?), Sometimes that question is about supply and emissions (i.e.
Baua Electric
MARCH 27, 2024
India recently achieved a significant milestone in its journey towards clean energy with the commissioning of a 40 MW/120 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Chhattisgarh. However, beyond celebrating this achievement lies a broader recognition of the crucial role batteries play in driving clean energy transitions worldwide.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Maintaining grid reliability amid increasing renewable energy penetration involves fundamental changes to power system operation and the resources leveraged to provide grid services. This consortium brings together leading experts to research how to enable inverter-based resources to help shape a reliable grid for today and tomorrow.
CleanTechnica EVs
JUNE 20, 2023
Part 1 of this series outlined the total increase in grid capacity needed for a 100% electrified light duty vehicle (LDV) fleet in the US by 2040. It showed that with no additional technology, the required grid capacity increase is on the low end of historic grid growth. This part will cover a set of […]
Electrek
JANUARY 13, 2022
The Department of Energy (DOE) yesterday launched the Better Grid Initiative to develop new and upgraded high-capacity electric transmission lines, which is great news for electric vehicles, charging infrastructure rollout, and clean energy in the US.
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