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How Smart Energy Management for EV Charging Is Connected to the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference

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We found ourselves thinking about how Smart Energy Management for EV charging is connected to the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference; Countries from around the world continue to focus on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as a key strategy for reducing the rate of global warming.

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China’s battery storage capacity growth likely to slow in 2024 – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Grid-connected battery farms back up renewables when the sun is not shining or the wind is not blowing and are considered important to help integrate clean energy into power grids. This is particularly important for China, which has minimal natural gas capacity, a more flexible power source than slow-ramping coal plants.

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China’s battery storage capacity growth likely to slow in 2024 – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Grid-connected battery farms back up renewables when the sun is not shining or the wind is not blowing and are considered important to help integrate clean energy into power grids. This is particularly important for China, which has minimal natural gas capacity, a more flexible power source than slow-ramping coal plants.

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IEEE’s Plan To Help Combat Climate Change

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Efforts include the work done by societies such as the IEEE Power & Energy Society , to which I belong; conferences such as the IEEE Sustainable Power and Energy Conference ; publications including IEEE Electrification ; and technical standards, like IEEE 1547 for connecting distributed energy resources to the grid.

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OnStar and Google demonstrate concept service for managing charging Chevrolet Volts with renewable energy

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According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), US electricity generation in 2010 was 70% fossil fuels (coal 44.9%, natural gas 23.8%); 20% nuclear; and 10% renewable, of which 6.2% EIA forecasts that the mix in 2035 will shift to include 39% coal; 27% natural gas; and 16% renewables. was conventional hydropower.

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Single-Chip Processors Have Reached Their Limits

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Nvidia delivered similar news at the GPU Technology Conference 2022 , where CEO Jensen Huang announced that the company will fuse two of the company’s new Grace CPU processors into a single “Superchip.”. Apple’s M1 Ultra could be considered the canary in the coal mine. These announcements target different markets.

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Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

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CRI is presenting at the 4 th Conference on CO 2 as Feedstock for Fuels, Chemistry and Polymers , being held at the end of September in Essen, Germany. Methanol can be produced from a range of renewable sources and fossil-fuel based feed-stocks; in practice methanol is mainly produced in coal-rich China from coal.

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