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Tesla Virtual Power Plant is providing energy security to Australian homes

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A few years ago, Tesla teamed up with the Government of South Australia and various energy authorities to build South Australia’s Virtual Power Plant. Today, the Tesla-powered VPP seems to be providing substantial energy security to Australian homes. “There’s no power storage.

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UK power crisis – entirely the fault of regulators and ministers

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Slashing gas storage facilities. No new nuclear power plants operational. Rush to implement Green Power. Solar also generates a good share of the power generated when the sun shines. Or in other words we are reliant on Putin to keep the light on and at his mercy on the cost of the gas. Outlawing fracking.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

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Thereby, we completely forego coal-based electricity and obtain our electrical energy from only renewable sources. Already existing highly efficient gas CHP systems additionally generate local heat and power at the factories. The measures are supported by efficient control of the electrical power supply.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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The projects selected are grouped into 10 areas: Energy Storage (6 projects). Renewable Power (4 projects). ENERGY STORAGE. Electronville: High-Amperage Energy Storage Device-Energy Storage for the Neighborhood. Low Cost, High Energy and Power Density, Nanotube-Enhanced Ultracapacitors. Water (1 project).

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

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I would say that electricity is a vastly superior fuel for the light vehicle fleet,” said Willett Kempton , a professor and alternative energy specialist at the University of Delaware. In effect, cars would be acting like tiny power stations. ’s power generation, he said. the biggest cuts anywhere in the world.

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