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Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

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In a paper in Nature , they suggest that the use of such redox-active organic molecules instead of redox-active metals represents a new and promising direction for realizing massive electrical energy storage at greatly reduced cost. —Huskinson et al. Background.

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MIT researchers conclude fundamental changes in the US energy-innovation system are needed to meet challenges of climate change and energy supply

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The build-up of greenhouse bases in the atmosphere continues unabated, and its environmental and human costs are mounting. The energy/climate debate of rent years has been dominated by the idea that the price of fossil fuels must be raised to reflect the full cost of their use. Innovation should become that focus.

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A Driver-Centric Approach Is Essential to Broad Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Adoption

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That means millions of electricity storage units – the batteries – are available to the electric grid to serve peak demand, with the vehicles recharging during non-peak hours. The thinking goes like this: Most vehicles are stationary 95 percent of the time. The State of V2G Today. It’s a technology worth our attention.

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The Role of Power Utilities in Turning EVs into a Grid Asset – Part 2

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Offering residential and commercial customers managed smart EV charging services is certainly a way that utilities can capitalize on the EV revolution while protecting the grid. Getting owner buy-in to the idea is another obstacle; people buy EVs to use for transportation, not to serve as grid assets.

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The Essential Guide to EV Smart Charging and Smart Energy Management

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Smart EV Charging in Commercial and Industrial Buildings. Smart EV charging uses intelligence to manage when and how an electric vehicle plugged into a smart charger will receive power for charging based on the cost of electricity, its availability, and the needs of the driver. What EV Drivers Want from Smart Charging?

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Liquid Air Energy Network forms in UK; focus on transportation and energy storage

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LAEN, which was an outcome of the report, will serve as the global hub where new ideas are demonstrated and shared, and promote liquid air as a potential energy solution among researchers, technology developers, manufacturers, energy producers and consumers, and government. The costs of pre-clearance should be grant funded.