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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The company’s president, Tom Gage , dubbed the system “vehicle to grid” or V2G.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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To date, the TCF has funded more than 380 projects by unlocking more than $170 million in funding from more than 300 private sector partners, including automotive manufacturers, energy storage companies, utilities, bioenergy companies, solar providers, and aerospace companies. Wilmington, Delaware). Buffalo, New York).

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ARPA-E awards $37M for IONICS projects; improving solid-state batteries and fuel cells

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PolyPlus Battery Company. If successful, commercial availability of this Li-metal/glass electrode will allow for highly energy-dense rechargeable batteries of over 1000 watt-hours per liter and 400 watt-hours per kilogram. grid, transforming domestic energy production. 3M Company. University of Delaware.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost. Electric Vehicles, University of Delaware). Content QM Power and its partners will develop a new type of electric. motor with the potential to efficiently power future. with the potential to efficiently power a next generation class.

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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. Battery recharging would typically take two to four hours, he said. . So how do energy companies cope with such upheaval? but not all of it.

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