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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. Energy Storing Efficient HVAC, $595,558.

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

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By creating high performance parts built with solid ion conductors—solids in which ions can be mobile and store energy—the IONICS program will focus on new ways to process and integrate these parts into devices with the goal of accelerating their commercial deployment. PolyPlus Battery Company. 3M Company.

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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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production of oil, which is stored in seeds and is convertible to. is one of the most energy dense forms of stored energy in. engineer sugarcane and sorghum to produce and store oil, a. for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost. Electric Vehicles, University of Delaware).

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

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What do car companies say about PHEVs? Environmental Effects and Benefits to top Wont all these cars require us to build even more power plants? Whats Vehicle-to-Grid and why would I like it? Whats the relationship between CalCars and after-market conversion companies? Were non-profit; theyre private companies.

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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. . and they could feed it back into the grid when there’s not enough.&#

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