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Honda begins operation of stationary fuel cell power station on Torrance campus

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The Torrance fuel cell station also serves as a proof of concept for future commercialization of the power generation unit. We believe there’s great promise in hydrogen fuel cells for backup power and offsetting potential peak power events. The company has been developing hydrogen technologies and fuel cell vehicles for more than 30 years.

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

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Concept of the service and mobile app for renewable charging. The technology is enabled as OnStar receives a signal from PJM Interconnection that shows the percentage of available renewable energy on the grid. Renewables in the US grid. Click to enlarge. was conventional hydropower. Time-of-Use (TOU) rates.

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Columbus, Ohio wins $40M DOT Smart City Challenge; $10M more from Vulcan, $90M from private partners

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The seven finalist cities that were announced at South by Southwest (SXSW) in March—Austin, Columbus, Denver, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, Portland, and San Francisco—all presented innovative concepts, proposing to create new first-of-a-kind corridors for autonomous vehicles to move city residents, to electrify city fleets, and to collectively (..)

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International Battery Large-Format Li-ion Cells Chosen by SC Electric for First Community Energy Storage System

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Community Energy Storage is a concept for distributed energy storage initiated by AEP. The intent is to provide the utility and its customers benefits, including load leveling, back-up power, support for plug-in electric car deployment as well as grid regulation and improved distribution line efficiencies.

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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e-Mosaic: Electrification Mosaic Platform for Grid- Informed Smart Charging Management. Utility Managed Smart Charging for Consumer and Grid Benefits. New Two-Cylinder Prototype Demonstration and Concept Design of a Next Generation Class 3-6 Opposed Piston Engine. Clean Fuels Ohio. Dream Team Co LLC. Exelon Corporation.

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GE to Demonstrate First Silicon-Carbide Solid-State Primary Power Distribution Technology Use under USAF Contract

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The contracting office is Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Air Force Research Laboratories in Ohio. Solid-state switching is critical to the Smart-Grid concept of intelligent power management, control and protection.

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The Relay That Changed the Power Industry

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Advances in power electronics Power system faults can happen when a tree or vehicle hits a power line, a grid operator makes a mistake, or equipment fails. A protection scheme should quickly isolate the fault from the rest of the grid, thus limiting damage on the spot and preventing the fault from spreading to the rest of the system.

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