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Supreme Court curbs EPA authority to regulate CO2 from power plants

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The opinion holds that Congress did not grant EPA in Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act the authority to devise emissions caps based on generation shifting—i.e., Given these circumstances, there is every reason to “hesitate before concluding that Congress” meant to confer on EPA the authority it claims under Section 111(d).

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GM and OnStar launching real-world smart grid pilot with ATOMS-based services

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General Motors and OnStar are launching a real-world pilot of smart grid applications for electric vehicles. Through OnStar’s ATOMS infrastructure and partners’ solutions, utilities will be able to implement two Smart Grid services in the pilot: Data Gathering.

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OnStar showing Smart Energy Management Solutions for EVs and utilities

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OnStar will demonstrate a set of smart energy management technologies designed to help electric vehicle customers and utilities plan better and save money at DistribuTECH , a smart grid conference and exposition being held in San Diego 1-3 February. A Chevrolet Volt will be used in the demonstrations. Time-of-Use (TOU) rates.

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Inventor of AT&T’s Datakit, the First Virtual Connection Switch, Dies at 85

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After three years, he moved to the United States to work for AT&T Bell Labs in Holmdel, N.J. He was granted 107 patents in Korea and 46 U.S. In 1969 he was tasked with helping to build transmission lines in Bangladesh that connected the country’s eastern and western electrical grids. in EE in 1990 from Stanford.

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IEEE Power & Energy Society President Dies at 69

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Williams was granted 27 U.S. In 2006 he became a distinguished lecturer and spoke about his work in Asia, Europe, and the United States. An expert in power electronic converters, electrical machines, and novel grid components, he spent almost his entire career in academia, conducting research in power electronics.

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Recharge IT

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Google.org to to Accelerate Plug-In Hybrid and Vehicle-to-Grid Technology Google.org , the philanthropic arm of Google Inc. At today’s event, Google teamed with PG&E to demonstrate the bi-directional flow of electricity between plug-ins and the electric grid. In addition, Google Inc.

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This Fusion Reactor Is Held Together With Tape

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Gretchen Ertl/CFS/MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Dennis Whyte [left], the director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, and Commonwealth Fusion Systems’ CEO, Bob Mumgaard, confer in CFS’s test hall, where the startup built and tested its first magnet.

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