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Renault-Nissan Alliance installing 90 new charge spots for COP21 summit in Paris

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The charging stations, several of which will be donated by Schneider Electric, will refuel 200 EVs supplied by the Alliance that are serving as VIP shuttles for negotiators, delegates and media attending the conference. The quick and standard EV charging stations will use electricity with a small carbon footprint.

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Remembering IEEE Director Emeritus Theodore W. Hissey

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While at L&N, Hissey joined a number of technical and standards committees and helped establish IEEE conferences. He spent time in Brazil helping engineers there expand and stabilize the power grid. He worked there for 43 years, serving in a variety of engineering and management positions.

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How to Prevent Blackouts by Packetizing the Power Grid

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That need for balance is true of electric power grids, too. Spiking demand for electric heat collided with supply problems created by frozen natural-gas equipment and below-average wind-power production. Packetized energy management (PEM) allows the power grid to flexibly handle a varying supply of renewable energy.

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Cal Energy Commission awards $1.5M to Berkeley to advance open-source advanced smart charging technology; OpenVBOSS

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The project will be fully cognizant of past and current efforts to develop communication standards and protocols such as Open Automated Demand Response (OpenADR); Smart Energy Profile2.0 SEP2); Zigbee; Society of Automotive Engineers J1772; International Standards Organization 15118; etc.,

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Electric Vehicle Industry Associations – Joining Forces to Drive Adoption

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Common goals include speeding the development of industry standards , deployment of sufficient EV charging infrastructure and passing legislation favorable to the EV market – ranging from changes in the way utilities can price electricity to requiring that charge points need to be integrated into public building projects.

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

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It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. AC Propulsion’s president, Tom Gage, explains the company’s vehicle-to-grid technology at a 2001 conference in Seattle.

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Daimler partnering to transfer its latest generation of automotive fuel cell technology to stationary applications

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US data centers are projected to consume an estimated 140 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity per year by 2020, equivalent to the annual output of about 50 power plants, emitting nearly 100 million metric tons of carbon pollution per year, according to a study by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

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