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California roadmap for grid-connected energy storage technology

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The California Independent System Operator (ISO), the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the California Energy Commission (CEC) unveiled a comprehensive roadmap to assess the current market environment and regulatory policies for connecting new energy storage technology to the state’s power grid. Weisenmiller.

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Sandia, national lab partners studying vulnerabilities of electric vehicle charging infrastructure

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These include, (1) EV connectors; (2) user terminals; (3) internet connections; (4) maintenance terminals from physical access or disassembly. We have been studying potential impacts to the power grid. Sandia has produced a best-practices document for the charging industry. Johnson et al. —Jay Johnson.

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This Clock Made Power Grids Possible

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Warren quietly revolutionized power transmission by installing an electric clock in the L Street generating station of Boston’s Edison Electric Illuminating Co. As more power stations adopted the clocks, the frequency regulation allowed them to share electricity and create an interconnected power grid.

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11 Intriguing Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2023

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A Sea-Monster-Proof Internet The initial segment of what will be the first underwater fiber-optic link to skirt the North Pole, connecting Japan and Europe, will light up in early 2023. The components are for startup NuScale , whose design promises to drastically reduce cost and installation time.

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Berkeley Lab researchers develop Bchain protocol to make blockchain more robust

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A blockchain is essentially a fault-tolerant, decentralized collection of records, or blocks, that are connected and secured by cryptography. The Iroha team details the BChain connection in its development documents. Each block contains a timestamp and a link to a previous block, which forms a chronological chain.

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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

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They put together documentation on how the minigrid worked, created a budget, and applied for a grant from the IEEE Foundation. “I Services include consulting on renewable energy projects, implementing smart metering and utility management systems, and installing solar-based systems at hotels, offices, and manufacturing plants. “To

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California Energy Commission awards more than $1.8M additional funding to further UCSD microgrid project; energy storage, EV charging and V2G services are components

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The objectives of the Renewable Energy Charging of Electric Vehicles are to: Document that electric vehicle (EV) emission levels below 130 gCO 2 e/mile can be achieved with renewable distributed energy resources as the charging source. MW of Solar PV installed, additional 2 MW planned. MW of fuel cells in operation.