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Here’s All the Science Hitching a Ride on Artemis-1

Cars That Think

From radiation phantoms to solar sails to algae to a lunar surface payload, Artemis 1 has a lot going on. The CubeSats are tucked snugly into berths inside the Orion Stage Adapter , which is the bit that connects the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage to the ESA service module and Orion.

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Smart Grids, Electric Vehicles: A Financial Win-Win for All -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Individuals and businesses lose months and connect fees when they add solar and other forms of renewable energy to the grid. Smart Grid City will easily support up to 1,000 easily dispatched distributed generation technologies including PHEVs, distributed batteries, solar and wind.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Solar, Wind and Biofuels Grew 53 Percent in 2008 Green Education = Environmental Religion? Individuals and businesses lose months and connect fees when they add solar and other forms of renewable energy to the grid. Shai Agassi predicts that Israel will have over 100,000 electric vehicles in use by 2010.

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Hawaii opts for EVs and renewable energy

Revenge of the Electric Car

Geothermal is particularly attractive since it’s a “forever&# renewable power source much like wind and solar - but without the intermittency of those clean energy sources. Users of his recharging network would subscribe to the service, paying for access and for the miles they drive. of Palo Alto, Calif.,

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

A key thing, he said, will be to recharge the batteries at an acceptable time for the electricity grid — to “make sure people aren’t charging at the very peak, peak time,” like late afternoon when the electricity grid is already weighted down by demands like air conditioning. While utilities such as E.ON but not all of it.

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