article thumbnail

$112.5M awarded to research consortia studying effects of Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Gulf of Mexico

Green Car Congress

Member Institutions: The Johns Hopkins University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Minnesota, SINTEF Norway, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Research Applied Technology Education Services (Rates)/Coastal Oil Spill Simulation System (COSS). Project Title: Deep-C: Deepsea to Coast Connectivity in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico.

Mexico 225
article thumbnail

This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

Cars That Think

Their initial idea was that garaged vehicles would have a two-way computer-controlled connection to the electric grid, which could receive power from the vehicle as well as provide power to it. In the United States in 2011, the University of Delaware and the New Jersey–based utility NRG Energy signed a. Kempton and Letendre’s.

Grid 85