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

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Photo-illustration: Max-o-matic; photo source: M&N/Alamy Some operators of early direct-current power plants at the turn of the 20th century solved the problem of uneven power output from their generators by employing large banks of rechargeable lead-acid batteries, which served as a kind of buffer to balance the flow of electrons.

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The Business of Plugging In: Building the Full Ecosystem for a Successful Plug-in Vehicle Industry in the US

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Infrastructure, recharging and business models. As one example in the opening plenary panel session, Peter Darbee, Chairman and CEO of Pacific Gas & Electric Corporation described the opportunity and challenges from his utility’s point of view. The average peak electric demand for a house in San Francisco is 1.8

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GE and Berkeley Lab developing water-based high energy density flow battery for EVs

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This battery could be one-fourth the cost of current car batteries, and could nearly triple the distance electric vehicles could travel on a single charge. Discharge and re-charge of such flow batteries occur in electrochemical cells separated from energy storing tanks, which makes them safer. Click to enlarge.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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The projects selected are located in 25 states, with 50% of projects led by universities, 23% by small businesses, 12% by large businesses, 13% by national labs, and 2% by non-profits. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Development of a Dedicated, High-Value Biofuels Crop The University of Massachusetts, Amherst will develop an.

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Ford and Azure Dynamics introduce Transit Connect Electric passenger wagon

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Ford Motor Company and Azure Dynamics Corporation are introducing a passenger wagon version of the Ford Transit Connect Electric. The vehicle’s charge port is located above the passenger-side rear wheel well in the spot typically used for conventional re-fueling. Earlier post.).

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Burlington Hydro Takes Delivery of First EV in Commercial Fleet Application in Canada

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The demonstration project will entail a one-year study that will be conducted by the University of Waterloo with funding from Transport Canada. Charge time is 3.8 REV will also provide on-board smart-grid and wireless telemetry capabilities, integrated data management and charging infrastructure. to 5 hours at 240V.

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EADS demonstrating electric and hybrid aviation propulsion; innovative distributed propulsion series hybrid

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The batteries can be recharged in one hour, or they can be rapidly replaced by means of a quick-change system (available on the fully certified version). The embedded wake re-energizing fan is designed to capture the wake energy by re-accelerating the complex wake. By re-energizing the wake, the overall aircraft drag is reduced.

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