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Paired Power’s EV chargers let customers mix and match solar, storage and grid power

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The challenges involved in getting EV chargers hooked up to the grid are well-known to Charged readers. Various off-grid solutions are available, but the best approach may be a flexible one—using some combination of onsite generation, battery storage and grid power, according to what’s available and what’s needed for the application.

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Can a New Power Link Boost the EU’s Energy Independence?

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Organizers wanted to showcase how their small nation of nearly 11 million, on the western shore of the Caspian Sea , had evolved over its three decades of independence and was ready to play a role in the world s energy transition. But if they succeed, it will mark a bold feat of engineering to boost clean energy and fight climate.

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Tesla Energy celebrates one decade of sustainability

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Tesla Energy recently celebrated its 10th anniversary with a dedicated video showcasing several of its milestones over the past decade. Tesla Energy has gone far since its early days, and it is now becoming a progressively bigger part of the company. In the first quarter of 2025 alone, Tesla Energy deployed 10.4 kWh Powerwall 2.

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JB Straubel’s Redwood launches energy business focused on second-life EV batteries

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Redwood Materials, the battery recycling firm founded by Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, has launched a new venture called Redwood Energy. The business aims to repurpose used electric vehicle batteries into large-scale, low-cost energy storage systems. These vehicles represent hundreds of gigawatt-hours of storage potential.

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First Supercritical CO2 Circuit Breaker Debuts

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Such equipment is scattered widely throughout power grids as a way to stop the flow of electrical current in an emergency. Hundreds of thousands of circuit breakers dot power grids globally, and nearly all of the high voltage ones are insulated with SF 6. In Georgia Techs design, supercritical carbon dioxide quenches the arc.

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Get Ready for the Stellarator Showdown

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For decades, nuclear fusion the reaction that powers the sunhas been the ultimate energy dream. Containing that plasma long enough to generate usable energy has remained elusive. Proxima detailed its fully integrated stellarator power plant concept, called Stellaris, in the journal Fusion Engineering and Design. The downside?

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The Transformer Transformer

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Modern power grids cant run without transformers, which step voltages up and down for distribution from power plants to power stations and on to homes and businesses. Whats worse, the way we use the power grid is stressing transformers even more. Whats worse, the way we use the power grid is stressing transformers even more.