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This Clock Made Power Grids Possible

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As more power stations adopted the clocks, the frequency regulation allowed them to share electricity and create an interconnected power grid. But by the 1950s, clocks with improved batteries and oscillating quartz crystal resonators began to replace consumer electric clocks that synchronized with the power grid.

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GM publishes “Blue Paper” on sustainable urban mobility; integrating input from Sustainable Urban Mobility events in Shanghai

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The Blue Paper is an important document that integrates the learnings from our forums and participation in Expo 2010, which have provided a compelling vision of the future of the automobile and urban communities.

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California ARB holding two workshops on developing measure to reduce emissions from TRUs

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Some companies use TRUs for extended cold storage during the four- to six-week period before major holidays and events. Carrier Transicold’s Vector 8100) that are plugged into the electric power grid while in use. TRUs and TRU gensets emit diesel PM, NO x , greenhouse gases and other pollutants.

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The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

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Jenkins has also helped push Congress to think more seriously about the power grid, releasing a report last year that showed that much of the 43 percent emissions reduction expected by 2030 would be squandered if the United States doesn’t double the pace of transmission upgrades. power-grid transmission.

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Berkeley Lab researchers develop Bchain protocol to make blockchain more robust

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This can apply to the integrity of raw data or the integrity of events such as a record of who viewed or modified the data. The Iroha team details the BChain connection in its development documents. A private blockchain represents a more suitable approach for tracking data integrity over time.

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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. Demonstrate that a DC-linked chargeport is more efficient than an AC-linked chargeport.

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SAE Hybrid Standards Committee: Works In Progress For 2009

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comprehensive overhaul of a decade-old standard, is designed to “determine the response of batteries to conditions or events which are beyond their normal operating range”, according to Kissel. The standard, which is based on a similar document developed by the US. Advanced Battery Consortium, has been under development for the past.

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