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SAE International releases updates for two major EV charging documents

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The updated electrical vehicle charging documents will play a major role in advancing automotive requirements for Distributed Energy Resources (DER) projects. We established a special working group to consider SAE Type V2G-AC interconnection issues and the use of SAE J3072, which documented recommendations and potential expansions.

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Tesla Megapack Installation at Giga Texas continues to take shape

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As per images of the installation, Tesla has so far installed 24 of the 68 Megapacks at the site. During a recent drone flyover, Roberts observed that even more Megapacks had been installed at the site’s battery storage area. 24 Megapacks installed, more work on the south end expansion and Model Ys shipping out!

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Tesla’s 200 MWh Megapack installation in Angleton, TX is ready for the next big freeze

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Tesla installed 81 Megapacks in Angleton totaling 200 MWh of energy. According to Tesla, the Megapack storage project will allow Angleton to participate in the energy storage market and support the Texas grid during outages. According to documents from Angleton, Tesla’s Gambit Energy Storage Park Project sits on 7.7

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ANSI releases for public comment draft roadmap of standards and codes for EVs at scale

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The EVSP working groups are currently on hiatus and will reconvene in May to address the comments submitted and finalize the document for publication by the end of June 2023. This might include, for example, comments on the document’s organization, or issues not addressed.

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CALSTART launches California light-duty EV charging infrastructure incentives project; $30M first wave

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CALSTART launched Communities in Charge , an incentives project funded by the California Energy Commission’s Clean Transportation Program, and supported in partnership with GRID Alternatives and Tetra Tech. To kick off the project, Communities in Charge is offering $30 million in incentives and began on 23 March 2023.

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Tesla Lathrop Megafactory spotted with record 446 Megapack batteries

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Trucks that seemed designed to transport the grid-scale batteries from the Megafactory were also spotted at the location. The Megapack, after all, could be purchased for as low as $1,227,090 for a 4-hour variant with no installation charges or as high as $2,081,060 for a 2-hour variant with installation charges. MWh of energy.

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US DOE releases Grid Energy Storage report

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) released its Grid Energy Storage report to the members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. of total electric production capacity) of grid storage, 95% of which is pumped storage hydro. Europe and Japan have notably higher fractions of grid storage. —“Grid Energy Storage”.