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US DOE releases national clean hydrogen strategy and roadmap

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The document explores opportunities for clean hydrogen to contribute to national decarbonization goals across multiple sectors of the economy. Deployments of clean hydrogen to decarbonize industry, transportation, and the power grid can enable 10 MMT/year of demand by 2030, ~20 MMT/year of demand by 2040, and ~50 MMT in 2050.

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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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NIST releases final Smart Grid Framework 2.0

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The final version reflects input from a wide range of stakeholder groups, including representatives from trade associations, standards organizations, utilities and industries associated with the power grid. The document reflects the consensus-based process the SGIP uses to coordinate development of Smart Grid standards.

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California Energy Roadmap Targets Outlines Activities to Support Electrified Transportation; Sufficient Charging Stations to Support 1M Plug-ins by 2020

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Four California state agencies and the independent power grid operator have released a new plan and vision for California’s energy future in advance of the Air Resources Board consideration of a first-in-the-nation rule requiring that a third of California electricity come from renewable sources by 2020.

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Pilot project kicks off with 20 Audi A1 e-tron extended range electric vehicles in Munich

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This project will address a number of issues, ranging from the power grid itself to data transfer between drivers, vehicles, and electric fueling stations. The Ministry is providing the region with some &euro:10 million (US$14.2 million) for electric mobility. The Audi A1 e-tron is an electric car with a range extender.

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NREL releases interim test plan for evaluating vehicle-to-grid applications

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In exchange, some additional performance tests are included in the test plan to verify the V2G-capable vehicle’s continuous output power, efficiency and losses. Almost all the tests described in the document are for V2G modes only, the authors emphasized, not for modes in which the vehicle is charging its batteries from the grid.

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