Electrical, Gas-Electric, Power Grid and Texas

Tesla Electric partners with SunRun to bolster Texas grid

Baua Electric

AUGUST 8, 2024

Tesla customers will soon use home energy-storage systems to support the Texas power grid. Enrollment is open to SunRun customers who have that company’s solar panels connected to Tesla Powerwall batteries , and who have chosen Tesla Electric as their electricity provider.

Grid

Grid Texas F-150 Tesla

Tesla’s solar neighborhood in Austin could help TX learn if renewables are viable

Teslarati

JULY 13, 2021

Last week, Elon Musk announced Tesla’s first involvement in a major housing development project in Austin, Texas. Tesla Energy takes a stand against coal and gas generators in Australia. Today I'm directing the @PUCTX to take immediate action to improve electric reliability across the state. and Darca on the project.

Neighborhood

Neighborhood Austin Solar Renewable

ARPA-E awarding $9.4M to 4 projects focused on removing sulfur hexafluoride from US grid

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2021

million to develop technology focused on removing sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6 )from the US power grid. SF 6 has been the standard gas used inside high voltage electrical equipment as an insulating and arc-quenching medium. and Toshiba International Corporation in Houston, Texas. GE Grid Solutions.

Grid

Grid Connecticut Georgia Gas-Electric

DOE ROD for coal-based Texas Clean Energy Project sets in motion $450M of federal funding

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The ROD and cooperative agreement between DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy (FE) and Summit Texas Clean Energy, LLC (STCE) sets in motion continued federal cost-shared funding for the Summit Texas Clean Energy Project, to be built just west of Midland-Odessa, Texas. About 200 megawatts of electricity will be put on the power grid.

Coal

Coal Texas Cleaning Clean

H2FUTURE building world’s largest green hydrogen pilot plant; targeting the steel industry

Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2018

The European H2FUTURE project consortium, comprising voestalpine, Siemens, VERBUND, and Austrian Power Grid, together with the research partners K1-MET and ECN, officially gave the green light to the construction of a 6 MW “green” hydrogen pilot production plant—the world’s largest—at a voestalpine Linz steel plant.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Industry Industrial Green

The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

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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Cleaning Clean Energy Emissions

EmberClear completes technical feasibility study for a natural gas to liquids project in Natchez, MS

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

has completed the technical feasibility study for a natural gas to liquids project in Natchez, Mississippi. The site is served by American Midstream’s Midla pipeline system that intersects three interstate gas pipelines. EmberClear an source gas from Texas and Louisiana, as well as parts of Oklahoma. EmberClear Corp.

Gas

Gas Mississippi Pennsylvania Oklahoma

Morris Tanenbaum, Inventor of the Silicon Microchip, Dies at 94

Cars That Think

MAY 12, 2023

Tanenbaum later developed the first gas-diffused silicon transistor, which could amplify and switch signals above 100 megahertz at a switching speed 10 times that of previous silicon transistors. Today solar is the third largest renewable-electricity sector behind hydropower and wind.

Solar

Solar Missouri Universal Pennsylvania

How to Prevent Blackouts by Packetizing the Power Grid

Cars That Think

JANUARY 29, 2022

That need for balance is true of electric power grids, too. We got a heartrending reminder of this fact in February 2021, when Texas experienced an. Spiking demand for electric heat collided with supply problems created by frozen natural-gas equipment and below-average wind-power production.

Power Grid

Power Grid Grid Powered Power

US power grid boosts capacity by 20.2 GW in the first half of 2024

Baua Electric

AUGUST 19, 2024

Photo by Kelly on Pexels.com In the first half of 2024, the US power grid got a major boost, with developers and power plant owners adding a hefty 20.2 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale electric generating capacity. Texas and Florida were at the forefront, contributing 38% of the US solar additions.

Power Grid

Power Grid Grid Power Powered

AEP Signs on as Corporate Sponsor of Pickens’ Energy Plan

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

American Electric Power has signed on as a corporate sponsor of The Pickens Plan, proposed by oil and gas industry veteran T. Without mechanisms to support faster deployment of a very efficient interstate transmission system, we won't be able to achieve renewable electricity generation at 20 to 30 percent levels.

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Corporation Energy West Virginia Virginia

PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

The Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle with Long Electric Range (PHEVLER - pronounced “fevler”) is a new category emerging in the electric vehicle marketplace. PHEVLERs are defined as PHEVs with sufficient battery capacity for all electric driving of twice the average daily distance. [ and UC-Davis Emeritus and Bruce R.

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Cleaning Clean Future Green

DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2021

Hot Shot Coanda-Stabilized Free Stream Gas Atomization (Hot CoSA) of Powders of Refractory Multi-Principle Element Alloys (RMPEA) for Extreme Environments, $250,000. Enhancement of PyARC for Westinghouse Electric Company’s Lead Fast Reactor design and modeling, $450,000. Westinghouse Electric Company (Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania).

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Commercial Energy Albuquerque New York

When (and How) Should You Use a DC EV Charger?

EV Connect

JANUARY 8, 2024

Should you use one of them to charge your Electric Vehicle (EV)? The Difference Between AC and DC Current Electrical current comes in two forms: alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC). The Difference Between AC and DC Current Electrical current comes in two forms: alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC).

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DC Alternative Fuels South Dakota Plug-in

ExxonMobil and Princeton select five energy research projects; including batteries and solar

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

It will explore low-energy plasmas’ effectiveness in enhancing or controlling energy-related chemical processes, such as converting natural gas to larger molecules for producing liquid fuels or chemical feedstocks. Plasma Physics: The project will take advantage of Princeton’s world-leading facilities for studying plasma physics.

Energy

Energy Solar Battery Batteries

Electrifying School Buses

Noodoe

JANUARY 7, 2022

Electric School Buses in the US are a hot conversation. To get a real view of what it’s all about, it’s worthwhile to take a look at why schools are starting to go electric, how an electric bus fleet actually operates, and who’s manufacturing electric school buses. Benefits of electric over diesel. Operation Cost.

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Fleet DC Grid Charging

GE Aviation signs 10-year supply agreement for biomass FT jet fuel for engine testing; baseline of 500,000 gallons per year

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

The fuel will be produced at the D’Arcinoff Group Energy Program facility, which will integrate synthetic fuel, power generation and distribution. The facility, to be located in Hudspeth County, Texas, is expected to be operational by early 2016. Excess electricity produced may be sold into the commercial power grid.

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Engine Fuel Alternative Fuels Supplies

Will We Achieve Net-Zero Emissions By 2035? A National Clean Electricity Standard Could Be Key

EV Match

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Ironically, Governor Abbott targeted renewable energy just as The New York Times was writing that Texas’ grid trouble is a sign of disruption to come as climate change induces more and more extreme weather events. Frozen natural gas pipes in Texas. Credit: The Texas Tribune. The Push to Decarbonize by 2035.

Cleaning

Cleaning Clean Standards Emissions

EV Driven

Tesla Electric partners with SunRun to bolster Texas grid

Tesla’s solar neighborhood in Austin could help TX learn if renewables are viable

ARPA-E awarding $9.4M to 4 projects focused on removing sulfur hexafluoride from US grid

DOE ROD for coal-based Texas Clean Energy Project sets in motion $450M of federal funding

H2FUTURE building world’s largest green hydrogen pilot plant; targeting the steel industry

The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

EmberClear completes technical feasibility study for a natural gas to liquids project in Natchez, MS

Morris Tanenbaum, Inventor of the Silicon Microchip, Dies at 94

How to Prevent Blackouts by Packetizing the Power Grid

US power grid boosts capacity by 20.2 GW in the first half of 2024

AEP Signs on as Corporate Sponsor of Pickens’ Energy Plan

PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

When (and How) Should You Use a DC EV Charger?

ExxonMobil and Princeton select five energy research projects; including batteries and solar

Electrifying School Buses

GE Aviation signs 10-year supply agreement for biomass FT jet fuel for engine testing; baseline of 500,000 gallons per year

Will We Achieve Net-Zero Emissions By 2035? A National Clean Electricity Standard Could Be Key

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