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Duke Energy partnering with Ford in V2G pilot

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Duke Energy and Ford Motor Company are partnering on a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) pilot. In exchange, customers will allow their EVs to feed energy back to the grid, helping to balance it during peak demand. Stored energy drawn from the electric vehicles’ batteries will help balance the power grid during periods of highest energy demand.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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The new ARPA-E selections focus on accelerating innovations in clean technology while increasing US competitiveness in rare earth alternatives and breakthroughs in biofuels, thermal storage, grid controls, and solar power electronics. University of Florida, Gainesville. Florida, Tampa). University of Florida, Gainesville.

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

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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 Just like in 2023, solar power continues to dominate the scene, making up the largest share of new capacity. The post US power grid boosts capacity by 20.2

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

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Blue Frontier, LLC (Parkland, Florida). Grid-Edge Intelligent Distribution Automation System for Self-Healing Distribution Grids, $550,000. Grid-Edge Intelligent Distribution Automation System for Self-Healing Distribution Grids, $550,000. Energy Storing Efficient HVAC, $595,558. Honeywell (Plymouth, Minnesota).

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Torrance Enviro Commish - From Curious to CringeWorthy

Creative Greenius

She talked about the ability of a Torrance solar co-op to sell excess solar power back to the grid - even though that kind of feed in tariff doesn’t exist in Torrance and in fact exists in only one city in the United States - Gainsville Florida. She isn’t aware of current state laws on solar shading either.

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Driving Fairness Among EV Charging

Blink Charging

In order to keep EVs on the road, public charging stations will need to be economical, equitably distributed, appealing to use, and wired to a robust power grid. With the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Federal government has committed $7.5 Billion to EV charging equipment. Who Owns the Infrastructure. Legislation.

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Smokey the AI

Cars That Think

And it means that, using state-of-the-art as well as traditional monitoring tools, major utilities are now capturing more than a million images of their grid infrastructure and the environment around it every year. AI and machine learning have begun to be deployed to detect faults and breakages in power lines. Now for the bad news.

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