Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2015

The Audi e-gas plant in the city of Werlte in Lower Saxony ( earlier post ) produces CO 2 neutral-fuel (synthetic methane from water, renewable electricity and CO 2 ); it now also contributes toward stabilizing the public power grid. This has resulted in the plant being accepted under the direction of grid operator Tennet TSO GmbH.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2018

The Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) issued a funding opportunity announcement ( DE-FOA-0001952 ) of up to $5 million for research and development of algorithms to modernize the electric grid. If successful, awardees will participate in Challenge 1 of ARPA-E’s Grid Optimization (GO) Competition , set to launch in fall 2018.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2009

The study found the environmental impacts of PHEVs in Alberta would depend on factors such as vehicle battery size, charging time and wind production levels. Of the installed capacity of just above 12,000 MW, approximately 49% (5,893 MW) is coal fired, 39% (4,686 MW) is gas-fired, 7% (869 MW) is hydro, and 4% (497 MW) is wind powered.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2014

EPIC is a multi-year, research investment program focused on electricity-related innovations, finding new energy solutions and bringing clean energy ideas to the marketplace. 1 million to use high-fidelity solar forecasting to predict load impacts on California’s electricity grid and reduce solar integration costs.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 1, 2024

It’s pretty clear Asimov had no idea how a system like the Converter would actually work, except in the most basic terms. Harnessing the power of the sun in space is certainly an enticing idea. Most of the story centers around Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics and the humans’ relationship with the robot. For example, U.K.-based

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2013

Researchers at MIT are proposing using a variation on pumped hydroelectric systems for storage of electricity produced by offshore wind farms. The key to this Ocean Renewable Energy Storage (ORES) system is the placement of 30-meter-diameter hollow concrete spheres on the seafloor under the wind turbines. Earlier post.).

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

But the materials could show up sooner in a wide array of practical applications, including wind power, energy storage, and nuclear magnetic-resonance machines. Replacing permanent magnets with superconducting windings can create a much stronger magnetic field, cutting the weight of generators in half and minimizing the need for rare earths.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 11, 2024

To Nick de Vries, chief technology officer at the solar-energy developer Silicon Ranch , a transformer is like an interstate on-ramp: It boosts the voltage of the electricity that his solar plants generate to match the voltage of grid transmission lines. Their very durability shoulders the grid. The company isnt alone in its quandary.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2013

In essence, the proposed system uses the motor as a grid-connected generator with extra terminals. The main idea is to introduce a multi-terminal device called motor/generator set to act like a motor in traction mode and like an isolated generator/transformer in charging mode.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2011

Since its first funding opportunity announcement in April 2009, the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy) has received scores of promising ideas for the next generation of energy technologies. However, ARPA-E can only fund a fraction of these promising ideas at the levels required.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

The Open FOA is expected to support transformational and disruptive high-impact energy R&D projects related to renewable power, bioenergy, transportation, conventional generation, the electrical grid, and building efficiency, among other technology areas. Building Efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2019

The research will develop a foundational framework for characterizing and monitoring LiB packs’ spatially and temporally distributed thermal behavior, building on a multi-disciplinary synthesis of ideas from first-principles modeling, machine learning, distributed estimation, and network systems.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 27, 2022

Unlike those you may have grown accustomed to seeing, many of these stations don’t just charge electric cars—they can also send power from vehicle batteries to the local utility grid for use by homes and businesses. Debates over the feasibility and value of such vehicle-to-grid technology go back decades. This is good for the grid.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2016

The simulations, reported in a paper in Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, suggest the potential effectiveness of an initiative by the environmental innovation company ENS Technology to use underground car parks as air purification sites, or “lungs of the city”. This grid covered an area of 5.1 Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2011

million to four industry and academic teams for additional research into ideas to reduce aircraft fuel consumption, emissions and noise in aircraft that could enter service between 2030 and 2035. The teams first studied the ideas from October 2008 to April 2010. The teams first studied the ideas from October 2008 to April 2010.

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EV Connect

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Yet it places unprecedented demand on our electrical grid. Department of Energy (DOE), the growing demand from plug-in electric vehicles and many other technologies that require electricity could increase the load on our power grids by up to 38% by 2050. What Is Vehicle-to-Grid Technology? home for a day. How Does V2G Work?

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 31, 2009

By “ utility interactive&# they mean what’s commonly called grid-tied solar. That’s a PV system that’s connected to the same electric grid you currently get your electricity from. You can add a battery back up system to your grid-tied solar system but most folks don’t choose to do so.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2019

The KCP winners, announced during a celebration at the Aspen Ideas Festival on Friday, 28 June, were chosen from almost 150 applications from all over the world. Solar Sister (Great Falls, Virginia) invests in women’s enterprises in off-grid communities in Africa. Clean Energy Works (Washington, D.C.)

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Creative Greenius

JULY 27, 2013

The off the grid house theatre for live performances – solar, passive solar, wind turbine, battery back up, tremendous insulation and energy conservation. The off the grid theatre – photo by Galliani (c). Passive solar addition topped by PV and wind turbine – photo by Galliani (c). photo by Galliani (c).

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Teslarati

JULY 13, 2021

These directives build upon the reforms passed this session to increase power generation capacity & ensure the reliability of the Texas power grid. The directives also included allocating “reliability costs to generation resources that cannot guarantee their own availability, such as wind and solar power.”

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 12, 2009

Last month, I completed my GRID Alternatives volunteer training in San Diego and this Monday and Tuesday I’ll be in El Cajon, California as one of the volunteers installing a solar PV system on a new Habitat for Humanity home. Using AB 811 To Finance Solar PV Installation : Finding the Green to Green the Grid, House By House.

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Teslarati

APRIL 1, 2021

As per a statement from the Monterey County’s planning chief to The Verge , Apple’s battery storage installation would comprise 85 Megapacks, Tesla’s flagship energy storage system that’s specifically designed for grid use. . The challenge with clean energy – solar and wind – is that it’s by definition intermittent.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2021

The company will assess credit and offset solutions in the coming years as the most efficient, equitable and inclusive ideas mature. The company is implementing plans today to reduce the impact associated with its supply chain while supporting grids and utilities to power electric vehicles with renewable energy.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Our readers wanted to know more about power beaming , new kinds of nuclear fusion, vertical solar farms, powerful ways to drill deeper into the Earths crust to harness geothermal energy, and grid hardware that connects renewable energy projects. After all, why shouldnt we try to stick solar panels where the sun always shines?

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Teslarati

JULY 5, 2021

Tesla Energy firmly argued against using coal and gas generators to support a proposed low-cost, reliable, secure, and zero-emissions grid in Australia. . First, Tesla is firmly against the idea of extending the life span of existing coal and gas generators. . Two main points were driven in the letter. Credit: Tesla Energy).

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 30, 2009

“The idea is for electric cars to take advantage of “off-peak&# hours of low energy demand late at night, when the lights are out and TVs are off, but power plants are still producing, explained Ed Kjaer, director of electric transportation at Edison.&#. Photo by Eric Tom). By Rebecca Kimitch, Staff Writer.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

The high reliability, low emission rates, low noise levels and dramatically reduced footprint make fuel cells a suitable choice for micro-grids within data centers. The novel concept of a “hydrogen-based” carbon-free data center utilizes hydrogen fuel cells, electrolyzers, storage, solar (photovoltaic) cells and wind turbines.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Another example of this effort is Honda’s Russells Point, Ohio, transmission plant, which is the first auto plant in America to utilize on-site wind power for a substantial portion of its energy use. Honda’s associates in the plant have contributed numerous ideas and solutions toward this end. million dollars. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Other awards included funding for renewable energy resources, industrial and building energy efficiency, a modernized electricity grid, cleaner fossil fuels, and the next generation of nuclear power. Overcoming cost and scale challenges is critical for small businesses to successfully bring their ideas to the marketplace, DOE notes.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2017

The rise of renewable solar and wind power is demanding sustainable storage technologies using components that are inexpensive, Earth-abundant and environmental friendly. In addition, material sustainability is also a critical factor when considering the total economic and environmental benefits for grid-scale energy storage applications.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 23, 2024

EMPs can destroy electronic systems and overload power grids, causing blackouts. Flying Kites Deliver Container-Size Power Generation Kitepower In remote or inaccessible locations, where a wind turbine just isnt feasible, there is a new option for renewable energy generation: Kites.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 18, 2023

The electrical grid also supports the efficient distribution of power and makes use of energy generated through renewable means like wind and solar. The intermittent nature of daylight and strong winds, however, is a stubborn problem. We cannot possibly build full-size prototypes to test all of our ideas. Eronen says. “It

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 6, 2006

Of course, he said, every effort must continue to move toward a zero-carbon economy, but we need to get our collective head around the idea that our carbon emissions have warmed up the earth, and it's going to get even warmer. Realistically, the only way we get renewable power into millions of cars is with grid electricity.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2014

Further key elements for bringing down production cost for methanol from CO 2 include the use of electricity from wind farms that cannot be evacuated to the grid or employing solar electricity generated in isolated, but sun-rich regions for hydrogen and methanol production.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 26, 2015

The idea of an electricity grid powered entirely by renewable energy may seem like a utopian dream, but one country has recently achieved it, albeit briefly. CHECK OUT: World''s First Entirely Renewable-Energy Place: Wind-Swept Scottish. Green Costa Rica clean energy energy infrastructure energy policy renewable energy'

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Some have a little piano keyboard while others have a grid of black and white buttons set roughly in the shape of a parallelogram. The idea was intriguing—but would it really work? Now I had several compelling ideas that seemed to work together. Accordions come in many shapes. I’m an experienced.

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Driivz

MAY 10, 2022

Part 1 of this two-part blog discusses the challenges facing electric utilities – both electricity generators and grid operators – with electric vehicle (EV) adoption coinciding with the electrification of buildings, heating, and industry. That is one way to balance the load on the grid. Leveraging EVs as grid assets.

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