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Hitachi and Demansys to demo CrystEna Energy Storage System for grid frequency regulation and capacity services

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The capacity services market is an auction through which grid operators secure a sufficient supply of capacity several years into the future from supply and demand-side resources. Throughout the US, numerous new entrants, including storage resources, are demonstrating their ability to provide frequency regulation and capacity services.

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Estes just offset nearly 100% of its energy needs with rooftop solar

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Estes has partnered with Dynamic Energy on the PV installations at the two terminals in Lakewood and Pine Brook, New Jersey. The freight industry is incredibly energy intensive,” explains Webb Estes, president and COO of the trucking company that shares his name. “The

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DOE awarding $7.4M to 7 projects for medium-and heavy-duty EV and hydrogen corridor infrastructure plans

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This project will launch an intensive strategic planning effort to spur the deployment of commercial medium- and heavy-duty (MHD) zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) infrastructure through the development of an East Coast Commercial ZEV Corridor along the I-95 freight corridor from Georgia to New Jersey. Cummins Inc.:

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California, 7 states and DC commit to faster transition to zero-emission trucks and buses; next step is formal agreement

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States joining with California on the effort to accelerate deployment of zero-emission trucks and buses are Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont. This new medium- and heavy-duty vehicle collaborative effort will also be implemented through the ZEV Task Force and facilitated by NESCAUM.

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Fusion Tech Finds Geothermal Energy Application

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That may sound like a stretch, but the concept was tested in a 1970s experiment in which Bell Labs built a 14 km waveguide transmission medium in northern New Jersey. Quaise intends to first target industrial customers with a need for steam at a guaranteed flow rate, temperature, and pressure.

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NEESC releases 2015 hydrogen & fuel cell development plans for eight Northeastern states; power generation and transportation

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Broadly, NEESC observes, demand for new electric capacity is expected to increase, due in part to the replacement of older, less efficient, base-load generation facilities. Fuel cell technology can help meet electric grid needs as a high efficiency, distributed generation asset that can be located directly at the customer’s site.

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The State of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Electrification

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Electric school buses equipped with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology also have tremendous potential as “batteries on wheels” that can store electricity and provide it to the grid or to buildings when needed. Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Washington, and Vermont are adopting the same rules.