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The Business of Plugging In: Building the Full Ecosystem for a Successful Plug-in Vehicle Industry in the US

Green Car Congress

As one of the speakers put it to the attendees, the bulk of which came from Southeast Michigan, plug-in vehicles will a major career path for most of the people in the room. The impact from plug-in electric vehicles on the grid could be very substantial. One the issues for PG&E is the impact of peak demand on the grid.

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Detroit’s Inductive EV Charging Roads: Boon or Boondoggle?

The Truth About Cars

& The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) partnered with Electreon Wireless to complete the task as part of a five-year commitment to develop the electric road system (ERS) and expand it around the state. Early plans called for installation on Michigan’s most scenic roadways.

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

Creative Greenius

With the coming solar feed-in tariff legislation moving through Sacramento that will pay us for the extra solar energy we produce and feed back into the grid. First of all he’s already gone where I want to go by installing solar, back in 2007. Or waiting for do-nothing local governments to do the right thing.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

Green Car Congress

Planar Na-beta Batteries for Renewable Integration and Grid Applications. Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications. Water (1 project). ENERGY STORAGE.

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