Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 13, 2020
Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy will work with Idaho National Laboratory to demonstrate a system that uses a nuclear plant’s steam and electricity to split water. —Richard Boardman, national technical lead for the DOE Light Water Reactor Sustainability Program’s Flexible Plant Operations and Generation Pathway. Earlier post.)
Cars That Think
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
There have been vigorous debates pro and con in the United States and elsewhere over whether electric grids can support EVs at scale. As in Palo Alto, it will likely be blown transformers or constantly flickering lights that signal there is an EV charging-load issue. The answer is a nuanced “perhaps.” million miles of power lines.
Green Car Congress
MAY 12, 2010
The demonstration, held at Cummins Power Generation facilities in Minneapolis, leveraged development supported by the US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). The testing replicated the ten-hour rest period that is part of the daily routine of a typical over-the-road truck.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 22, 2009
Laredo Bus Facility Solar Canopies: Provide shade structures with integrated, grid tied photovoltaic cells to be erected on the bus storage lot at the Laredo Bus Maintenance Facility. Includes replacement of lighting fixtures, control systems, and roof upgrades at selected facilities. Minneapolis-St.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 12, 2009
This scenario assumes that 100% of the study region’s vehicle fleet will be HEVs by 2050—half of which will be grid plug-in HEVs—but that the fleet will otherwise remain unchanged from 2000 in terms of its relative composition of different vehicle size classes. HEV Fleet Scenario (HEV). Smart-Growth Development Scenario 1 (SG1). Stone et al.
Cars That Think
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
A shadow mask between the electron beam and the phosphor grid narrowed the beam till it illuminated only the center of each dot, leaving the surrounding phosphor unlit to prevent color bleeding. It also improves contrast—the black surround prevents the reflection of ambient light and so sharpens picture detail. To probe further.
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