Grid, Miles, Neighborhood and Solar

The Net-Zero Neighborhood: Advanced Energy Storage and Highly Efficient Photovoltaics Take Transportation Off the Gasoline Grid and Residential Off the Electric Grid

Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2010

The NZN concept relies on high energy density storage systems incorporated into the local grid, as well as efficient photovoltaic generation. NZN can integrate with the centralized grid. Actually delivering commercially viable 500-mile batteries will require exascale computing—i.e., Source: Gil Weigand. Click to enlarge.

Neighborhood

Neighborhood Energy Storage Grid Transportation

Rivian to turn coal mine to solar energy center in Kentucky

Teslarati

JULY 26, 2023

Rivian plans to convert the Starfire Mine in Kentucky to a solar energy center. The conversion is estimated to be a $1 billion solar project. ” Rivian showroom to open in luxury Chicago neighborhood Once complete, the Starfire coal mine will be the BrightNight Starfire Renewable Energy Center.

Kentucky

Kentucky Coal Solar Energy

The EV Transition Explained: Can the Grid Cope?

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. The city has provided incentives for the purchase of both EVs and charging ports, the installation of heat-pump water heaters , and the installation of solar and battery-storage systems.

Grid

Grid United States Charging Gas-Electric

CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

It’s rare when consumer karma actually works out for any buyer of any product made today, but then again, your friendly neighborhood Greenius is not your usual consumer. Learning to install solar with GRID Alternatives in 2009. Learning to install solar with GRID Alternatives in 2009. Let me tell you about it.

General Motors

General Motors Motor Motors Motoring

GM and OnStar sign on as official Pecan Street partners; studying EV services and smart grid interaction

Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2012

s smart grid research project in Austin’s Mueller community, the Pecan Street Demonstration. When Austin closed the Mueller municipal airport in 1999, community leaders committed to redeveloping the site into a ground-breaking mix-used, sustainable urban neighborhood. Three miles from downtown. Attributes include: 700 acres.

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Grid GM Volt Austin

3 Things Utilities Can Do to Prepare the Power Grid for More Electric Cars

EV Connect

APRIL 17, 2023

Can the power grid actually handle that many electric cars? The capacity is there, but to truly handle this new surge in EV grid demand, it will take planning on the part of utility companies across the U.S. Department of Transportation, the typical American drives their car about 13,500 miles per year. grid produced in 2020.

Power Grid

Power Grid Grid Electric Cars Power

Skanska is about to transform a Brooklyn marine terminal into a major offshore wind hub

Baua Electric

APRIL 26, 2024

gigawatt (GW) Empire Wind project, which Equinor is currently developing 15 to 30 miles off New York. It will be the operational and maintenance hub for Empire Wind 1, and act as the point of interconnection to integrate power from Empire Wind 1 to New York’s electricity grid at the Gowanus Substation in Brooklyn.

Mariner

Mariner Wind New York Maintenance

5 Myths About EV Charging – Busted!

Driivz

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

If the power is generated using solar or wind power, then EV driving is emission free. Charge point operators increasingly use smart energy management to incorporate energy from onsite renewables, usually solar panels, into the power supplied to the chargers, further reducing carbon footprint.

Charging

Charging Fleet Grid Energy

A Comprehensive Guide to EV Charging Management Software Solution

Driivz

APRIL 3, 2024

This software facilitates installing new charging stations, managing charging sessions, regulating draw from the grid, handling different billing scenarios and processing payment for charging, and most importantly, ensuring a seamless user experience for EV drivers regardless of locale or currency.

Charging

Charging Grid DC Industrial

Greenius Goes All AB 811 Over Green Task Force

Creative Greenius

MAY 31, 2009

And so it was that I found myself in the Hermosa Beach City Council Chambers addressing the Green Task Force audience you cannot see in this photo as I presented my Finding The Green To Green The Grid House By House PowerPoint. County Solar Map. Each red dot contains information on that zip code's solar installations.

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Green Los Angeles Solar Climate Change

The View From Here Today

Creative Greenius

AUGUST 31, 2009

Since 1993 my wife and I have lived in Torrance California, just a half mile from the beautiful beach and the Pacific Ocean. What we’re not breathing is clean air, because the smoke from the La Canada-Flintridge fire, about 38 miles from here, is still making air quality hazardous and people in the L.A.

Climate Change

Climate Change Los Angeles Climate Water

Solar Mobile EV Charging Station along Highway can really help!

Setec Powerr

APRIL 26, 2022

Ultimately, the federal government will consider a particular corridor fully built out when it has at least four 150-kilowatt charging points every 50 miles. Solar mobile charging stations along highways make Long-Haul Journeys possible. The units can be configured to accept solar. After all, considering most U.S.

Solar

Solar Charging Grid Store

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.) At present, PHEV technology alone is equipped to improve the current electric grid. Distributed Solar and Wind with the PHEV. Appendix C: Intricacies of the Grid—transfer of power vs. energy. Conclusions. slow charge.

PHEV

PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy

Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

Creative Greenius

JUNE 11, 2009

We’ve now got some Mo going with: California solar loan financing that will eliminate the big up front cost of solar. 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.

Solar

Solar Energy Power Powered

An inside look at how utilities view EVs: expanding electricity sales without adding new customers

Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Since 2010, OUC, a municipally-owned public utility, has installed hundreds of public charging stations, some powered by solar arrays. If someone only spends $100 with me yearly to charge their vehicle at one of my high-speed chargers, I’m still probably going to see in the neighborhood of an additional $400 or $500 in home charging.

Sale

Sale Florida Fleet Grid

Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

And at the headquarters of Pacific Gas and Electric, utility executives are preparing “heat maps” of neighborhoods that they fear may overload the power grid in their exuberance for electric cars.&#. And local electrical grids may need reinforcement. February 15, 2010. Cities Prepare for Life With the Electric Car.

San Francisco

San Francisco Neighborhood Electric Electrical

Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

100K Mile Club Newsletter Vol. Deffeyes "The Party's Over", by Richard Heinberg "Power Down: Options and actions for a post-carbon world", by Richard Heinberg, 2004 "The Solar Economy", by Herman Scheer "Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Oil Shock", by Matt Simmons Return to top Copyright © 2005-2009 Plug In America.

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Plug-in America Plug EV1

Top 10 Reasons To Buy An E-Bike

Get Electric Vehicle

APRIL 13, 2021

The motor is powered by a battery that is recharged through the electrical grid, though a solar panel can be used as well. A bike ride allows you to get some fresh air, you can feel the sun on your face, fulfill your curiosity by exploring new ways, and discover beautiful and inspiring places in your neighborhood. One more #11.

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Buy Kits Re-Charge Exhaust

Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Also, besides giving you the ability to charge at night when most utility rates are lower, future vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology may allow you to sell some of your stored energy back to the utilities. For instance, they may have solar panels on their roof or could, via their utility, opt for energy from renewable sources.

Charging

Charging Batteries Battery 2009

EV Driven

The Net-Zero Neighborhood: Advanced Energy Storage and Highly Efficient Photovoltaics Take Transportation Off the Gasoline Grid and Residential Off the Electric Grid

Rivian to turn coal mine to solar energy center in Kentucky

The EV Transition Explained: Can the Grid Cope?

CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

GM and OnStar sign on as official Pecan Street partners; studying EV services and smart grid interaction

3 Things Utilities Can Do to Prepare the Power Grid for More Electric Cars

Skanska is about to transform a Brooklyn marine terminal into a major offshore wind hub

5 Myths About EV Charging – Busted!

A Comprehensive Guide to EV Charging Management Software Solution

Greenius Goes All AB 811 Over Green Task Force

The View From Here Today

Solar Mobile EV Charging Station along Highway can really help!

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

An inside look at how utilities view EVs: expanding electricity sales without adding new customers

Coming Soon – The Electric City

Plug In America - Links and Resources

Top 10 Reasons To Buy An E-Bike

Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

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