Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2011

This system, which is being partially funded by the EU, connects the French and Spanish grids between Baixas and Santa Llogaia. At present the two countries’ grids are linked only by low-capacity lines. Power grids will have to be substantially upgraded throughout Europe before more renewable energy can be used, Siemens says.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2009

The US Department of Energy delivered more than $47 million in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for eight projects to further smart grid demonstration projects in seven states. The $47 million in new Recovery Act awards will support existing projects that are advancing demonstration-scale smart grid technologies.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

Relevant plug-in vehicles that drive customer demand and are connected; Enabling technologies like advanced batteries and sophisticated software controls; A capable/green grid; and, Plug-in ready communities with supporting policies. Mark Duvall of EPRI said the grid would be able to handle “ as many [plug-ins] as you want. ”

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2012

The charging stations will be operated with intelligent IBM software that optimizes the usage of generated power by renewable energies. and San Francisco); the UK (London); and China (Shenzhen). Initially the electric cars provided by Hertz will be charged using decentralized generation of electricity on the IBM campus.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

BMW i3, BMW i8 and iPerformance owners in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area who are Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) customers are invited to apply for participation in a 24-month program focused on managed EV and PHEV charging. Earlier post.) BMW was the first to showcase this technology in a real-world application.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

The California Energy Commission’s (CEC) Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (ARFVTP) approved four regional planning grants to prepare for electric vehicles. Cities taking part include San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, and Berkeley, along with Marin County.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2017

Specifically, the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)—explicitly not a contract or a treaty—expands cooperation on the advancement of low-carbon, renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies such as zero-emission vehicles, energy storage, grid modernization and low-carbon urban development.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2022

Construction of the facility is underway and will be fully operational by Summer 2022, putting FreeWire at the center of the San Francisco Bay Area’s transportation technology hub.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2017

The new charging system incorporates renewable energy generation, and is a test bed for hardware that will be available to private households in the future. Through bi-directional energy transfer, electricity is drawn from the grid or is generated by photovoltaic solar panels, and is used to charge EVs plugged in to the system.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

The remarkable advantage for BMW customers in using BMW i3 batteries as a plug and play storage application is the ability to tap into an alternative resource for residential and commercial backup power, thus using renewable energy much more efficiently, and enabling additional revenues from the energy market.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

San Francisco, Calif.; Additionally, DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is joining with Google Inc. The vehicles and charging infrastructure will be deployed in residential, workplace, and public locations in Austin, Texas; Los Angeles, Calif.; New York, NY; Orlando, Fla.; Redmond, Wash.; Sacramento, Calif.;

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Ryder also plans to equip its maintenance facilities in the San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, and San Jose, Calif. The Chanje all-electric large delivery style van is equipped to haul up to 6,000 pounds and up to 580 cubic feet of cargo.

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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. that’s the Chinatown movie star DWP, and for my buddy Richard up in San Francisco it’s PG&E.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2018

San Diego-Carlsbad. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara. The Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy reports that EV drivers conduct “more than 80 percent of their charging at home.” Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim. Sacramento-Roseville-Arden-Arcade.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 13, 2022

By cutting red tape and avoiding costs for construction and electrical work, combined with free solar energy, Beam Global says its EV ARC systems can offer customers a lower total cost of ownership compared to grid-tied charging stations. This may well be the case with the EV ARC, a solar-powered off-grid charging station made by Beam Global.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2018

San Diego-Carlsbad. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara. The Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy reports that EV drivers conduct ‘more than 80% of their charging at home.’ Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim. Sacramento-Roseville-Arden-Arcade.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Geothermal is particularly attractive since it’s a “forever&# renewable power source much like wind and solar - but without the intermittency of those clean energy sources. Tags: EV News Production News Renewable Energy Inside Track Geothermal. Hawaii's 30 MW geothermal power plant. By JOHN MARKOFF.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2019

Electrolysis of water to generate hydrogen fuel is an attractive renewable energy storage technology. However, grid-scale freshwater electrolysis would put a heavy strain on vital water resources. Hongjie Dai and his research lab at Stanford University have developed a prototype that can generate hydrogen fuel from seawater.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2018

In addition, JuiceNet Enterprise enables EV drivers and building managers to optimize renewable energy use by aligning their charging when solar and wind generation are most abundant on the grid. Founded in 2010, and based in the San Francisco Bay Area, eMotorWerks is an Enel Group company.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2021

Bright Silicon Technologies (San Francisco, California). DME as a Renewable Hydrogen Carrier: Innovative Approach to Renewable Hydrogen Production, $1,500,000. Oberon Fuels (San Diego, California). National Renewable Energy Laboratory. BioBlend Renewable Resources (Elk Grove Village, Illinois).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2009

While OEMs and utilities continue to define and refine hardware standards and communication protocols for smart charging, a tremendous amount of work needs to be done in preparing both the grid and the process to accommodate the expected influx of plug-ins, and to make the process as easy as possible for consumers. —Peter Darbee.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

The industry needs to continue to overcome the obstacles of extended range, price and impact on the grid if we’re going to be able to deliver a better experience than what consumers currently get. In North America, Better Place has worked actively with local partners and government in Ontario, Canada; the San Francisco Bay Area; and Hawaii.

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 30, 2011

City of San Francisco San Francisco recently became the first city in the country to mandate plug-in charging stations for all new buildings. It’s ubiquitous, relatively price stable due to government regulation, and is created in many ways, increasingly including renewable – such as solar, wind and geothermal – sources.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2018

Poles, wires, and substation transformers are being upgraded with advanced materials and new technology to better withstand extreme weather events, to allow easier frequency and voltage control during system emergencies, and to accommodate greater use of variable renewable generation (customer-sited wind and solar).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2013

These awards were made through the Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, created by Assembly Bill 118. million to install three hydrogen fueling stations in the cities of Mountain View and Cupertino (both in Santa Clara County), and Foster City (San Mateo County). Linde, LLC, will receive $4.5

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 6, 2006

Environmental author Mark Hertsgaard spoke at the San Francisco Department of Environment today. He could have been an advocate for creating that renewable power and putting it into cars. The end game is the cleanest, most renewable power possible for everything.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Compared to Starlink’s sky-cluttering swarms of tiny satellites, San Francisco–based Astranis’s plans may seem old school. United States’ Wind on the Wire The largest renewable-energy infrastructure project in U.S. This is likely a precursor to the EU’s larger AI Act , which is currently grinding through the legislative gears.

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 2, 2007

It's about 90 miles from my house in San Francisco to the Capitol in Sacramento.) About 55 miles from my place in San Francisco and 100 miles from Tom's on the Peninsula. With our protests, we saved about 1000 Ford and Toyota electric cars, and I drove here today from San Francisco in one.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

I just want to see projects get funded, renewable energy put to work, energy efficiency retrofits instituted, conservation measures adopted and sustainable practices replace business-as-usual before the climate crisis makes any positive action a moot point. You can argue the merits of that if you want, but I’m done arguing.

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The startup’s service is currently available in the San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose, Los Angeles and Dallas. Generally, the monthly subscription is $25 and renews automatically. Many countries already run on 240-volt grids and only need a basic cable adapter to fast charge their cars.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 18, 2024

Zum will manage charging through a V2G-capable platform that will deliver energy back to the grid as needed when the buses are parked. The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy reported that over 90% of Oakland’s energy comes from renewable sources. Oakland isn’t the only community where Zum is active.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I Vehicle-to-grid is, I believe, the salvation of the automotive industry in the United States,” declared Marc Spitzer, an agency commissioner who was also on the panel.

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 9, 2024

Ørsted formed a strategic partnership with San Francisco-based Mission Clean Energy, a utility-scale renewable energy and storage developer, to advance 1 gigawatt (GW) of standalone battery energy storage systems across the Midwest. Ørsted will have the option to acquire an ownership stake in the projects as they mature.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2025

The three main goals of the funding are to expand access to electrified mobility options for folks who dont have access to home charging, accelerate opportunities for fleet electrification, and improve and advance managed charging systems to mitigate impacts and optimize usage of the grid. Electrifying fleets for people and goods.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 15, 2024

EV owners are more likely to add solar panels to their homes, according to a new US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) study – here’s why. And conversely, owning photovoltaic panels also has a bearing on whether a homeowner buys an electric vehicle, but not as strongly.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

It offers the solution to several significant transitions we need: moving society from burning fossil fuels to substituting renewable resource fuels such as solar, wind and biofuels; and from using fossil materials as fuel to using them for other recyclable uses. How PHEV provides Smooth Transitions from fossil fuel to renewables.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 9, 2021

There are already spaces in New York City and Los Angeles, and there are now two in the San Francisco Bay Area, where I’m located. The newest Polestar Space just opened in Silicon Valley, at the Westfield Valley Fair, 2855 Stevens Creek Boulevard, San Jose. modern showroom to get a feel for the cars before placing your order.

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