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The US Added 1.2 Million EVs To The Grid Last Year, & Electricity Use Went Down

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2023 set another record for EV sales in the United States. of all sales, [continued] The post The US Added 1.2 Million EVs To The Grid Last Year, & Electricity Use Went Down appeared first on CleanTechnica. million vehicles, or 7.6%

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Pecan Street launches Texas’ first grid-connected vehicle-to-grid research and testing center

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launched Texas’ first grid-tied vehicle-to-grid (V2G) testing center at its lab in Austin, turning electric vehicles into a dispatchable load shaving tool for the municipally-owned electric utility, Austin Energy. As electric vehicle sales increase, more and more families have an energy storage system parked in their garage.

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New UK grid scheme enables fleets to monetize EV charging infrastructure – Charged EVs

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Van and truck operators in the UK can monetize their EV chargers by pairing them with battery energy storage to participate in the National Grid ’s new Demand Flexibility Service (DFS), according to storage systems provider Connected Energy. This could be a real game-changer for fleets,” said Nigel Dent, Head of Sales at Connected Energy.

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Cal ISO: California grid battery storage increased nearly 20x since 2019 to 5,000MW; projected to hit 52,000 MW by 2045

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When combined with other sources of zero-carbon energy such as large hydroelectric generation and nuclear, nearly 59% of the state’s retail electricity sales came from nonfossil fuel sources. The program was established in 2002 with an initial requirement that 20% of electricity retail sales be served by renewable resources by 2017.

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Vehicle to Everything Can Be the Answer to Support the Grid — GridBeyond

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Several states are mandating all-electric vehicle sales by 2035, and one of the most commonly asked questions surrounding widespread EV adoption is “Can the grid handle all those electric cars?”

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Watch the solar eclipse impact the US grid in real time

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Photo by Drew Rae on Pexels.com A total solar eclipse will bring complete darkness to 12 US states today – watch live to see its effect on solar power and the grid across all 50 US states. As the eclipse cuts a path from Texas to Maine, they expect a 71% peak power reduction in the East, 45% in the West, and 93% in the Texas grid, ERCOT.

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Is Vehicle-To-Grid (V2G) Tech The Answer To Grid Problems?

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The idea of using vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology to stabilize the grid has been discussed for years. When will it become part of the electrification-of-everything landscape?

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