Cars That Think
JANUARY 29, 2022
That need for balance is true of electric power grids, too. Similar mismatches in supply and demand contributed to massive cascading blackouts in August 2003 in the northeastern United States and Canada, in July 2012 in India , and in March 2019 in Venezuela. unprecedented and deadly winter freeze. We think there’s a better way.
EV Info
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Everybody knew then that renewables were unreliable: that wind power fully works less than one-third of the time, and that solar power is unavailable at night (of course) and less efficient on cloudy winter days. The cost of grid management has soared to nearly £2billion a year in the last two decades. Gas is so last-century, you know!
Green Car Congress
JUNE 23, 2011
Chevron has already shifted to gas-fired co-generation plants to produce steam and export power to the California grid; it is also working on a solar concentrator pilot in New Mexico that would generate steam using sunlight to further reduce costs and environmental impact of its thermal production process.
Drive Electric
AUGUST 9, 2022
If it’s manufactured on a ‘dirty’ power grid it becomes a major source of emissions over the EV lifecycle. The New Zealand Power Grid. New Zealand’s solar adoption currently sits at around 1.3% Using solar panels to charge your EV at home is an even more eco-friendly option. Alternative EV Charging Methods in New Zealand.
Drive Electric
AUGUST 9, 2022
If it’s manufactured on a ‘dirty’ power grid it becomes a major source of emissions over the EV lifecycle. The New Zealand Power Grid. New Zealand’s solar adoption currently sits at around 1.3% Using solar panels to charge your EV at home is an even more eco-friendly option. Alternative EV Charging Methods in New Zealand.
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