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.

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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.

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EV Info

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The task of balancing the grid and maintaining electrical frequency has grown dangerously the more reliant on wind power we have become – as demonstrated by the widespread power cuts of August 2019. The cost of grid management has soared to nearly £2billion a year in the last two decades.

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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. Because New Zealand has such a clean power grid, charging electric vehicles here in NZ is an eco-friendly option. EV Batteries as Storage to Support the Electricity Grid. THE BOTTOM LINE.

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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. Because New Zealand has such a clean power grid, charging electric vehicles here in NZ is an eco-friendly option. EV Batteries as Storage to Support the Electricity Grid. THE BOTTOM LINE.

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