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Biden Administration launching offshore wind offensive

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The Biden Administration announced a series of measures to support rapid offshore wind deployment, including designation of a new wind energy area and targeting the deployment of 30 GW of offshore wind by 2030. New Wind Energy Area. Deploying 30 GW of Offshore Wind by 2030.

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US Departments of Energy and Interior unveil national offshore wind strategy and major offshore wind initiatives

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Unveiling a coordinated strategic plan to accelerate the development of offshore wind energy, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced steps forward in support of offshore wind energy in the United States, including new funding opportunities for up to $50.5

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Hitachi and Demansys to demo CrystEna Energy Storage System for grid frequency regulation and capacity services

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The capacity services market is an auction through which grid operators secure a sufficient supply of capacity several years into the future from supply and demand-side resources. Throughout the US, numerous new entrants, including storage resources, are demonstrating their ability to provide frequency regulation and capacity services.

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OnStar and Google demonstrate concept service for managing charging Chevrolet Volts with renewable energy

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Wind accounted for 2.3%. PJM data shows that peak time for renewable energy generation from wind is generally between 10 p.m. OnStar also sends and receives EV data that helps utility providers without having to interface with the vehicle’s electric vehicle supply equipment. was conventional hydropower. Charging data.

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Why Hydrogen power is not the answer

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Let’s look at the benefits and issues of using Hydrogen as fuel and remember that efficiency in the total power supply train, not just at the motor is critical. On May 6, 1937, the world’s largest hydrogen-floated dirigible airship went up in towering flames in New Jersey. And when hydrogen explodes, it is quite spectacular.

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HVDC Networks Come to Europe

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The days are numbered for the Lerwick Power Station , whose diesel generators have supplied electricity to the Shetland Islands for over 70 years. But what’s most interesting about the mammoth, £580 million project isn’t so much the turbines as the subsea transmission link that will connect the wind farm to the Scottish mainland.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

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It’s been 25 years since University of Delaware energy and environmental expert Willett Kempton and Green Mountain College energy economist Steve Letendre outlined what they saw as a “dawning interaction between electric-drive vehicles and the electric supply system.” Their research partnership ran for four years.

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