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UK power crisis – entirely the fault of regulators and ministers

EV Info

No Storage. Most countries regards Gas as strategic and store plenty of the stuff to cover supply disruptions. While Boris is in New York pressing world leaders to cut CO2 output here is the UK we find ourselves lacking in CO2. Without UK Fracking we are more reliant on gas imports. Ramifications of high Gas Prices.

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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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The 16 utility-scale energy storage projects (ranked by DOE funding) are: Utility-Scale Energy Storage Projects. New York State Electric & Gas Corporation. Energy East Advanced CAES Demonstration Plant (150MW) Using an Existing Salt Storage Cavern. Notrees Wind Storage. 21,806,232. 43,612,464.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Also, besides giving you the ability to charge at night when most utility rates are lower, future vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology may allow you to sell some of your stored energy back to the utilities. Currently, there are some industrial facilities that use battery swapping to replenish the energy stores of electric forklifts.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

And in a true smart grid, electric cars will not only be able to draw on electricity to run their motors, they will also be able to do the reverse: send electricity stored in their batteries back into the grid when it is needed. In effect, cars would be acting like tiny power stations. While utilities such as E.ON

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