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BYD Leadership Shining, EV Sales Booming, Toyota Nonsense — 10 Top Cleantech Stories

November 16, 2024 admin 0 Comments batteries, byd, clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica top 10, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev sales, green economy, green jobs, grid, Joe Biden, Manufacturing, policy & politics, Smart Grid, Solar energy, toyota

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:15:14 +0000

Quite a lot has happened in the past 10 days. Aside from the demented elephant getting back into the china shop, there are various big stories you may have missed, or (like me) would just benefit from being reminded of. Scroll down below for the stories and some commentary. Note … [continued]

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Bidirectional Charging (V2G) Could Save Europeans $23 Billion A Year

November 8, 2024 admin 0 Comments bidirectional energy, clean transport, Electric vehicles, EU, Europe, European Union, ev charging, frauhhofer institute, GERMANY, renault 5, research, Smart Grid, the mobility house, vehicle to grid

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:38:10 +0000

Transport & Environment recently asked Germany’s highly respected Frauhhofer Institute to investigate the economic benefits of widespread V2G (vehicle to grid) technology in Europe. At the end of October, the organization issued a report, which found V2G has the potential to save Europeans up to $22 billion a year in … [continued]

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Con Ed And First Student Bring Solar Microgrid To New York

November 7, 2024 admin 0 Comments Brooklyn, clean transport, con ed, con edison, electric buses, electric school buses, Electric vehicles, ev charging, grid, microgrids, New York, NEW YORK CITY, NYC, Smart Grid, vehicle to grid

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2024 21:36:27 +0000

Con Edison and First Student are constructing a microgrid in Brooklyn to manage the charging requirements of electric school buses.

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This Is How Electric Vehicles Win, One School Bus At A Time

October 23, 2024 admin bipartisan infrastructure law, clean transport, electric bus, electric school buses, Electric vehicles, ev batteries, ev charging, fleets, grid, grid storage, mass transit / public transit, school buses, Smart Grid, usa, v2g, vehicle to grid

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 02:57:33 +0000

Electric school buses and other electric vehicles with vehicle-to-grid capability can help improve grid services for the whole community, by sharing the kilowatts stored up in their batteries.

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Ice Energy Reaches Big California Virtual Power Plant Milestones

October 22, 2024 admin California, demand response, Energy Storage, grid, ice energy, Smart Grid, southern california edison (sce), thermal energy storage, virtual power plants

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 01:13:42 +0000

Thermal energy storage company Ice Energy has a 25.6 MWh utility-scale energy storage program in the Southern California Edison (SCE) utility district. It’s been in operation for five years and is spread out across 100 customer sites. It’s part of the Southern California Virtual Power Plant (“VPP”) Thermal Storage Project. … [continued]

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3 Steps for Utility Companies to Get Started with Undergrounding

October 10, 2024 admin abb, Business, full coverage, grid hardening, news, power, reliability, Smart Grid, sustainability, T&D, underground

Credit to Author: Jack Bellissimo| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 17:32:42 +0000

The U.S. electric grid is under more strain than ever to support exponential electricity demand due to artificial intelligence (AI), data centers, electric vehicles, and hotter temperatures. Its infrastructure is […]

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How Can Communities Help Deploy Clean Energy & Build Up Local Economies?

September 29, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, demand response, distributed energy resources, grid, pew charitable trusts, Smart Grid, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 18:00:12 +0000

The global urgency to decarbonize is captured by the rapid growth in new low-carbon infrastructure throughout the energy economy. As power systems around the world rapidly evolve to achieve decarbonization objectives, it is crucial that power system planners and operators use appropriate models and tools to analyze and address the … [continued]

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For Power & Profit: The Retreat From Renewables Has A Dark & Dangerous Underside

September 18, 2024 admin carbon emissions, climate change, Fossil Fuels, policy & politics, renewable energy, Smart Grid

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 17:29:03 +0000

The existential climate crisis that confronts us requires political and policy solutions that disempower the fossil fuel industry and their state allies. Unfortunately, the current US presidential election season is filled with hyperbole, controversy, and disinformation. Such discourse threatens to spawn a retreat from renewables in favor of continued burning … [continued]

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Ford EV Owners Can Now Get Paid To Support Southern California Grid

September 13, 2024 admin California, clean transport, demand response, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, ford, ford f-150 lightning, ford mustang mach e, grid, Smart Grid, southern california edison (sce), virtual power plants

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 22:26:32 +0000

If you own or lease a Ford electric vehicle, you can now get paid to support the electricity grid in Southern California, and you don’t even need vehicle-to-grid technology. This is specifically in the Southern California Edison utility district, and it is initially only an option for Ford EV owners … [continued]

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The POWER Interview: How Unified Endpoint Management Can Help Secure the Power Grid

September 13, 2024 admin compliance, connected plant, cyber threats, Cybersecurity, full coverage, International, Interview, nerc cip, news, power, risk management, rugged computer, Smart Grid, Technology, the power interview

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:13:14 +0000

Digital technology poses critical challenges for the power sector. As the backbone of modern society, any disruption to power infrastructure can have far-reaching consequences. To learn steps leading power companies […]

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