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EV Demand Management Aggregation Is Commercializing

January 7, 2025 admin 0 Comments batteries, Canada, clean transport, demand management, demand response, electric trucks, electric utility, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev charging, green economy, grid, investment, Smart Grid, usa, vehicle to grid

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 03:34:15 +0000

Four years ago, I published one of my first (absurdly arrogant) projection decades into the future, on three pathways for exploiting electric vehicle batteries for grid stability and cost efficiency. Today, it’s worth returning to it and seeing what’s happening in the space. The trigger for this was a conversation … [continued]

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Developing Boat-To-Grid Technologies In Order To Electrify Marine Environments

December 17, 2024 admin boats, clean transport, electric boats, Electric vehicles, vehicle to grid, volvo, volvo penta

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 22:25:00 +0000

Using recreational boats that are simply taking up space for many months of the year to help back up the grid makes practical sense and provides a method to redirect leisure time to a productive asset for the grid. On the path to decarbonize at sea, Volvo Penta is employing … [continued]

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500 Renault 5 Carsharing EVs Used in European First V2G Scheme

December 1, 2024 admin clean power, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, green economy, green jobs, grid, investment, Manufacturing, renault group, Smart Grid, Solar energy, vehicle to grid, we drive solar

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 04:17:02 +0000

13 years ago, Utrecht brightened our day with news of a Traffic Garden — something so basic, so common sense, and yet so amazing. Things are how they should be. Flowing with well-trained bicyclists is just one of the ways Utrecht succeeds with high-efficiency transportation, though. 9 years ago, Utrecht … [continued]

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CATL Prepares To Add Grid Storage & EV Platforms To Its Portfolio

November 16, 2024 admin batteries, catl, clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, elon musk, Energy Storage, green economy, lithium-ion batteries, Solar energy, tesla, vehicle to grid

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 23:28:17 +0000

Robin Zeng,. the founder and CEO of CATL, explained recently that he plans to take the company in important new directions.

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

November 8, 2024 admin 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 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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5 Reasons Electric Cars Are Much Better In A Hurricane

October 17, 2024 admin clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, hurricanes, Nissan, tesla, tesla supercharging, vehicle to grid

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 03:53:25 +0000

As some of you know, I was just recently hit straight on by Hurricane Milton. We went right through the center of the eye. (Ironically, it turns out, the actor who played Milton in Office Space — the stapler guy — is from Sarasota. How long has this been planned?!?!) … [continued]

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