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Pecan Street launches Texas’ first grid-connected vehicle-to-grid research and testing center

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Austin, Texas-based energy research organization Pecan Street Inc. launched Texas’ first grid-tied vehicle-to-grid (V2G) testing center at its lab in Austin, turning electric vehicles into a dispatchable load shaving tool for the municipally-owned electric utility, Austin Energy.

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DOE announces Stage 1 CABLE Conductor Manufacturing Prize Winners

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The US Department of Energy announced Stage 1 winners of the Conductivity-enhanced materials for Affordable, Breakthrough Leapfrog Electric and thermal applications ( CABLE ) Conductor Manufacturing Prize. For more than a century, the conductivity of materials that carry electricity has remained almost unchanged.

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Tesla Energy working to launch virtual power plant in Puerto Rico

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VPPs can be used for a variety of reasons, but affordability and grid stabilization through sustainable energy are the biggest advantages. It allowed owners to earn money by contributing stored energy through their Powerwalls to provide grid services. Coming to Texas Tesla Electric customers soon!

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GM and OnStar sign on as official Pecan Street partners; studying EV services and smart grid interaction

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s smart grid research project in Austin’s Mueller community, the Pecan Street Demonstration. Headquartered at The University of Texas at Austin, Pecan Street Inc. s demonstration project, which now has the nation’s highest residential concentration of electric-drive vehicles in place. 25% affordable housing.

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Tesla Megapacks to support France’s largest battery project

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The battery project is made up of Tesla’s 2-hour Megapacks, and it will be expected to be able to provide enough electricity to power more than 170,000 homes for two hours. The updated commitment is expected to go from concept to commissioned in just a year, and it will include 966 MWh projects across three different sites in Texas.

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Xcel Energy wants 1.5M EVs in its service areas by 2030; 30x increase from today

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million electric vehicles in its service areas by 2030. Xcel services customers in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North and South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin. Electric vehicles are the next frontier in the clean energy transition, and we are committed to making charging EVs easy, convenient and affordable for customers.

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Octopus Energy and Rivian partner on new home energy plan – Charged EVs

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All Rivian customers in those parts of Texas where Octopus is an eligible energy provider will be offered a time-of-use energy rate plan with an overnight off-peak discount of up to 50%. Demand flexibility is the key to a cleaner, more affordable and sustainable energy future,” said Michael Lee, CEO of Octopus Energy. to 6:00 a.m.

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