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Sunrun launches V2H pilot in Maryland using Ford F-150 Lightning electric trucks – Charged EVs

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Sunrun, which offers a “clean energy as a subscription” service, is piloting a vehicle-to-home power plant using a small group of customer-owned bidirectional EVs, in partnership with Baltimore Gas and Electric. Customers will receive payments based on the amount of energy shared.

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Sunrun launches the US’s first vehicle-to-home power plant using customer-owned Ford F-150 Lightnings

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According to Sunrun, this setup can provide substantial energy resilience for homeowners, especially during power outages caused by severe weather events or grid failures. The US Department of Energy awarded funding to Maryland’s largest utility, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), to create the EV virtual power plant.

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Morris Tanenbaum, Inventor of the Silicon Microchip, Dies at 94

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He received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1949 from Johns Hopkins University , in Baltimore, and earned a Ph.D. Together with physicist Armin Zastrow, he pioneered the concept of agrivoltaics —the use of land for both agriculture and solar energy generation. in physical chemistry from Princeton. He retired in 2019.

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