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Your Electricity Bill on (Wild)Fire

Energy Institute at HAAS

How much of California’s power grid belongs underground? This week’s blog post is co-authored with Duncan Callaway and Cody Warner. California wildfire season is off to a roaring start. In … Continue Reading Your Electricity Bill on (Wild)Fire

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How to "Shave the Peak" when the electric grid is dirtiest

Green Energy Consumers

Over the next few days, you might hear from your local utility or our electric grid operator, ISO-New England, that our electricity system will be stressed. In this blog, we’ll explain how weather affects the power grid, and how we can collectively try to cope.

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Massive solar array to power airside electric ground service vehicles at JFK Airport’s New Terminal One

Charged EVs

MWh of battery energy storage to balance electrical demand and improve power quality. The system can operate independently from or while connected to the main power grid. Benefits of electric ground support vehicles The microgrid will supply the power to charge the many types of electric vehicles unique to airports.

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GE and Nissan Get Into Smart Charging

Revenge of the Electric Car

General Electric and Nissan plan to research “smart charging&# technologies for electric vehicles to help consumers take advantage of cheaper electricity rates and keep the power grid stable. smart-grid lab for three years. Credit: GE).

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Tesla launches large-scale Virtual Power Plant (VPP) at Puerto Rico

Teslarati

Tesla has announced the launch of a large-scale Virtual Power Plant (VPP) program in Puerto Rico, allowing Powerwall owners to participate in the territory’s Battery Emergency Demand Response Program. The utilization of the VPP could prevent power outages and reduce the need to rely on fossil fuel-powered peaker plants.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

French construction company Bouygues Immobilier is working on an office in Meudon, western Paris, which uses 4,000 square metres of solar panels to meet not only its own energy needs but also to export surplus energy back to the power grid. For more information, please see our Comments FAQ.

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When (and How) Should You Use a DC EV Charger?

EV Connect

AC is the type of electricity that flows through power grids and into homes and businesses, including to power EV chargers. AC can be thought of as "low and slow" charging, while DC is very fast and powerful. In this blog, we took a deep dive into DCFC stations. DC is the type stored in batteries.

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