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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The company’s president, Tom Gage , dubbed the system “vehicle to grid” or V2G. And EV owners would become entrepreneurs, selling electricity back to the grid. And indeed, that’s how promoters of vehicle-to-grid technology perceive the EV.

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US$105M WESTKÜSTE100 green hydrogen project receives funding approval from German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs

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Starting from today, the WESTKÜSTE100 partners will be working together to create this green future and build an ecologically and economically sustainable business model. In building and commissioning an industrial-scale electrolysis plant on our site we will become an active part of the industry of tomorrow.

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EV Smart Charging Regulations Protect the Grid and Optimize the Charging Experience

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In this blog we will look at what those regulations are and their implications on building and operating an EV charging business. . Real-time energy metering and communications to ensure the stability of the grid and optimize charging for the benefit of the grid and the consumer . Adoption of technical standards .

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Xcel Energy launches EV smart charging pilot in Colorado; Transportation Electrification Plan for New Mexico approved

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Xcel Energy has launched a new pilot for customers of five major automakers to make it easier for consumers to make the switch to electric vehicles in Colorado and to charge their EVs at times when renewable energy production is high and demand on the energy grid is low. —Alice Jackson, president, Xcel Energy-Colorado.

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ARPA-E to award $27M for advanced nuclear reactor systems operational technology: GEMINA

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GEMINA’s goal is to reduce fixed operations and maintenance (O&M) costs from ~13 $/MWh in the current fleet to ~2 $/MWh in the advanced fleet. These GEMINA teams are working to develop tools for the advanced reactors of tomorrow to improve operations and lower maintenance costs by designing more autonomous, and efficient processes.

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How LEED v4.1 Provides Points for EV Charging

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Since then, the United States Green Building Council, the organization that administers LEED, has released the latest version of the environmental accreditation: LEED v4.1. Option 2: Construct make-ready infrastructure for EVSE Not ready to install EV chargers at your building?

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Digital Twins Give Hydrogen a Greener Path to Growth

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Sharaf Alsharif, a researcher at the Oldenburger OFFIS Institute for Information Technology in Oldenburg, Germany, believes digital twins could help bring down the cost of clean hydrogen production. One useful application of direct control is adjusting electrolyzers’ energy consumption based on the power grid ’s current energy mix.