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Volvo Buses in project researching use of second-life electric bus batteries to store solar energy

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It can also be used to buy and store electricity from the national grid when it is cheap and green, for later use. This improves the efficiency of housing association Viva’s own energy system as well as that of the city’s power grid. What we are examining here is exactly how good that potential is.

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Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

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The technology could fundamentally transform the way electricity is stored on the grid, making power from renewable energy sources such as wind and sun far more economical and reliable. You could theoretically put this on any node on the grid. —Michael J. Commercialization. —Michael J.

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EnerNOC and Tesla to collaborate on stationary energy storage

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Energy management today is more complicated than simply buying power from the utility. Cheap cells made in the Gigafactory are only part of the puzzle. As more distributed solar comes onto the electric grid, utilities are increasingly at odds with consumers and companies like SolarCity. Working with utilities, not against them.

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10 Reasons Your Next Car Should Be an EV

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This includes all of the resources used in manufacturing the vehicle, the battery, and powering the vehicle. EVs Cost Less to Fuel Powering your ride with electricity costs about 60% less than buying gasoline. EVs are Better for the Grid Electric vehicles are essentially mobile power storage that can get us where we need to go.

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Grabbing the prime real estate for electric truck charging hubs

Charged EVs

Electrifying a vehicle fleet is a complex undertaking that requires specialized skills and resources that most companies don’t have. They wanted to buy one or two trucks and test them for several years, and startup companies couldn’t stay alive that long. And they assigned us every bit of capacity that was available on the grid.

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The Workplace Charging Challenge

Plugs and Cars

It’s also grid-friendly. Many workplaces could become EV friendly on the cheap, repurposing existing 120V outlets in parking areas and expressly allowing PEV charging. Providing a conventional 120V outlet is cheap and familiar. Neither scenario encourages co-workers to buy PEVs. Resources are limited.

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Q&A with CharIN North America President: It’s all about interoperability

Charged EVs

Without connectivity, you cannot really integrate transportation with the power grid. The story we hear again and again is that a company buys some electric trucks and some chargers, but soon realizes that it’s much more complicated than they thought, so they look for help from companies like In-Charge and AMPLY Power. It’s a must.