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Grid up! Regulation rewrite boosts bi-directional charging in Australia to enable V2G, V2H

EV Central

Vehicle-to-home and vehicle-to-grid charging using electric vehicles as battery storage is set to finally get rolling in Australia. That promises to make it easier and more affordable to use the high-voltage battery pack of an EV to power a house and an electric car and return electricity to the grid for profit. and AS4777.2

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

Cars That Think

Unlike those you may have grown accustomed to seeing, many of these stations don’t just charge electric cars—they can also send power from vehicle batteries to the local utility grid for use by homes and businesses. Debates over the feasibility and value of such vehicle-to-grid technology go back decades. This is good for the grid.

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£1,000 bill for motorists who fail to choose solar-compatible EV chargers

My Energi

In 2022, domestic solar installations tripled the rates recorded in 2021. Charging your EV with mains electricity is typical today, but with decentralised domestic energy generation becoming ever-more commonplace across the UK, drivers should specify a device compatible with renewables to prevent buying twice.”

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Solar-powered EV chargers power up college campus thanks to student engineers

Baua Electric

An engineering class project at Hope College resulted in fully functional solar-powered EV chargers for students. Solar-powered EV chargers developed on college campus Students in Hope’s introductory engineering course developed a way of harnessing energy from the sun to power up electric vehicles on campus.

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Amazon Vies for Nuclear-Powered Data Center

Cars That Think

When Amazon Web Services paid US $650 million in March for another data center to add to its armada, the tech giant thought it was buying a steady supply of nuclear energy to power it, too. Amazon wanted to increase the amount of behind-the-meter power it buys from the plant from 300 MW to 480 MW. Susquehanna agreed to sell it.

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Tesla Megapacks to be deployed at Apple’s California solar farm

Teslarati

In an announcement on Wednesday, tech giant Apple revealed that it is building a big battery storage project at a Northern California solar farm. The project will also store energy gathered from the California Flats, a 130 MW solar farm. It’s something that can be imitated or built upon by other companies,” the Apple VP said. .

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Maximising self-consumption through pioneering green tech

My Energi

In this article, Jordan Brompton, co-founder and CMO of myenergi, discusses booming solar installations and explains why self-consuming green energy is key to unlocking its true potential. According to forecasts from SolarPower Europe, more than 1TW of solar PV could be installed annually by 2028 if global momentum continues. [1]

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