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CEC EPIC report highlights research making grid more resilient & reliable

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EPIC funds are competitively awarded to support the most promising technologies and approaches across six investment areas: the entrepreneurial ecosystem; resilience and safety; building decarbonization; grid decarbonization and decentralization; industrial and agricultural innovation; and low-carbon transportation.

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Tesla highlights the Megapack site replacing Hawaii’s last coal plant

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The battery energy storage system (BESS) is being operated in partnership with Plus Power, and the project has been considered a success in helping to stabilize the grid in preparation for Hawaii’s upcoming climate goals. The site also comes ahead of Hawaiian Electric’s goal of reaching 100 percent renewable energy by 2045.

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Monash study on solar-driven electrolysis for green hydrogen production cautions on life-cycle emissions and EROI

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An important consideration of solar-electrolysis in the context of climate mitigation is the enormity of upscaling required—both at the global scale with respect to the investment, land area, materials, and embodied energy; and at the project scale with respect to the potential localised impacts of gigawatt scale plants. Palmer et al.

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OpenADR: A Bridge Between EV Fleets and the Grid

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As the costs of climate change and the price of oil both become too high to bear, auto manufacturers will shift more of their vehicle fleets to electric. As it stands, the power grid is already run-down and outdated , built for the electric loads of a century ago, not for modern life. OpenADR can even turn fleet into an asset.

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Fighting Climate Change with Clean Energy

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That’s why we are always encouraged to learn about and partner with other companies that are identifying innovative ways to fight the growing climate crisis. Today, we’re excited to share our new partnership with Arcadia , a tech company working to stop climate change by breaking the fossil fuel monopoly. .

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Five startups selected to participate in fifth cohort of Shell Gamechanger Accelerator Powered by NREL

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Electric vehicles are critical for decarbonizing the transportation sector but charging requirements remain a major barrier to wide-scale customer adoption, and the associated increase in demand for electricity poses risks to the electric grid. —Yesim Jonsson, Shell’s GCxN program manager.

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What Is EV Charging Load Management?

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As people shift to electric vehicles, they’ll confront an unfortunate fact about the electrical grid: It’s a finely balanced machine. This allows you to ensure that each vehicle is charged as much as possible without threatening the electric grid or risking high demand charges. This is referred to as demand pricing.