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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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This technology could reduce electricity/energy bills, pollution from power plants, risks of blackouts, the need for new power plants, and pollution from power plant generation. They are reinventing color to also eliminate toxic colorants and unlock high-performance optical coatings with its photonic paint technology.

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BMW i home energy storage system integrates 2nd-life i3 vehicle batteries

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Together with the Federal Ministry of transport in Berlin, the project demonstrated that an energy positive home environment with a battery system is possible. In 2013, BMW and the University of San Diego installed a micro grid application with Battery 2nd Life MINI E batteries. ChargeForward.

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BMW begins Phase 2 of ChargeForward Program with PG&E to study advanced electric vehicle charging; results from Phase 1

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BMW developed innovative solutions that utilize the existing vehicle communication system both to create value for customers and to help optimize the electric grid through demand response, which improves grid reliability, lowers costs and helps the environment by incentivizing customers to reduce usage during periods of high peak demand.

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What is V2X?

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V2F: Vehicle-to-farm encompasses V2H and V2L types of applications in a farm environment. . It is a software-based function that uses intelligence and communications between the charger, the EV, and the charging operator to balance demand placed on the energy grid by slowing or disabling EV charging during peak demand periods.

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Why Level 2 Electric Vehicle Chargers Are the Dominant Choice for EV Charging

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L2 Chargers Save You Money We all know that EVs are better for the environment and an investment for the future, but what effect does EV charging have on our finances? By using a L2 charger, you can conveniently recharge your EV overnight while minimizing your effect on your monthly utility bill and local energy grid.

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How to Put a Data Center in a Shoebox

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We modeled a stack of 100 such boards, all operating within the same cooling environment and contained in a 20- by 20- by 12-centimeter volume, roughly the size of a shoebox. It opens doors to online training of AI models on real data that are part of an actively changing environment.

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This is New Jersey’s largest high-rise residential rooftop solar array

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Going solar saves consumers money, reduces air pollution, and creates a more resilient energy grid solar is a double green amenity, saidDoug OMalley, director of Environment New Jersey.

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