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Solar-powered off-grid EV charging stations offer surprisingly attractive cost advantages

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By cutting red tape and avoiding costs for construction and electrical work, combined with free solar energy, Beam Global says its EV ARC systems can offer customers a lower total cost of ownership compared to grid-tied charging stations. Q&A with Beam Global CEO Desmond Wheatley. The EV ARC features a 4.3

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

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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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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Retech Systems LLC (Buffalo, New York). Energy Storing Efficient HVAC, $595,558. GE Global Research (Niskayuna, New York). Grid-Edge Intelligent Distribution Automation System for Self-Healing Distribution Grids, $550,000. Buffalo, New York). DigiCollect LLC (New York, New York).

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NYSERDA awards $1.4M to 6 projects for advanced energy storage technologies; Electromotive and Ioxus for heavy-duty hybrids

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The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) awarded a total of $1.4 The companies, located throughout New York State, will use the funding to turn energy storage technologies with proven technical feasibility into working prototypes. Bettergy Corp., Custom Electronics Inc., Watt Fuel Cell Corp.,

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NYSERDA awards $2M to 8 projects to develop advanced energy storage technologies

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The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has awarded $250,000 to each of eight companies and research centers to develop working prototypes for a wide range of energy-storage technologies. Applications include smart grid devices and the use of energy storage for hybrid vehicles. Paper Battery Co.

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The EV Transition Explained: Local Policies Shape Global Competition

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This is to try to meet the Paris Agreement of limiting global warming to 1.5 Achieving this transformation will be through what the New York Times describes as “ economic nationalism ” with electric vehicles (EVs) as the tip of the spear for economic, environmental and societal change. Volkswagen’s ID.4 Like the U.S.,

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How ridesharing can help solve the challenge of urban EV ownership

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And vehicle-to-grid technology offers alternate revenue streams for its vehicles. This enables more efficiency in terms of grid connections and capital investment. New York-based Revel is riding two timely trends. Q&A with Revel COO Paul Suhey.