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Sunrun launches V2H pilot in Maryland using Ford F-150 Lightning electric trucks – Charged EVs

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Sunrun, which offers a “clean energy as a subscription” service, is piloting a vehicle-to-home power plant using a small group of customer-owned bidirectional EVs, in partnership with Baltimore Gas and Electric.

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Maryland Transit System Gets Solar + Storage Microgrid For Charging Its Electric Buses

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One of the big objections to electric vehicles, and even more to clean energy, is that the power grid isn’t always up. You can’t use solar power! Severe storms? You can’t charge your EV. Sun not shining? Who thought any of this was a good idea?? How much government cheese is going into this crap?! […].

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Edith Clarke: Architect of Modern Power Distribution

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From the start of her career at General Electric in 1922, she was determined to develop stable, more reliable power grids. And Clarke succeeded, playing a critical role in the rapid expansion of the North American electric grid during the 1920s and ’30s. Clarke retired in 1945 and bought a farm in Maryland.

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Sunrun launches the US’s first vehicle-to-home power plant using customer-owned Ford F-150 Lightnings

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Vehicle-to-home power plants Bidirectional charging technology allows EVs to both draw power from the grid and send stored energy back to homes. According to Sunrun, this setup can provide substantial energy resilience for homeowners, especially during power outages caused by severe weather events or grid failures.

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GE Links NY and NJ Grids with Variable Frequency Transformers

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GE recently completed the installation of variable frequency transformers (VFT) at the Linden, NJ cogeneration plant, which will allow power from the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland transmission system to flow into New York City. Smooth power control comes from regulating the torque through the drive system. VFT rotary system.

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NETL investigating researching chemistries for large-scale battery- and supercapacitor-based grid energy storage systems

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The goal is to develop energy storage systems with high-energy density to meet the ever-demand for the electric grid to provide reliable, distributed power. High-energy density magnesium batteries for smart electrical grids. Earlier post.)

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Robert Dennard, DRAM Pioneer, Dies at 91

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He specialized in power systems analysis. Schulz, a member of the IEEE Power & Energy Society , authored or coauthored 32 papers on power grid testing reliability that were featured in IEEE publications. He retired in 2000 and became a consultant. and a master’s degree in 1966 from Union College , in Schenectady.

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