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Volkswagen launches new research collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory & University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Volkswagen Group of America’s Innovation Hub Knoxville, the company’s technology unit for applied materials science, has expanded its research collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT). We aim to leverage the unique knowledge and innovative power the Tennessee Valley holds.

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This Clock Made Power Grids Possible

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As more power stations adopted the clocks, the frequency regulation allowed them to share electricity and create an interconnected power grid. The Telechron Model Type E master station clock shown at top was used at the Tennessee Valley Authority beginning in the 1930s. How Warren’s clocks regulated grid frequency Henry E.

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DOE awarding $73.9M to 10 battery recycling projects

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Michigan Technological University. Tennessee Technological University. Adaptive Second-Use Battery Utilization with Different Degradation Levels for EV Charging Stations and Power Grid Support and Resiliency. The University of Alabama. Princeton NuEnergy. 10,000,000. Smartville Inc. UC San Diego. 10,000,000.

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One Atmospheric Nuclear Explosion Could Take Out the Power Grid

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Military and non-proliferation experts are worried about the growing temptation by nuclear-armed countries to engage in a first-strike EMP attack using nuclear weapons that, while avoiding direct casualties, could prove devastating to electric grids and electronic devices from smartwatches to supercomputers. See the illustration, below.).

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How to EMP-Proof a Building

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Yilu Liu Yilu Liu is a Governor’s Chair/Professor at the University of Tennessee, in Knoxville, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. IEEE Spectrum spoke with Yilu Liu , who has been researching EMPs at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in Tennessee, about the potential effects of the phenomenon on power grids and other electronics.

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Nissan to give second life to LEAF batteries at corporate HQ, takes stake in ChargeScape – Charged EVs

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ChargeScape is a joint venture founded in 2023 by BMW , Ford and Honda , each with an equal ownership stake, that is focused on integrating EVs into power grids to enable the smart use of plugged-in EV batteries. Nissan then plans to roll out the consortium‘s software to its EV customers in the US and Canada.

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DOE announces approximately $64M in funding for 18 projects to advance H2@Scale

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University of Kentucky. University of Virginia. University of Tennessee: Knoxville. Missouri University of Science & Technology. Grid-Interactive Steelmaking with Hydrogen (GISH). University of California: Irvine. Hexagon R & D LLC. Carbon Composite Optimization Reducing Tank Cost. 3M Company.