Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The new ARPA-E selections focus on accelerating innovations in clean technology while increasing US competitiveness in rare earth alternatives and breakthroughs in biofuels, thermal storage, grid controls, and solar power electronics. for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost. 3,123,750.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems: Advanced Concepts: Eight projects to receive $25.9 These projects will develop electronics and build smarter, more interactive systems and components so that solar energy can be integrated into the electric power distribution and transmission grid at higher levels.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Hydrokinetic energy is an abundant renewable resource that can boost grid resiliency and reduce infrastructure vulnerability, but it is currently a cost prohibitive option compared to other energy generating sources. The turbine will be designed for power delivery to remote and local grids. University of Washington.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The deficit is driving up electricity prices, reducing grid reliability, and hobbling renewable energy deployment. grids demands public scrutiny and accountability. Proposed new transmission lines in the upper Midwest could connect at least 28 gigawatts of wind and solar to regional networks. Their grip over the backbone of U.S.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 11, 2024

To Nick de Vries, chief technology officer at the solar-energy developer Silicon Ranch , a transformer is like an interstate on-ramp: It boosts the voltage of the electricity that his solar plants generate to match the voltage of grid transmission lines. Their very durability shoulders the grid. The company isnt alone in its quandary.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 13, 2022

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. This may well be the case with the EV ARC, a solar-powered off-grid charging station made by Beam Global.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Laredo Bus Facility Solar Canopies: Provide shade structures with integrated, grid tied photovoltaic cells to be erected on the bus storage lot at the Laredo Bus Maintenance Facility. Snohomish County Public Transit Benefit Area – Community Transit, Washington: $3,000,000. Link Transit, Washington: $2,925,000.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2019

Solar Sister (Great Falls, Virginia) invests in women’s enterprises in off-grid communities in Africa. Clean Energy Works (Washington, D.C.) Clean Energy Works (Washington, D.C.) Each of the 10 2019 Keeling Curve Prize winners will receive $25,000 in prize money.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 11, 2023

Whenever new technologies are introduced into the power grid, there’s always a chance they could disrupt the system, possibly even leading to blackouts. Finding ways to deal with the impact on the grid caused by incorporating renewable energy has been the focus of Vijay Vittal ’s research for nearly 20 years.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2021

Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Washington). Grid-Edge Intelligent Distribution Automation System for Self-Healing Distribution Grids, $550,000. Hydrogen Based Power Grid Support Using ElectrolyzeRs with Value Stacking (HYPER-V), $250,000. Electric Grid OT Cybersecurity Dashboard for Control Room Environments, $600,000.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

In the study’s future 2018 grid scenarios that account for predicted coal plant retirements, PEVs would produce air emissions damages comparable to or slightly lower than HEVs. Life cycle emissions by pollutant and life cycle stage for each vehicle type in the recent (a) and future (b) PJM grid. Source: Weis et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2014

The greatest hydropower potential was found in western US states, including Alaska, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. A new assessment conducted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has identified more than 65 gigawatts of untapped hydropower potential in US rivers and streams.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2012

Since its inception, PACE has mobilized more than $1 billion dollars towards clean energy projects, including smart grid development; energy efficiency in buildings, appliances, and industries; and a wide range of renewable energy technologies, including solar, wind, and advanced biofuels. MEMC Corporation; and Solarmer Energy Inc.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2011

Under the new contracts, the teams will now develop concepts and models that can be tested in computer simulations, laboratories and wind tunnels. The work is funded by NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate in Washington. Hybrid electric propulsion also has the potential to shorten takeoff distance and reduce noise.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

Relevant plug-in vehicles that drive customer demand and are connected; Enabling technologies like advanced batteries and sophisticated software controls; A capable/green grid; and, Plug-in ready communities with supporting policies. Mark Duvall of EPRI said the grid would be able to handle “ as many [plug-ins] as you want. ”

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 12, 2024

Putting a data center right next to a power plant so that it can draw electricity from it directly, rather than from the grid, is becoming more common as data centers seek out cheap, steady, carbon-free power. A data center could just connect to the grid and draw from the same supply as everyone else, Clark says.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Washington. The University of Washington will develop microbes that convert. would supply the growing market of wind turbine generators and. copper and insulation layer by layer, instead of winding wires. This development will significantly reduce the time. required to engineer switchgrass to maximize biofuel production.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2009

Areas of research that require immediate attention include, but are not limited to: energy efficiency; energy storage; established sustainable energy sources, such as wind, solar, hydro, and biomass; enhanced geothermal systems; cellulosic biofuel production; smart transmission grids; and ocean/kinetic power. Golden, Colo.;

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2018

Poles, wires, and substation transformers are being upgraded with advanced materials and new technology to better withstand extreme weather events, to allow easier frequency and voltage control during system emergencies, and to accommodate greater use of variable renewable generation (customer-sited wind and solar).

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Plug In Partners

FEBRUARY 15, 2006

So writes Lester Brown , President of the Washington-based Earth Policy Institute , a member of the Plug in Partners Coalition. Using timers to recharge batteries with electricity coming from wind farms during the low demand hours between 1 and 6 a.m. Business as usual - Plan A — cannot take us where we want to go. This could cut U.S.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Recently the long term leader of the USA’s Distributed Wind Energy Association, Mike Bergey of Bergey Windpower and a long term acquaintance, reached out to ask me to keynote the annual conference in Washington. continued] The post There Is Optimism For Distributed Wind Energy In United States appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The selected projects—spanning 22 states and coordinated at universities, national laboratories, and private companies—will advance technologies for a wide range of areas, including electric vehicles, offshore wind, storage and nuclear recycling. University of Washington. Stanford University.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 23, 2024

EMPs can destroy electronic systems and overload power grids, causing blackouts. Flying Kites Deliver Container-Size Power Generation Kitepower In remote or inaccessible locations, where a wind turbine just isnt feasible, there is a new option for renewable energy generation: Kites.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 31, 2008

Coming on the heels of the Google/Brookings event in Washington, D.C., One week earlier, former Vice President Al Gore issued his well-received challenge to make the American grid 100% renewable in ten years. Once again, a conference on plug-in cars.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

A Google-McKinsey study conducted as part of the project drove home the point that the intermittent power sources, solar and wind, need reliable backup. Therefore, efforts to decarbonize the grid affordably depend on what happens with always-on or always-available hydro, geothermal, and nuclear power plants.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I Vehicle-to-grid is, I believe, the salvation of the automotive industry in the United States,” declared Marc Spitzer, an agency commissioner who was also on the panel.

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Driivz

MARCH 1, 2022

In the US, 36% of electricity is generated using renewables, including wind, solar, and hydropower, as well as non-CO2-emitting nuclear power. EVs will be greener in Washington state, where almost half of electricity comes from hydropower, than in Wyoming, where electric generation is primarily fueled by coal.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

We hope leaders in Washington recognize whats at risk for businesses, workers, and communities across the country if this self-inflicted and unnecessary market uncertainty continues. Ford CEO Jim Farley also sounded the alarm this week, warning that tariffs and shifting policies could force the automaker to lay off workers.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The upstream, “well to wheel” emissions of the EV are linked to electricity generation and the electrical grid, with lower emissions in regions that use more renewable energy sources. Unlike internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, EVs emit no direct emissions when running on electricity. Let’s not forget our carbon footprint.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 20, 2009

Neutral Kaitou KID @ Apr 19th 2009 4:45PM not if the electricity is from ultra efficient solar panels, hydroelectric dams or wind. Once weve consolidated everything to depend on the grid, we can clean up everything by cleaning up the grid. Neutral who? @ Apr 19th 2009 4:54PM Or fuel cells (ex: hydrogen).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

One can only hope that in the recent future someone in Washington will demand that they clearly explain and prove how they intend to launch to Volt in 2010? In addition, I recently told someone about Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G). What Could They Do? 2) Electric cars cost pennies to charge.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 2, 2024

President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Helping Upgrade Public Infrastructure in Communities Across the Country to Deploy Even More Cleaner, Cheaper Power, Build Up Energy Resilience WASHINGTON, D.C. — In support of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) yesterday announced more than $26.9

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Thousands of Washington insiders and climate activists have had a hand in these legislative breakthroughs. Jesse Jenkins, Princeton University When I entered the field, commercial wind was starting to scale up and the questions were about engineering feasibility. power-grid transmission. C in this century.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The EDISON (Electric Vehicles in a Distributed and Integrated Market using Sustainable Energy and Open Networks) research consortium will seek to match power generation from wind turbines on the island of Bornholm, Denmark, with the power consumption of charging plug-in electric cars. The project is partly funded by the government of Denmark.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2019

Johnson Matthey, Billingham, UK Enabling Autonomous Wind Plants through Consensus Control, $250,000 RES Group, Broomfield, Colo. Solar Energy Industries Association, Washington, D.C. The Solar Foundation, Washington, D.C. Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor for Refrigerant Leak Detection, $375,000 Parker and Hannifin, Washington, Mo.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

GE Aviation, which consumes more than 10 million gallons of jet fuel annually at its engine testing centers, has signed an agreement to purchase cellulosic synthetic biofuel from The D’Arcinoff Group (DG), based in Washington, DC, to be used for production and development testing of GE jet engines, starting in 2016. The D’Arcinoff Group, Inc.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2021

2021 was a big year for energy-related news, what with the ongoing hunt for new forms of energy storage and cleaner if not carbon-free electricity and events and research that spotlighted the weak links in our power grid. This article, by researchers at PARC and the University of Washington, is one possible answer. Well, let's think.

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