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Battelle introduces Grid Command Distribution services and software for rapid modeling of smart grid distribution circuits

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Screen shot of a Grid Command Distribution “heatmap” analysis for a neighborhood. two in a two-PEV household) and then seeing what then happens to the transformers in the neighborhood, seeing what off-peak charging might do to usage patterns, and so on. Source: Battelle and AEP (data). Click to enlarge.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications. Electronville: High-Amperage Energy Storage Device-Energy Storage for the Neighborhood. DOE grant: $7,200,000).

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I went back to China to tour more e-bike factories and visit companies. Here’s what I saw

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I even checked out the companys new sodium-ion batteries and fast charging technology, which could be a huge game changer for longer-lasting, safer batteries. Zhenmin golf cart factory tour Zhenmin gave me access to their entire factory to see how electric golf carts and neighborhood electric vehicles are produced.