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PNNL study finds 2028 grid resource adequacy likely sufficient for high EV penetration; managed charging strategies can double adequacy

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A new study of the impact of high EV adoption on the Western US power grid by a team from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has found that 2028 grid resource adequacy—from generation through transmission—is likely to be sufficient for high EV penetration.

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Default Passwords Jeopardize Water Infrastructure

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Drinking water systems pose increasingly attractive targets as malicious hacker activity is on the rise globally , according to new warnings from security agencies around the world. Last November, for instance, hackers linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard broke into a water system in the western Pennsylvania town of Aliquippa.

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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. But grid operators wouldn’t have embraced it but for their coalescing desire to form an interconnected electricity grid. regulated over 95 percent of all U.S.

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PNNL study finds that PHEVs and BEVs could serve as feasible resource to offset grid imbalances caused by integration of large amounts of intermittent wind generation

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V2GFull varies not only the charging of the vehicle battery, but also can vary the discharging of the battery back into the power grid. trafficThis scenario is currently less desirable to automotive manufacturers, but provides an additional resource benefit to PHEV/BEVs by theoretically doubling their capacity value to 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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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. Pacific Netting Products (Kingston, Washington). First Solar Inc.

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ARPA-E awards $175M to 68 novel clean energy OPEN 2021 projects

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These new GaN power devices will enable the next generation of low-cost, fast, small, and reliable power electronics, which are key for efficient power conversion in data centers, solar farms, power grids, and electric vehicles. University of Washington. Stanford University. Dimensional Energy.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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that produces large quantities of sugar and requires less water. used without a grid infrastructure for applications such as. heating and water purification. develop processes that use water and recycled CO2 as the. power grid. affordably and dynamically control power flow will open up. . $3,734,939.

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