Enhancing grid resilience: EV charging as a key strategy amid natural disasters
A key to addressing grid fragility is hiding in residential garages across the continent: electric vehicle chargers, writes contributor Alex Urist.
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Vehicle to Grid
Encompasses technology and systems that allow electric vehicles to feed energy back into the power grid, supporting grid stability and renewable integration.
Renewables
Getting ‘forever chemicals’ out of the chips race – This Week in Cleantech
This Week in Cleantech is a podcast covering impactful stories in clean energy and climate in 15 minutes or less, featuring John Engel and Paul…
Renewables
Emergency powers to restart coal plants? – This Week in Cleantech
This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate in 15 minutes or less featuring John…
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Power Grid
To improve fleet electrification, Duke Energy launches ‘first-of-its-kind’ microgrid
Duke Energy + Electrada Fleet Mobility Microgrid can be charged from the grid or switched to 100% renewable energy generation when integrated with a microgrid.
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Power Grid
Inside the plan for a 1 GW virtual power plant in Texas
NRG and Renew Home expect to roll out their VPP program to Texas customers in the spring of 2025.
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Power Grid
A New York borough is getting a ‘vehicle-to-everything’ smart energy hub
The project is meant to deliver a scalable solution that addresses economic barriers for medium and heavy-duty fleet electrification.
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Renewables
Here’s what to expect at GridTECH Connect Forum
GridTECH Connect Forum will assemble developers, utilities, regulators, and policymakers to advance grid interconnection in New England.
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Renewables
Smart EV charge management is promising, so why isn’t it more widespread?
A new report aims to shed some light on the state of smart charge management across the U.S.
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Power Grid
When the power goes out, can EV charging stay on?
Power outages are inconvenient enough as they are, but with transportation electrification growing, outages will increasingly affect the ability to move freely as EV charging…
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Power Grid
Colorado city gets a little smarter with off-grid EV chargers
Some Beam Global EV ARC systems will be available to the general public for free as part of Pueblo’s no-cost charging station initiative, running through…
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