Smart Energy International

JUNE 8, 2022

With the ever-increasing amount of electric vehicles (EVs) that have been coming onto the grid, planning how to manage the grid’s wear and tear while maintaining grid functionality is more relevant than ever. This shift calls for attention into how our load is managed to prevent harmful effects on the power grid.

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2021

The race to develop the UK's first 'gigafactory' looks set to have a new contender with reports today that Nissan is currently in advanced talks to develop a new facility capable of producing 200,000 electric vehicle batteries a year at its Sunderland manufacturing site.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

It also suggests there is significant 'hidden demand' in the European economy for green hydrogen, with 540TWh potential demand unlockable in the near term and 1,200-1,400 TWh in the medium-term, provided there will be sufficient cost decreases, investments, and policy support.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

After raising $660 million from private investors, electric vehicle charging company ChargePoint is taking a crack at going public through the same method that a half-dozen EV makers have taken so far this year: a reverse merger with a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. ” Electric vehicles made up only 2.6

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 4, 2020

The SPAC model has become an enormously popular way for green technology startups to access public markets to finance growth in fast-growing markets, led by a host of electric vehicle startups including Nikola Motor and Fisker Automotive, EV charging providers ChargePoint and Nuvve , and battery manufacturer Eos Energy Storage.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

A major cold snap led to record electricity usage in the Canadian province of Alberta over the weekend, culminating in demands from provincial utilities to limit consumption. The extreme cold and record-setting electrical consumption has reignited local debates about whether heat pumps are a viable option in the province.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

They could also be a key interconnection point for behind-the-meter batteries, smart thermostats and appliances, plug-in electric vehicles, and other distributed energy resources. “Smart” inverters are going to play a major role in how utilities manage rooftop solar's effect on the edges of their grids. Brooklyn, N.Y.-based

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Business Green

JUNE 21, 2020

The shift to electric passenger cars could deliver a £24bn boost to the UK economy over the next five years, but the automotive industry and its supply chains must ramp up capacity 10-fold in order to meet growing demand, a joint government and industry backed report today estimates.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The AA yesterday marked the first World EV Day by confirming it is to launch a dedicated EV Support Service for both electric vehicle (EV) drivers and charging networks. Electric vehicles are significantly more reliable than conventional cars and tend to require less maintenance.

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Business Green

JULY 28, 2021

techUK's Susanne Baker explores the urgent priorities that need to be tackled to prime the UK for electric vehicles. Nearly 260,000 pure-electric cars are now on UK roads, compared to just 3,500 in 2013. Location matters for supply as well as demand. We need to figure out a way to share demand risks. "We

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Silver Spring took on just over $373 million in backing, went public in 2013 , and rose to hold a significant share of the North American utility smart meter networking market, before it was bought by rival Itron in 2017 for $830 million. But it has since slashed costs, rebuilt its competitive posture, and regained market share.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The DCC network was launched by the government in 2013 in a bid to standardise the roll-out of smart meters and enable households to keep their smart meter when they switch energy suppliers. An update published today by smart meter system operator Data Communications Company (DCC) reveals more than 5.5

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CleanTech San Diego

APRIL 26, 2019

Cleantech San Diego member and Southern California Energy Innovation Network company Nuvve , the world leader in vehicle-to-grid (V2G) – also known as vehicle grid integration (VGI) – deployments, and Honda have entered into an agreement to demonstrate the benefits of electric vehicles (EVs) that are VGI-ready.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2021

The UK government is well aware of the acute impact electricity market reform can have on decarbonisation of the energy grid. Government should step back from micro-managing the electricity mix and empower electricity consumers and markets to drive demand and shape investment for the biggest impact.".

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Business Green

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Electric vehicle expansion, RWE emissions targets, and Brazilian net zero aspirations, all feature in this week's round up of global green business news. Electric van pioneer Arrival unveils US headquarters. The government has also set a target to cut emissions by 26 per cent against 2013 levels by 2030.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Alongside this grid digitalization came a similar change among customers via deployments of distributed generation, smart thermostats, energy storage and electric vehicles. Instead, each home or business makes decisions for necessarily selfish reasons (reduce a bill, go green, avoid a demand charge, etc.).

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Batteries are another important tool in the kit, but so are air conditioners, water heaters, refrigerators, pumps, and other behind-the-meter flexible loads — not to mention electric vehicles. The Golden State is by far the biggest market for solar, behind-the-meter batteries and plug-in electric vehicles.

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2021

To restore the standing of the US as a global leader, we need to address the climate crisis at the pace and scale it demands," the letter states. Specifically, the US must adopt an emissions reduction target that will place the country on a credible pathway to reach net zero emissions by 2050.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Ofgem's new chief executive, Jonathan Brearley, has used his first day in post to unveil a wide-ranging Decarbonisation Action Plan for the influential energy sector watchdog, pledging to better support the rapid roll out of renewables and electric vehicles over the coming decade in pursuit of a net zero energy system.

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Business Green

APRIL 8, 2021

When brands do eventually and inevitably pivot their business models and products to low-carbon, sustainable options, they need marketing teams to have nurtured and cultivated demand from consumers to receive these new products well. Brands that get this right will thrive. Many organisations struggle to put this into practice.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

In 2008, Jacobson teamed up with student, Graeme Hoste, to assess whether California’s hourly demand for electricity could be satisfied with a combination of renewable power sources. Meeting of The Solutions Project and Sierra Club at Cornell University on April 20, 2013. Jacobson, Mark Ruffalo, and Josh Fox. © Jon Wank.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Fresh from discussions with colleagues about how to use pricing mechanisms to reduce overall road transport energy demand in the context of a shift towards electric vehicles, my thoughts turned to what would have accrued to the Treasury if fuel duty hadn't been ‘frozen' back in 2011.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Mobility and transport technologies received the lion's share of the climate tech funding boom, with the findings highlighting a soaring appetite among investors for electric vehicle technologies, micro-mobility, and other forms of innovative transit models.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

“Let’s grow the demand for them.” Why aren’t we wanting it all and demanding it all? The transformation we need demands significant work in transportation, McCarthy offered. Why aren’t we wanting it all and demanding it all?” Why aren’t we wanting it all and demanding it all?

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EDF + Business

JUNE 23, 2020

Voucher incentive programs have been highly effective in states across the country because their design comes directly from fleet owners and breaks through the chicken-and-egg dilemma: Manufacturers will only ramp up production with sufficient demand, but that demand will only emerge with lower prices resulting from scaled production.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 18, 2019

In 2013, with just 4.5 It should be noted that there was about as much residential solar capacity installed in the third quarter of 2019 as there was in the whole of 2013. Vendors other than SolarEdge and Enphase held over 67 percent of the market in 2013. residential solar sector. residential solar market will reach 2.4

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 4, 2024

Keeping up with growing hydrogen energy demand Tanaka is aware that while it continues to expand its use of H2 to power its plants, the demand for the gas and hydrogen energy will also continue to grow. 300 miles 1600 miles 2800 miles Zero Hydrogen Pipelines Page 5 of 7 Is a fuel cell car considered to be an electric vehicle?

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Charged

JULY 17, 2020

Having produced electric powertrain components in Dingolfing since 2013, the BMW Group is now expanding its capacity. At the same time, we will produce a mix of fully-electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids and models with a combustion engine on a single line, as required by demand.”.

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Charged

JUNE 14, 2021

The industry and the journalists who cover it often focus on the 17 million new vehicles sold each year in the US, not the roughly 40 million sold as used cars. But as EV percentages grow, those new vehicles will contribute the bulk of the demand for EV charging by 2026—not the used ones. The conventional wisdom is wrong.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 7, 2020

August’s rolling blackouts during a regionwide heatwave highlighted the state’s need for grid resources that can store and shift its growing share of generation to serve demand peaks coming later in the day, as the sun goes down and solar power fades. ” Moving toward California’s 2045 zero-carbon goal.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. and Canadian cities.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

And the Demand Response Auction Mechanism pilot project has allowed multiple vendors to aggregate batteries, plug-in electric vehicles , and smart-thermostat-enabled homes and businesses in fulfillment of Resource Adequacy requirements. What are the models for how behind-the-meter solar-battery systems can serve grid needs?

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Those watching the rise of renewable power and electric vehicles often point to cost reductions from mass-manufacturing and a growing will to act on climate change as key drivers of the shift to lower-carbon energy. In 2011, 2012 and 2013, climate-related shareholder proposals to U.S. Electric power offers growth opportunity.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Electric vehicle infrastructure companies have come a long way in the last decade, but they're still just a small slice of the grid edge investment pie. It has grown at more than 50 percent annually since 2013. M&A activity was also erratic, with relatively big years in 2013, 2017 and 2018 and very quiet years otherwise.

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Charged

OCTOBER 6, 2019

I wanted to accelerate the adoption trajectory for electric vehicles, and to accelerate the transition to renewables on the grid. He saw that vehicle-to-grid technology could be a focal point that enabled EVs and renewable energy to complement each other. “I The missing link. “I The threefold path. That was our first strategy.

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Business Green

MARCH 27, 2023

The proposals have split the auto industry, with some manufacturers arguing they are too demanding and others arguing that policy clarity is required to ensure new electric vehicle (EV) factories locate in the UK.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

That led, in turn, to a major drawback from big VC firms, with early-stage funding for climate tech companies falling to about $418 million in 2013. But by 2019, venture funding had picked back up. Global tallies of VC and private equity investment into cleantech in that year range from $9.2 The Washington D.C.

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