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A new love story: Electric vehicles and the electric grid

GreenBiz

A new love story: Electric vehicles and the electric grid. How will the electrical grid handle so many vehicles charging at once? Especially when fast-charging stations gulp down prodigious amounts of power? You can shift a lot of the electric vehicle charging to line up with those times," Langton said.

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Positive proof for Distributed Intelligence

Smart Energy International

The utility industry is undergoing a transformation. By moving analytics into devices at the grid edge, Itron is simplifying how utilities convert data into insights and helping utilities deliver greater benefits through advanced metering infrastructure (AMI). DOWNLOAD THE WHITE PAPER BELOW.

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Flash Drought Hotspots: Southwestern United States

Planet Pulse

To call this swath of North America home is to accommodate water’s ebbs and flows; to live with one eye on reservoir levels and the other scanning the horizon for clouds. What’s more complicated is modeling precisely where that dryness occurs and how it affects the people and industries reliant on a steady supply.

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Shoppers buy more EVs if they understand charging—and now there’s proof (exclusive first look)

Charged

That makes electric cars a problem: they take time to explain to shoppers. Now, we have proof that educating both salespeople and shoppers about electric-car charging actually boosts sales of EVs. The full details will be presented in September, in a white paper published online by the global EVS-33 conference.

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A new love story: Electric vehicles and the electric grid

AGreenLiving

A new love story: Electric vehicles and the electric grid Mike De Socio Tue, 06/01/2021 – 01:45 In the accelerating push to electrify transportation, one big obstacle always comes up: The grid. How will the electrical grid handle so many vehicles charging at once? It could work in a couple of ways.

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Will water pricing be the next carbon pricing?

Business Green

Industry often pays a hugely subsidised cost for water.". Indeed, Barclays analysts estimate that 19-27 per cent of industrial withdrawals are from areas with high or extremely high water risk. Water-stressed regions around the globe are grappling with the realities of climate change's effects on water availability.

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Cleaner Electricity Grids Equal Longer Life Expectancy

AutoGrid

Cleaner Electricity Grids Equal Longer Life Expectancy By Nils Frenkel, Sales Director, North America When I was working with the City of San Antonio’s Climate Action and Adaptation Plan a few years ago, I learned about a shocking statistic in the city I call home. Peaker Plants Are Located Throughout the U.S.