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How Much Do Electric Vehicles Help in Reducing Pollution?

The Environmental Blog

Fortunately, there’s a new trend on the rise – that of electric vehicles (or EVs for short). Foregoing fossil fuels, these vehicles are charged directly through a power outlet, generating no harmful emissions, and offering savings in the long run, despite their higher initial price. Balance is key. Walk whenever you can.

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The Revolutionary Power of Electric Vehicles with V2G Technology

AutoGrid

Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology is a relatively new innovation that has the potential to revolutionize the way we consume and generate electricity. This technology is gaining popularity as an effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stabilize the power grid.

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Veolia completes refuse truck vehicle-to-grid trial in the UK

Charged

Collection vehicles are ideally suited for V2G applications, says Veolia, because their batteries are six times larger than those in an average car, and the fleet is typically parked at peak energy consumption times. “By Source: Veolia

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Automated EV charging could help the US meet carbon reduction goals

Renewable Energy World

A new study from Sense and Singularity Energy demonstrates the potential for significant carbon reductions from electric vehicle (EV) charging using a combination of smart home automation and location- and time-based carbon emissions data from the power grid. with much greater reductions in California.

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Keppel Infrastructure and NUS test ‘low-carbon living laboratory’

Smart Energy International

The collaboration will see the partners bolster Keppel’s low-carbon energy innovation and research and development (R&D), as well as leverage the NUS Kent Ridge campus for the ‘Keppel Infrastructure-NUS low carbon living laboratory’. Low carbon living laboratory. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Bloom Energy Charts a Future in Hydrogen Fuel Cells, Electrolysis and Carbon Capture

GreenTechMedia

” But Sridhar placed even higher expectations on a longer-range plan to adapt Bloom’s solid-oxide fuel cell technology, originally designed to run on natural gas and emit carbon dioxide, to generate electricity from hydrogen, make "green" hydrogen via electrolysis or capture the carbon from "blue" hydrogen made from natural gas.

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Clean energy is growing, but so is planet-heating pollution

The Verge: Energy

Photo by George Rose / Getty Images 2023 can now boast a terrifying record: planet-heating carbon dioxide emissions from global energy use hit a record. Power grids usually tap fossil fuel power plants whenever hydropower runs low. That alone was enough to account for 40 percent of the rise in emissions last year.

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