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Turbine flow meters help dispense clean fuel

Envirotec Magazine

Designed and built by KOKO Networks (Nairobi), the KOKO Point vending machine dispenses ethanol and is part of an elegant solution to a widespread problem in African cities: Getting cheap, safe fuel into homes to use for cooking. Made from corn or sugar cane, ethanol is much safer but can be hard to package and transport.

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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. 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? Especially when fast-charging stations gulp down prodigious amounts of power?

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‘First of a Kind’ UK Project Aims to Unleash Residential Grid Flexibility

GreenTechMedia

A new residential grid flexibility service available in parts of the U.K. will combine energy storage, vehicle-to-grid and smart EV charging for the first time. The project, led by energy technology firm Kaluza, will trade that flexibility in close to real-time conditions. Western Power Distribution serves about 8 million U.K.

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Electric dreams: Innovators step up at the Scottish Green Energy Awards in Edinburgh

Envirotec Magazine

The UK’s first all-electric intercity bus service drove off with a top prize at the Scottish Green Energy Awards on 1 December. The bilingual multi-purpose facility uses a mix of energy sources such as solar panels, an air source heat pump, battery storage and insulation to reduce its dependence on the grid.

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Wallbox and Bidirectional Energy win $2.2-million CEC grant for V2X demo project

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EV charging and energy management specialist Wallbox and startup Bidirectional Energy have secured $2.2 million in grant funding from the California Energy Commission for Phase 1 of their Bidirectional Residential V2X Demonstration Project. Quasar 2 is an 11.5 Source: Wallbox

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Unlocking smart meter data for research

Smart Energy International

James O’Toole explains how the UK’s Smart Energy Research Lab is enabling researcher access to smart meter data. With over 21 million smart gas and electric meters now in Great Britain’s homes, there is a growing wealth of half-hourly and daily domestic energy use data available to those who can access it.

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LEM’s DC meter enables EV fast charging station makers to accelerate deployment

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The US-certified DCBM 400/600 meter takes EV fast charging to another level By Mathieu Beguin, Global Product Manager at LEM With transportation accounting for over 20% of global CO 2 emissions in 2020 and 17% of all greenhouse gas emissions (according to Statista ), decarbonization is essential in this sector.