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I was talking to an American friend the other day who had recently taken delivery of their new Tesla Roadster. He was really enthused about it. What was the thing which impressed him most?
He took the car for a spin over the weekend. He went over 100 miles on the journey. When [...]
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I was delighted to see news today that the Canadian province of Ontario is the latest to sign up to roll out Better Place’s car charging infrastructure.
Better Place is a California-based, startup that aims to reduce global dependency on petroleum through the creation of a transportation infrastructure that supports electric vehicles. Typically [...]
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In the above video Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO, Google interviews Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and CEO, GE.
The reason Google and GE were talking? Google and GE jointly announced the other day that they are coming together “to help develop tomorrow’s power generation, transmission and distribution — known as the “smart grid†— and its [...]
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If Demand Response is such a good idea and will help get more renewables onto the grid, why isn’t it being embraced by the grid management companies?
Most grid management companies have been in business for decades managing a grid in which the supply is manageable and the demand is variable but reasonably predictable [...]
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Image from the Andy Grove article in American.com
I wrote a post about Plug-In hybrid vehicles and their potential value to the grid the other day.
Since then I have seen several other articles published from eminent sources which seem to back the thesis that electric vehicles are the way to go.
Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel, [...]
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