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A giant distributed battery for the country?

by Tom Raftery on July 22, 2008 · 4 comments

in demand response, smart grid, vehicle to grid

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Having just taken delivery today of my Toyota Prius and having just read the Rocky Mountain Institute’s (RMI) fabulous report on Vehicle to Grid possibilities, I decided it was time to address a post to this topic.
First off, what is vehicle to grid? Vehicle to Grid (or V2G) is the idea that plug-in [...]

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IEA report paints challenging picture

by Tom Raftery on June 11, 2008 · 3 comments

in energy

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I read the International Energy Agency’s latest Energy Technology Perspectives 2008 report and it is sobering stuff.
It starts off by outlining what will happen in a business as usual scenario:
Our current path is not sustainable
If governments around the world continue with policies in place to date – the underlying premise in the ETP [...]

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