Tag: Alternating current
US Army Aims To Capture Energy From “The Environment”
The US startup Chariot Defense is pitching a microgrid that replaces hot, noisy, logistically burdened diesel generators with batteries that scavenge energy from the battlefield.
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ACMobility Sets Up Chargers Supporting Public Transport
MANILA, Philippines — ACMobility has expanded its electric vehicle infrastructure initiatives to strengthen public transportation networks through dual partnerships with Basic Energy Corporation and Grab Philippines. The Ayala Group’s mobility unit is deploying physical charging stations along major traffic corridors while launching digital fleet management technology to support electric buses, … [continued]
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The New War of the Currents
Why standardising bidirectional charging is key to enabling vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and driving Europe’s next energy revolution. More than a century ago a fierce technological and marketing battle raged between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla to establish the standard for electrical power distribution. One favoured Direct Current (DC), the other Alternating … [continued]
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Did GM Just Troll Ford?
The EV news of the week, without a doubt, was Ford’s big pullback of its EV plans. It was disappointing, and perhaps even a bit shocking. Yes, following Donald Trump’s widespread attacks on cleantech, and electric vehicles in particular in this story, we expected legacy automakers would scale back their … [continued]
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Renewable Energy, Economics, & Inertia
Solar panels cannot add inertia to an electrical grid. For that, we need a spinning device like a synchronous compensator.
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