On May 28, the California Energy Commission announced $55.2 million in new funding through the California Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Project. The funding is to be used for expanding public EV fast charging infrastructure in California. Over 201,000 public EV chargers are operating in California, but most are Level 2 chargers, … [continued]
California continues to celebrate strong ZEV sales despite the efforts of President Trump, and his Republican enablers in Congress, to throttle down the vehicle electrification movement (courtesy of CEC).
California continues to celebrate strong ZEV sales despite the efforts of President Trump, and his Republican enablers in Congress, to throttle down the vehicle electrification movement.
The California Energy Commission just announced there are over 201,000 public and shared EV charging ports operating in California now. This total is huge and obviously much more than in other US states. In March of this year, the CEC announced that the total number of EV charging ports in … [continued]
The California Energy Commission recently announced $55 million in funding to expand the Golden State’s public EV fast charging infrastructure. California is the leading electric vehicle and EV charging state in the US by far. Of course, this status has a lot to do with public policy. The state of … [continued]
The Mobility House presents Fremont Unified School District Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) District Unveiling. Celebrating the opening of one of the first V2G school bus depots in PG&E territory. Photo credit: The Mobility House, by Rich McKie.
Energy discharged from the buses’ batteries will now be available to support electric grid resilience District and school administrators hosted a ceremony on August 7th to celebrate the successful implementation of their new vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging system at the Fremont Unified School District (FUSD) Transportation Yard. The event was co-presented … [continued]
Photovoltaic solar panel arrays in the California desert. Credit: Tom Brewster Photography via Bureau of Land Management, CC BY 2.0.
California is making strides in reducing emissions while the economy continues to grow. Check out some of the state’s recent wins! California continues to charge forward with significant climate wins: The California Air Resources Board (CARB) just released a report showing that California’s emissions continue to fall — a 20% reduction … [continued]
Ceramic cells are the key to a new, non-electric reactor-based system for producing hydrogen from biogas, renewable natural gas, and waste gases from steel making and other industries. Image courtesy of Utility Global.
Ceramic cells are the key to a new, non-electric reactor-based system for producing hydrogen from biogas, RNG, and industrial waste gases.
ChatGPT & DALL-E generated panoramic image illustrates the metaphorical concept of a heat pump's significant impact compared to building efficiency, depicted through the contrast in size between a large, advanced heat pump and smaller buildings.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Building Technologies Office (BTO) released $1.7 million for two projects with funding from the recently announced FY24 Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF) Core Laboratory Infrastructure for Market Readiness (CLIMR) Lab Call. This lab call invited proposals from national laboratories to advance energy technologies and strengthen existing … [continued]
It's always a good time to talk about wave energy, especially during SharkFest 2024. Image courtesy of National Geographic.
With SharkFest 2024 comes a reminder that wave energy and other renewables will benefit shark habitats by pushing fossil energy out.
The California Energy Commission just released energy data showing that solar power electricity production in California increased almost twenty times since 2012. The increase was 2,609 gigawatt-hours (GWh) to 48,950 GWh. Rooftop solar increased 10 times and the rest of the overall increase was from utility-scale solar. During the same … [continued]
