Con Ed And First Student Bring Solar Microgrid To New York
Con Edison and First Student are constructing a microgrid in Brooklyn to manage the charging requirements of electric school buses.
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Curbside EV Charging In NYC Is A Huge Success
In 2021, NYC began an experiment in curbside EV charging, It has been a huge success and will be extended shortly.
Tesla In Talks To Supply Battery Storage To Con Edison
Tesla is teaming with Orange & Rockland Utilities, a subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, to test the effectiveness of grid scale battery storage systems for selected commercial and industrial customers. If successful, this could lead to a major new source of business for Tesla.
Sustainable Westchester Leads New York Into CCA
Originally published on the ECOreport. Seventeen municipalities are involved in this pilot program, which has been described as “a transformative shift in the way we buy and use electricity.” Audrey Zibelman, Commissioner of the New York State Public Service Commission, said she has “great hopes for this as a critical pilot for the … [continued]
New Zinc-Air Battery Could Pack Twice The Power Of Lithium-Ion
Researchers at Stanford University are working on a new rechargeable zinc-air battery that could provide a low cost energy storage alternative to the current favorite, lithium-ion. Zinc-air batteries have great promise due to the cheapness and abundance of their basic materials along with a relatively high energy density, but until … [continued]
Smart Grid Technology Helps New York City
[social_buttons] An old Cleantechnica writer (actually, our previous editor), arielschwartz/, wrote a great article this week on how a nascent smart grid helped to prevent brownouts and blackouts in New York during a record-breaking heat wave earlier this month. Although our nation’s electricity grid has a ways to go before … [continued]
