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Tesla Joins a Growing Trend: Electric Buses and Trucks (From RealClearEnergy) The Tesla Semi, an electric heavy-duty truck, was unveiled last week. Tesla plans to begin production in 2019, and two customers already are interested in buying them, J.B. Hunt Transport Services and Meijer Inc., the Michigan-based grocery store chain ...
Who Should Pay For Electric Vehicle Chargers? Who Should Profit? (From Forbes) Electric vehicles are unlikely to win broad market acceptance unless they can be charged quickly and easily anywhere in America. Chargers are critical in getting rid of “range anxiety,” the fear of running out of charge with no station in sight. There ...
The Bottom Line on Electric Cars: They’re Cheaper To Own (From Forbes) The price of electric vehicles is coming down, but they still look expensive compared with many gasoline-powered cars. That comparison, though, is misleading. Once you figure in the cost of ownership, especially maintenance and fuel, electric vehicles ...
Automotive Industry Is Racing To Meet Electric Vehicle Demand In China (From Forbes) Last month, China’s government issued new rules that require automotive companies to sell more alternative-energy cars in the country. Beijing also plans to eventually get rid of all internal combustion engines in new cars, maybe as soon as 2030. Thus, ...
How Electric Cars Could Help the Power Grid Become More Efficient, Less Expensive (From Forbes) A recent analysis from Bloomberg New Energy Finance suggested that electric vehicles could account for half of all new cars sold by 2040. While electric vehicles consume electricity, they can also export power to the grid as mobile energy storage units ...
Utilities Will Spend Billions on Cybersecurity As Threat Grows The National Institute of Standards and Technology released a report in May identifying products available to enhance the electric grid’s cybersecurity. New technologies employed onto the grid are multiplying the number of access points for cyber threa ...
California Presses Grid Operators To Substitute Non-Traditional Sources For New Investment (From Forbes) As of December 2016, the California Public Utilities Commission began a pilot program aimed at incentivizing utilities to adopt distributed resources. The ultimate goal is to allow the three investor-owned utilities, Pacific Gas and Electric, San Diego Gas and Electric and Southern California Edison, to make a profit when distributed resources replace a traditional upgrade. I have written a commentary on this topic for Forbes here.
Cyber Threat Data Sharing Needs Refinement Technologies are being interconnected and integrated onto the nation’s electric grid to decrease weaknesses. However, these physical and computerized elements multiply the number of access points for cyber risks, making protection of the grid challenging. If done correctly, sharing cyber threat information eliminates the chances for one cyber threat or attack to affect multiple stakeholders.
Seven Biggest Reasons America Should Seek Energy Dominance (From Investor’s Business Daily) The United States is on the cusp of becoming the world’s dominant energy provider. This has wide-ranging and very positive ramifications. It means more jobs, heightened U.S. manufacturing competitiveness and an improved trade balance. Expanded energy p ...
Balancing Smart Grid Data and Consumer Privacy Technologies on the electric grid allow for two-way communication and the transfer of data between utilities and customers. Information from the grid enables customers to decrease electricity costs and boosts the reliability of the grid infrastructure. Such information also equips third-party providers with data to create new energy-saving products and services. When electricity infrastructure is damaged as a result of a physical attack or natural disaster, data allows for quicker response times, boosting the overall security of the grid.
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