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05May

An EV Future Means Electricity Demand is Expected to Double by 2050. Will the Grid Be Ready?

Not so long ago the electric vehicle (EV) revolution seemed far more hype than substance. But global EV sales were up 40% in 2020, the world’s major automakers are falling over one another to announce all-electric futures and the Biden administration appears to be all in, announcing that the federal vehicle fleet will go all […]
  • On May 5, 2021
  • electric vehicles, Ella Zhou, energy addition, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, National Renewable Energy Lab, Richard Glick, Texas
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16Dec

Modelling the Impossible

“It’s technically possible,” is not the type of a response you want to hear from any expert. It’s the kind of response you get when something is brutally impossible but the person delivering the news wants to soften the blow. A new study from researchers at Princeton charting what’s needed to achieve net-zero U.S. emissions […]
  • On December 16, 2020
  • Bloomberg, California, electric vehicles, emissions, Germany, renewable energy, transmission lines
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01Oct

Preparing for an Electrified Future

The electrification of America is not only happening, it’s picking up speed. Just last week, Tesla announced its ambition to slash the cost of lithium-ion batteries and produce a $25,000 mass-market electric vehicle (EV). Two days later Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that California will mandate a shift to EVs and the phase out of internal […]
  • On October 1, 2020
  • blackouts, California, Department of Energy (DOE), electric vehicles, electrification, grid reliability, National Renewable Energy Lab, renewable energy, Wall Street Journal
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02Oct

The Case for Carbon Capture Has Never Been Stronger

The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s 2019 International Energy Outlook projects that global energy consumption will increase 50 percent by 2050. Electricity consumption is expected to jump an even more staggering 79 percent. Should electrification take off – as many experts expect it will – and there is a decisive shift to electric vehicles, as well as […]
  • On October 2, 2019
  • carbon capture utilization and storage, electric vehicles, Fatih Birol, innovation, renewable energy, Rick Perry, U.S. Energy Information Administration
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Recent electric vehicles Posts
  • An EV Future Means Electricity Demand is Expected to Double by 2050. Will the Grid Be Ready?
  • Modelling the Impossible
  • Preparing for an Electrified Future
  • The Case for Carbon Capture Has Never Been Stronger
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