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    Coalition of Big Tech and Auto Brands Aims to Set Virtual Power Plant Standards

    Coalition of Big Tech and Auto Brands Aims to Set Virtual Power Plant Standards

    Major brands in the tech and auto industries, including Google, Ford and General Motors, along with solar energy companies, like SunPower and Sunrun, have joined a coalition led by global energy transformation nonprofit Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI). The mission of this Virtual Power Plant Partnership (VP3)? To standardize and create policies for virtual power plants. […]

    Propane Industry Group Is Illegally Lobbying and Paying Influencers, Government Accountability Office Warns

    Propane Industry Group Is Illegally Lobbying and Paying Influencers, Government Accountability Office Warns

    A propane industry group is paying DIY influencers to promote propane and oppose building electrification using funds the GAO has repeatedly warned are not permissible for those purposes, The New York Times reports based on a public information request by the Energy and Policy Institute. The Propane Education and Research Council uses the $40 million […]

    Mobile Charging Station for Electric Vehicle Fleets Debuts at Consumer Electronics Show

    Mobile Charging Station for Electric Vehicle Fleets Debuts at Consumer Electronics Show

    SparkCharge, an electric vehicle charging system and network developer, has developed a mobile charging station to service vehicle fleets, a first-of-its-kind product that serves as part of the company’s Charging as a Service (CaaS) network. SparkCharge recently debuted the mobile charging fleet services solution at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023. The mobile charging station will […]

    Wind Power Breaks Records in Britain, but Gas Remains on Top

    Wind Power Breaks Records in Britain, but Gas Remains on Top

    A record amount of electricity in Great Britain was produced by wind farms in 2022, but most of its power still came from gas-fired plants, according to the National Grid. Wind farms provided 26.8 percent of Britain’s electricity last year, up from 21.8 percent in 2021, reported Reuters. The biggest offshore wind farm in the […]