Smart Grid Blog

The White House is fanning out in force.

Last week, President Barack Obama visited Michigan, for the groundbreaking of a battery manufacturing plant; Labor Secretary Hilda Solis spoke at Celgard, a North Carolina lithium battery-parts producer, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan traveled to an electric vehicle recharging station project in New York; and other administration officials went to Vermont, Maryland and Pennsylvania. This was just weeks after the assistant energy secretary testified before Congress that the administration supported legislation to jump-start electrification of the nation’s transportation sector.

via Opinion: Electricity drives our energy future – David Crane and Adm. Timothy J. Keating – POLITICO.com.

EnerDel just announced that it will be collaborating with ITOCHU Corporation on another smart grid battery storage project, this time for a major Tokyo apartment building. The system will link renewable, high speed charging outlets for electric cars with the power grid, and is the second such project the two companies have undertaken together.

via EnerDel (HEV) And ITOCHU Collaborate On Another Smart Grid Battery Storage Project | Green Stocks Central.