Posts Tagged ‘TVA’
Solar Knowledge: TVA Unveils Electric Vehicle Charging Station Prototype
With nary a sunbeam in sight, TVA and the Electric Power Research Institute on Tuesday unveiled a concept for charging the electric vehicles that are just beginning to hit the local highways.
Equipped with about 12 kilowatts’ worth of solar panels and a battery array with about five kilowatt-hours of storage, the six-parking-spot station will be used to analyze the potential impact of electric vehicles on the electric grid as well as ways to supplement that power. It is the first of two such stations to be built in East Tennessee and will serve as a research prototype to model how electric cars can be juiced up when they’re away from home.
via Solar Knowledge: TVA Unveils Electric Vehicle Charging Station Prototype.
Pretty fascinating technology that will support the upcoming launch of many electrical vehicle models.
News from Chattanooga
There are many good things going on in Tennessee, and Chattanooga seems to be one of the hubs with the most activity. I was particularly intrigued to see that Burns & Roe will be placing an office in that city in the very near future. Headquartered in Oradell, NJ, here is a description of the firm from their own website:
Burns and Roe is a comprehensive engineering, procurement, construction, operations and maintenance company providing services to private and governmental clients worldwide. The firm’s professional services extend from project inception to operations and maintenance.
Burns and Roe does a substantial amount of work in the power industry, and that is a good fit with what our state has cooking in the solar area as well as the presence we have enjoyed for years from TVA and Oak Ridge.
Welcome to Tennessee, Burns and Roe! We are glad you are here.
