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Electrification and Residential Electric Panels Webinar
Experts from Pecan Street, Southern California Edison and the New Buildings Institute discussed how homeowners can prepare for increased residential electrification. From heat pumps to induction cooktops to EV chargers, a wave of electric products has the potential to significantly reduce climate emissions, especially as our grid continues to decarbonize. The Inflation Reduction Act includes […]
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Bonus EV Webinar: Nov. 15 – A Deeper Dive into EV Charging Data
Back by popular demand! Our September 29 webinar spurred so many questions and comments that we held a follow-up webinar on Tuesday, November 15. Scott Hinson and Cavan Merski went a few levels deeper. They combined electric vehicle charging trends from our participant network with electric grid conditions to project opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. […]
New insights from 10 years of high-resolution EV data from Pecan Street’s residential research network.
Webinar – Prepping for the EV Revolution – Part One
The EV transition is upon us. California may ban the sale of gasoline cars by 2035. The Inflation Reduction Act includes billions in incentives to shift car buyers toward EVs. This boom will lead to millions of home chargers, high-demand charging sessions, and an entirely new set of behaviors, costs and grid impacts. Webinar Details […]
New insights from 10 years of high-resolution EV data from Pecan Street’s residential research network.
An Urgent Case for Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
Thank you to everyone who joined us for this conversation about how we begin to focus clean energy advocacy toward solving the most urgent issues of our time. If 2020 has taught us one thing, it’s that the time for incrementalism has passed. We need swift action to right the ship and accelerate progress on […]
How Soils Can Help Solve the Climate Crisis
Thank you to everyone who joined this conversation with experts from the soil sciences and regenerative agriculture about the potential of soil carbon sequestration. The discussion included how soil carbon sequestration through regenerative farming practices can increase food production, raise farmer profitability, and drawdown atmospheric carbon. The panel also discussed the barriers to widespread adoption […]
Smart DERs – The Missing Link
Thank you to our panel and everyone who joined the Smart DERs – The Missing Link webinar! The panel discussed how smart DERs are necessary to sufficiently expand the grid’s hosting capacity for renewables. With the advent of smart inverters, standardized around California’s Rule 21, the technical capabilities exist to allow DERs to provide a […]
Vehicle to Grid Technology and Energy Storage
Pecan Street’s Engineering Team hosted a talk about the latest on Vehicle to Grid (V2G) technology on June 5, 2020. The discussion included highlights from our recent V2G demonstration project, Tesla’s recent V2G announcement, and an overview of Pecan Street’s ongoing research EV research. Watch the webinar on YouTube. More About V2G Technology You may […]
Testing Texas’ First V2G System as A Dispatchable Resource
Artificial Intelligence for Grid Decarbonization
Pecan Street was joined by our partners at Cambridge Innovation Center and Beyond Limits to discuss near term opportunities and challenges for how to best leverage AI to accelerate grid decarbonization. The conversation included a discussion of how AI can be used to make more informed decisions at the generation level, highlights from industry efforts […]
Update on Shifting Energy Use Trends Due to COVID-19
Read our blog on this topic here or watch the webinar recording on YouTube here. Thank you to everyone who joined for this conversation with Pecan Street’s Chief Technology Officer Scott Hinson to learn more about the shifting trends in home energy use during COVID-19. After a summer spent in quarantine at home, we wanted […]
Summer Update On Our Home Energy Use Analysis
Shifting Energy Use Trends Due to COVID-19
Pecan Street CTO Scott Hinson presented our analysis of how energy use has shifted among residents that participate in our electricity research. Watch the webinar on YouTube, or read Scott’s detailed blog that explains how energy use has shifted. Event Details As the patterns of our lives shift in response to COVID-19, our energy profiles […]
What’s holding back the energy future we’ve been promised?
Join Pecan Street and a host of experts on March 3 for a discussion of the technology and policy roadblocks to clean energy adoption and how the Biden administration can begin to overcome them. The cost of solar systems and batteries has never been lower. Sophisticated home automation technology allows customers to control every outlet […]
Understanding the Texas Grid Crisis
Late February was a trying time to be a Texan. The winter storm and ensuing grid crisis left millions of homes and businesses without power and exposed to extreme winter temperatures. In the aftermath, those in the energy sector and beyond have been rushing to understand the Texas grid crisis and how we can prepare […]
Late February was a trying time to be a Texan.
Digital Dirt
Soil carbon sequestration through regenerative farming can increase food production, raise farmer profitability, and drawdown atmospheric carbon. But we currently lack the data necessary to establish robust carbon markets that would support widescale regenerative farming. This conversation with leaders in the fields of artificial intelligence and soil science focused on how AI can unlock the […]
Finding AI Solutions for Soil Carbon Sequestration
Building Decarbonization
In the fight to address climate change and decarbonize our economy, we must decarbonize homes and businesses to eliminate building sector emissions. But how? Pecan Street’s 2019 Electric Texas report examined the possibility of converting all residential heating in ERCOT’s service area to electric. Building on that effort, we’ve assembled a panel of experts to […]
How to transition homes and businesses to carbon-free energy
T&D World – Distributed Energy Storage
https://events.tdworld.com/tdworld2021/DER
Vehicle-to-Grid Panel Discussion featuring Pecan Street CTO Scott Hinson