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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 […]
Race & Energy Webinar II
Thank you to everyone who joined the second webinar in our Race & Energy series! We were thrilled to have our distinguished panelists join us again to continue this conversation. The panel will take a deeper dive into the issues surrounding race and how it impacts energy affordability, and specifically, why we should consider race […]
Race & Energy – A Pecan Street Webinar
Thanks to everyone who joined our discussion on race and energy on June 30th. Our distinguished panelists discussed how race impacts energy affordability, equality of opportunity to participate in emerging clean energy programs and markets, and models for how to design equitable energy programs. A recording of the webinar is posted below.
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 […]