smart meter Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 13:46:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Electric Vehicles and Smart Meters Could Save the Power Grid https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-vehicles-smart-meters-save-power-grid-20140224/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-vehicles-smart-meters-save-power-grid-20140224/#respond Mon, 24 Feb 2014 13:46:04 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=46148 In most parts of the country, the power grid is woefully out of date, which makes many people wonder if more electric vehicles will simply put more strain on an already strained system. In many places, the power grid is decades old. While average consumption isn’t typically a problem for the grid, peak power demands […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-vehicles-smart-meters-save-power-grid-20140224/feed/ 0 46148 Tesla Motors and SolarCity Will Provide Green Energy Storage by 2015 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tesla-motors-solar-city-energy-storage-20130703/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tesla-motors-solar-city-energy-storage-20130703/#respond Wed, 03 Jul 2013 14:17:02 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=38891 Elon Musk has his fingers in many pies. Two in particular, Tesla Motors and SolarCity, could be a match made in heaven California. Elon Musk is the CEO of Tesla Motors, producer of the best combination of lithium-ion and wheels ever devised. He is also Chairman of the Board at SolarCity, which is run by […]

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