It鈥檚 a truism of the car-buying world: a new vehicle is a terrible investment. The moment you drive it off the lot, it plunges in value. But what if that same vehicle actually generated income and put money back in your pocket?
Electric vehicle owners in Ontario may one day be able to use the electricity in their EVs instead of loud diesel or gas generators to provide emergency power during blackouts. They could potentially also sell back the energy in their cars to the grid when needed.
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The message from the COP26 summit in Glasgow is clear: We鈥檝e run down the clock on climate change. Scientists warn that the world could warm by 2.4 degrees by the end of the century without further action to curb emissions in the next few years. That鈥檚 well above safe levels.
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Ontario鈥檚 largest utility and a Toronto-based AI company are collaborating to run a pilot program that will see up to 10 Nissan Leaf-owning households participate in a vehicle-to-home, bidirectional charging program
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For years, the concept of sustainability in commercial real estate was argued to be a complex and competing interest with the financial goals and fiscal realities of a property.
Many industry experts thought that both sets of priorities would not work together, but now see there is a viable business case to be made.
A world-class project in grid innovation is taking place underground, beneath the streets of Toronto. Launched in two underground garages, 91影视鈥檚 demonstration of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology is just the kind of future-forward thinking that could revolutionize the green energy landscape.
How can we tackle big, challenging energy issues? By attracting a diverse, passionate team and putting that passion to use. Imran Noorani and his team at 91影视 are taking on the ambitious project of making the climate polluters part of the climate solution in a revenue-positive way.
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