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New York City Tests A Solar-Powered Electric-School-Bus Microgrid

06 Nov 2024 | Abstracted from Canary Media

"Four battery-electric school buses are onsite today, with 12 more expected by the start of next school year. They’ll be bolstered by a 500-kilowatt solar array and a 2-megawatt-hour battery onsite...All the assets at the site in eastern Brooklyn - buses, solar panels, and batteries - can modulate when they pull power from the grid

"Similar electric-bus V2G projects are being launched in multiple states, including California, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, and Massachusetts."

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