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Matthew N. Eisler

Matthew N. Eisler is theStrathclyde Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. In this issue, he writes about the tricky history of vehicle-to-grid technology, which aims to use electric vehicles as resources for the power grid.

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Matthew N. Eisler is theStrathclyde Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. In this issue, he writes about the tricky history of vehicle-to-grid technology, which aims to use electric vehicles as resources for the power grid.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

A 2001 experiment proved electric cars could feed the grid. So why hasn’t V2G taken off?

Ion the Prize: The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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At an Alabama power plant, FuelCell Energy and ExxonMobil aim to capture 90 percent of CO2

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Matthew N. Eisler

False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

A 2001 experiment proved electric cars could feed the grid. So why hasn’t V2G taken off?

Ion the Prize: The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The story of the lithium-ion battery tells much about the increasingly global nature of innovation

Fuel Cells Finally Find a Killer App: Carbon Capture

At an Alabama power plant, FuelCell Energy and ExxonMobil aim to capture 90 percent of CO2

Trending Stories

The Case for Running AI on CPUs Isn’t Dead Yet

TLA+ Helps Programmers Squash Bugs Before Coding

Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already