36 New Chargers Added 24 hours to Wednesday - April 10th, 2013

Over the last 24 hours - there have been 28 New Public Chargers added to the PlugShare network, 4 Restricted Stations, 43 New Photos, and 4 New home stations being shared. 

The additions tracked are: 

• New Public Chargers Added = 20 Locations, 28 Chargers
• New Restricted Stations added = 1 Location, 4 Chargers  (Maybe 0?)
• New Photos Added = 43
• New Home Stations Shared = 4

60  People Checked into Public EV Chargers today. A bit quieter than some - but not bad!

The last item counted today - was 'New Check in at Westwood Tennis Center, Santa Monica, CA' 

Special thanks to Ed, NEMA 14 (Oak Ridge, NJ), 

Paul, Wall Plug - Outside (Glen Allen, VA), 

Sean, NEMA 14 (Bloomington, IN), and 

John McEwan, NEMA 14, Wall Plug, + Tesla Roadster HPC (Alexandria, VA)

, for sharing their Home stations access with us today!

New Public Stations today, by Name & Location:

1. Acton Ford, Acton, MA - EV Plug x2
2. Monte Vista Small Animal Hospital, Turlock, CA - EV Plug
3. Community Services Building, Vernon, BC - EV Plug
4. Spinnaker Brewpub & Guest Houses, Victoria, BC - EV Plug
5. Crocker Park Union Street parking garage, westlake, OH - Wall Plug
6. Breckinridge Peak 9 Paid parking, Breckonridge, CO - Wall Plug
7. Parking Lot in Breckenridge, CO - Wall Plug
8. Evergreen School parking lot, Calgary, AB - Wall Plug x3
9. Les Galeries Nissan, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC - EV Plug
10. Dollarama, Drummondville, QC - NEMA 14
11. Garage Montplaisir (GM), Drummondville, QC - Wall Plug, EV Plug
12. Paquet Nissan, Levis, QC - EV Plug
13. Harvard Market, Seattle, WA - EV Plug, CHAdeMO (Probable Duplicate Listing)
14. Rocky Point Park East Parking Lot, Port Moody, BC - EV Plug
15. GE WattStation Calzada, Monterrey, Mexico - EV Plug x2
16. Copper Cellar - Cumberland, Knoxville, TN - EV Plug x2, $
17. Copper Cellar - Industrial Parkway, Knoxville, TN - EV Plug x2, $
18. Sherwood Market Center in front of Massage Envy, Tualitin, OR - EV Plug, $ (Duplicate Listing)
19. Saanich Municipal Hall, Victoria, BC - EV Plug x2
20. 1st Avenue, Ladysmith, B.C. - EV Plug x2 (Duplicate Listing)

New Restricted Stations today, by Name & Location (where possible):

1. Gamestop, Grapevine, TX - EV Plug x4 (Why is this restricted?)

New Chargers Added 24 hours to Sunday, March 31st, 2013 + News Bits

Plugshare now lists (My Addition) a total of 16,278 Stations
They use dynamic tracking to add new - and remove redundant, or test stations, but for those that are dropped, or removed, it is done manually, so simply adding in the new additions - does not equal the total numbers, and sometimes - new additions are listed - but need to have their duplicate entries purged. They List 16,336 Stations. I have not listed all duplicate stations and they may not have purged them yet. I may have counted 1 as a count for one listing - but it might represent multiple chargers.

Over the last 24 hours - there have been 10 New Public Chargers added to the PlugShare network, and 3 Restricted Chargers, plus 58 New Photos, and 8 New home stations being shared. BC Lead the way on the most new listings with 3! 

There was a Tesla High Powered Wall Charger Listed new today!

The additions tracked are: 

• New Public Chargers Added = 10
• New Restricted Stations added = 3
• New Photos Added = 58
• New Home Stations Shared = 8

128  People Checked into Public EV Chargers today. Few Chargers added, Fewer public uses - a bit quieter day - but still not so bad!

The last item counted today - was 'New Check in at Irvine Co, CA' (Red)

Special thanks to Josh, EV Plug ( Grafton, WV), Tunde Munz, Wall Plug (San Francisco, CA), Tanguy, Wall Plug (Lacolle, QC), Chris, EV Plug (Houston, TX), Margie, Wall Plug (San Anselmo, CA), Elena, Wall Plug (Beaumont, CA), Prakash Manadhar, Plug? (Lawrence, MA), Moses, Wall Plug (East Point, GA),  for sharing their Home stations access with us today!

New Public Stations today, by Name & Location:

1. 110v at Valet Station, Peachtree Corners, GA
2. Lucille's Smokehouse Bar-B-Que, Brea, CA
3. Gay Brewer Jr Golf Course (Picadome), Lexington, KY
4. Intercontinental Chicago, IL
5. L'enfante Plaza Garage, Washington, DC
6. Maple Ridge Municipal Mall, Maple Ridge, BC
7. HUMC: Women's & Children's Hospital Underground Parking Lot, Hackensack, NJ
8. Kyle Center Parking Lot, Port Moody, BC
9. Port Moody Recreation Complex, Port Moody, BC
10. Green Mitsubishi, Springfield, IL

New Restricted Stations today, by Name & Location (where possible):

1. 14-50 inside my garage, Tucker, GA
2. Nordstrom Valet Parking Lot (Ground Level), Paramus, NJ (Tesla HPWC)
3. Lee's Toyota, Jamaica, NY

News Bits:

What to do with Old EV Batteries? Tesla has one Answer! General Motors and ABB have another!

"Working with Umicore has allowed us to completely recycle the Roadster battery packs profitably, without special financial incentives necessary to promote recycling (as opposed to the lithium manganese or lithium iron phosphate chemistries used in the electric vehicles just hitting the road now)."

General Motors (GM) and ABB have successfully converted used Chevy Volt batteries into a modular microgrid energy storage system that can support distributed generation and provide...(More)

Nissan starts 2013 Leaf production in UK, EV now made on three continents.

Building the Leaf in Tennessee helped Nissan sell more of the all-electric car in the US in March than in any other month. The start of production in the UK, in Nissan's Sunderland plant, has been in the planning stages for a while and today's official start of production means the world's best-selling all-electric vehicle is now being made on three continents (since 2010, the Leaf has been made in Japan). The Sunderland plant was opened in...(MORE)

New Chargers Added - Mar. 22nd - Saturday, Mar. 23rd, 2013

Plugshare now lists (Their Numbers) a total of 16,041 Stations

They use dynamic tracking to both add new - and remove redundant, or test stations that are dropped, so simply adding in the new additions - does not equal the total numbers, and sometimes - new additions are listed - but need to have duplicate entries purged.

Over the last 24 hours - there have been 13 New Public Chargers added to the PlugShare network, plus 98 New Photos, and 7 New home stations being shared. 

The additions tracked are: 

• New Public Chargers Added = 13
• New Restricted Stations added = 0
• New Photos Added = 98
• New Home Stations Shared = 7

87 People Checked into Public EV Chargers today. 

The last item counted today - was 'Jacob checked in at a residential station (red)'

Special thanks to Glen (North Beach, MD), Ric (Philadelphia, PA), Tom E (Model S Owner, Sacramento, CA), Mike S (Los Angeles, Accidental Public Listing), Christopher (Grove City, OH), Derek (Minneapolis, MN), Juan (Portland, OR),  for sharing their Home stations access with us today!

New Public Stations today, by Name & Location (where possible):

1. Cambie Community Centre, Richmond BC
2. HESPV, Hackensack NJ - Maybe (Or, Victoria, BC - to be determined)
3. Bakersfield Palms RV Park, Bakersfield, CA
4. Wayzata Nissan, Wayzata, MN
5. Walser Nissan, Burnsville, MN
6. Trilliums Place Charging Station, Raleigh, NC
7. Tom and Jerry's, Dekalb, IL
8. Waterloo Nissan, Waterloo, ON
9. SC Leaf 1, Gilbert, SC
10. Block 19 Municipal Ramp, Saint Paul, MN
11. Serra Chevrolet, Southfield, MI
12. Showboat Casino Garage, Atlantic City, NJ
13. Alan, Witchita, KS (Maybe Should be a Private Station)

It appears that the most growth today was in Minnesota, with 3 stations added.

Charging News Bits:

Car Charging Group Inc to acquire EV charging stations in New York.

Acquisitions will see this nationwide provider of EV charging services building destination and location networks throughout Central New York and surrounding areas.

EV sales are growing” said Michael D. Farkas, CEO of CarCharging. “EV sales in January 2013 were more than 300% greater than January 2012, and EV sales in February 2013 were nearly 330% greater than February 2012.

CarCharging Group Inc, a leading US provider of convenient electric vehicle (EV) charging services, announced last week its intent to acquire EVPass LLC, a company which specializes in building destination and location networks for...(More)

Better Place sells Hawaii EV charging network to Oregon firm.

Better Place officials said Tuesday they have agreed to sell the company’s electric vehicle-charging network in Hawaii to an Oregon-based firm.

Portland-based OpConnect will take over the 77 Hawaii charging stations operated by Better Place and replace them with OpConnect units, officials from the two companies said in a news release.

OpConnect operates 18 EV charging stations around the country, including two on Maui. Most of its mainland stations are installed...(More)

Other Energy News:

Massive global increase of installed solar capacity forces utilities to review their energy strategies.

Solar generated electricity now supplies at least 5 percent of energy demand in certain European countries such as Italy and Germany and is expected to rise to between 8 and 10 percent by 2020, thus making solar more competitive. 

The increasing success of solar PV is demonstrated by the world record set by Germany on May 26th 2012 when German PV plants contributed 22GW of solar power, almost half of the peak electricity needed in the country on that particular day.

By the end of 2012, installed European PV systems counted over 2.5 million and that number is expected to double in the next 5 years. Massive solar PV provision is therefore not just inevitable but is already becoming a...(More)

Albasolar supplies 3.9 MW in PV to 46 rooftops in Portugal. 

Albasolar, a wholesale distributor specialized in solar photovoltaic distribution to installers, has supplied 3.9 MW in solar modules to EDP -- Portugal’s main power utility -- on the roofs of Continente supermarket chain all across Portugal.

The project has been divided into two phases. The first with 2.4 MW has already been concluded. A second one with 1.5 MW is currently under construction. The modules are being placed on a roof area over 50,000 m2 (60,000 yd2) and it is being developed in towns all...(More)

Siemens receives 270 MW wind power order in Canada.

Siemens Energy has been awarded an order from Samsung Renewable Energy Inc. (Samsung) and Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern) to supply and install 124 wind turbines for the South Kent wind project in Canada.

The 270 MW project, located in Southwestern Ontario, will generate enough energy for up to 100,000 Canadian homes.

The SWT-2.3-101 wind turbines to be used have a power rating of 2.3 MW each and a rotor diameter of 101 meters. Installation of the wind turbines at the South Kent project is scheduled to begin...(More)

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Here a Kilowatt (kW), there a Megawatt (mW), everywhere a GigaWatt (GW), and before you know it - the grid is steadily reducing Coal Use, and Plug-in Electric Cars become the Floating Energy Storage inventory with Vehicle to Grid (V2G) applications growing. There are three different versions of the vehicle-to-grid concept, a distributed generation system, a distributed battery storage system, and a small renewable energy power station.

New Chargers Added - Mar. 15th - Mar. 16th, 2013 + Truck Stop Electrification News

Plugshare is now tracking 15,978 Total Stations!
(Very Soon to hit 16,000 Stations Tracked!)

Over the last 24 hours - there have been 41 New Public Chargers added to the PlugShare network, and 3 Restricted Chargers, plus 23 New Photos, and 5 New home stations being shared. 

26 New Stations Showed up in South Carolina - because I worked the Plug In Carolina website - and today I added those to the PlugShare Website, as well!

The additions tracked are: 

• New Public Chargers Added = 41
• New Restricted Stations added = 3
• New Photos Added = 23
• New Home Stations Shared = 5

76 People Checked into Public EV Chargers today, which means that while it was double or triple the last few days, most people are still charging up at home, and just 76 needed a little extra or did not have a home charger! Or they were checking out charging stations before they needed them - to get a feel for the locations! Maybe - with warmer weather - and new EV Buyers - comes more public charging, too! 

The last person counted today - was 'Lee. Checked in at Burgeville, Potland, OR'

Special thanks to Tom, (Seaside, FL), David (Honolulu, HI), Elia (San Luis Obispo, CA), Lannie (Santa Cruz), and Mark ( W. Chicago, IL),  for sharing their Home stations access with us today!

New Public Stations today, by Name & Location (where possible):

1. Holiday Inn Express, North Bergen, NJ
2. Esquimalt Municipal Hall and Library, Victoria, BC
3. Oak Bay Municipal Hall, Victoria, BC
4. Chevron Discovery Market, Casa Grande, AZ
5. The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA
6. Rutgers - Yellow Lot - Joyce Kimer Ave, Piscataway, NJ
7. Lot 105 - Joyce Kimer Ave, Piscataway, NJ
8. McDonalds's, Riverside, CA
9. High Tech High, San Marcos, CA
10. District of North Vancouver Hall Council Chambers, BC
11. S. Spring St., Greenville, SC
12. N. Church St., Greenville, SC
13. Advanced Tech Center, Union, SC
14. University of South Carolina, Union, SC
15. Sheldon Town Center, Elk Grove, CA
16. Langara College, Vancouver, BC
17. Community Nissan of Mason City, IA
18. Roseville Amtrak Park and Ride, Roseville, CA
19. Kwik Trip, Charles City, IA
20. York Electric Co-op, York, SC
21. Rock Hill Airport, Rock Hill, SC
22. Cherry Rd., Rock Hill, SC
23. Johnson St., Rock Hill, SC
24. Rock Hill City Ops Center, Rock Hill, SC
25. Lynches River Electric Co-operative, Pageland, SC
26. Marlboro Electric Co-operative, Bennettsville, SC
27. North Myrtle Beach, SC
28. HGTC Speir Building, Myrtle Beach, SC
29. N. Poplar Dr., Surfside Beach, SC
30. Westin Hilton Head Resort and Spa, Hilton Head, SC
31. Aiken Electric Co-operative, Aiken, SC
32. South Carolina Electric Co-op, Cayce, SC
33. USC Garage, Columbia, SC
34. USC Garage, N. Sumter St & Wheat St., Columbia, SC
35. 519 Main Street (Horizon Garage) (#237), Columbia, SC
36. University of South Carolina - Discovery Garage, Columbia, SC
37. University of South Carolina - Pendleton Motor Pool, Columbia, SC
38. Lady St., Municipal Parking Garage, Columbia, SC
39. Sumter St. Municipal Parking Garage, Columbia, SC
40. University of South Carolina - Senate Street Garage, Columbia, SC
41. Central Electric Co-operative, Columbia, SC

New Restricted Stations today, by Name & Location (where possible + Link):

1. MAPAQ - Trois Riviers, QC
2. MTQ - CGER Longuil, QC
3. Test, Kathmandu, Nepal

Interesting News Bits:

  Saving Fuel in the Garden State with Truck Stop Electrification.

Long-haul truck drivers throughout the United States typically idle their vehicles during mandated rest periods to maintain access to air conditioning, heat, and electricity. But truck stop electrification (TSE) sites cropping up across the county allow truckers to utilize these auxiliary systems without having to run their engines.

"Truck stop electrification plays an important role in reducing unnecessary idling, fuel consumption, and...(More)

Find your own station with the Truck Stop Electrification Locator.

Locate truck stops with electrification sites to reduce the need for idling.

Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles.

Information on Biodiesel, Electricity, Ethanol, Hydrogen, Natural Gas & Propane. 

More information on Truck Stop Electrification:

Go IDLE FREE & SAVE!

Truck Stop Electrification- Charging Stations- Idle Reduction- TSE.

Truck Stop Electrification (TSE) Transportation Alberta. (PDF)

TRUCK STOP ELECTRIFICATION AS A LONG-HAUL TRACTOR IDLING ALTERNATIVE - EPA Study. (PDF)
Truck Stop Electrification (TSE) Project - Cascade Sierra Solutions (PDF).
Truckstop Electrification Comes to Another NATSN Location - Southern Pride Truck Plaza, Paducah, KY

(Links not included today for all tallied public stations - may be updated and added at a later date.)