74 New Chargers Added 24 hours to Saturday - April 13th, 2013 + News: Chargers Going in

Over the last 24 hours - there have been 63 New Public Chargers added to the PlugShare network, 4 Restricted Stations, 63 New Photos, and 7 New home stations being shared. 

The additions tracked are: 

• New Public Chargers Added = 48 Locations, 63 Chargers
• New Restricted Stations added = 3 Locations, 4 Chargers
• New Photos Added = 63
• New Home Stations Shared = 7

100  People Checked into Public EV Chargers today. A nice round number!

The last item counted today - was 'New Photo of City of Azusa Public Parking' 

Special thanks to David, NEMA 14 (University City, CA), Andy, Wall Plug (Ashland, OR), Daniel, EV Plug (Kennesaw, GA), Guillaume, EV Plug (Saint-Hubert), Carlene, EV Plug (Everett, WA), Bob, EV Plug (Grants Pass, OR - Pending Install), and Lionel, EV Plug, Wall Plug (Sainte-Sophie, QC), for sharing their Home stations access with us today! 

New Public Stations today, by Name & Location:

1. Harbour Quay, Port Alberni, BC - EV plug
2. Panda Corp, Rosemead, CA - EV Plug
3. Perry Sound KOA, Seguin, ON - NEMA 14 (Seasonal)
4. Sacramento Memorial 5, Sacramento, CA - NEMA 14, EV Plug (+ CHAdeMO Quick Charge ?)
5. 1000 Islands, Kingston KOA, Kingston ON - NEMA 14 (Seasonal), $
6. 1000 Islands, Ivy Lea KOA, Landsdowne, ON - NEMA 14 (Seasonal), $
7. 1000 Islands, Mallorytown KOA, Mallorytown, ON - NEMA 14 (Seasonal), $
8. Ottawa South KOA, Cardinal, ON - NEMA 14 (Seasonal), $
9. Montreal West KOA, Coteau du Lac, QC - NEMA 14 (Seasonal), $
10. Montreal South KOA, St. Philippe de Laprarie, QC - NEMA 14 (Seasonal), $
11. Renfrew KOA, Renfrew, ON - NEMA 14 (Seasonal), $
12. Quebec City KOA, St. Nicolas, QC - NEMA 14 (Seasonal)
13. Commonwealth Place, Victoria, BC - EV Plug
14. HQ Headquarters, Montreal, QC - EV Plug, $
15. Anaheim West Tower Parking, Anaheim, CA - EV Plug x2, $
16. Wayne AAA Office, Wayne, PA - EV Plug x2, $
17. Main Line Animal Rescue, Phoenixville, PA - EV Plug x2, $
18. US Airways Flight Training Center, Phoenix, AZ - EV Plug x3, $
19. Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ - EV Plug x3, $
20. A-Life Medical, Sandiego, CA - EV Plug, $
21. Legacy Partners, Long Beach, CA - EV Plug x3, $
22. Smokey Mountain Brewry, Maryville, TN - EV Plug, $
23. Beam Charging - W 13th St., New York, NY - EV Plug, $
24. Beam Charging - 3rd Ave., New York, NY - EV Plug, $
25. Beam Charging - 1st Ave., New York, NY - EV Plug, $
26. Beam Charging - Allen St., New York, NY - EV Plug, $
27. Beam Charging - W 3rd St., New York, NY - EV Plug, $
28. NRC, Ottawa, ON - EV Plug
29. Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, Monterey CA - EV Plug, Wall Plug
30. 6th Ave. Parking Garage, Seattle WA - EV Plug x2
31. Campbell River Visitor Centre, BC - EV Plug
32. City of Campbell River Dogwood Operations Centre, Campbell River, BC - EV Plug
33. Capilano University, Lot 1, North Vancouver, BC - EV Plug
34. Convention Center, Santa Fe, NM - EV Plug, Wall Plug
35. UFV Abbotsford, Lot 10, Abbotsford, BC - EV Plug, $
36. Thorncrest Ford, Etobicoke, ON - EV Plug
37. Toronto Lester B Pearson International Airport - T1 - EV Plug, $
38. DTW Airport, Detroit, MI - EV Plug x2, $
39. DTW Airport, Romulus, MI - EV Plug x2, $
40. University of Fraser Valley, Lot 1 - EV Plug, $
41. WearTech, Anaheim, CA - EV Plug, Wall Plug
42. City Hall, Campbell River, BC - EV Plug
43. Tishman Speyer, Washington, DC - EV Plug
44. Poets Cove, Pender Island, BC - EV Plug
45. Pitt Meadows Airport, Pitt Meadows, BC - EV Plug
46. Bob Bath, Grants Pass, OR - (Residential EV Plug, a Duplicate of Home Station Bob - Above)
47. Charge Point at Safeway Village San Antonio Center, EV Plug, (Pending)
48. City of Temecula - Old Towne Garage, Temecula, CA - EV Plug x2

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

1. Lp122a, Sacramento, CA - EV Plug, CHAdeMO Quick Charger
2. Pearkes Recreation Centre, Victoria BC - EV Plug x2
3. TransEnergy Solutions, Portland, OR - EV Plug

As a Reminder - the $ indicated above means either Paid Charging, or Charging in Paid Parking areas. Either way - the information given states there is a fee to pay. It might be flat rate, or time based, or energy used based.

News Bits:

5,200 Public EV Charging Stations, 58 Hydrogen Fueling Stations. (@December 18, 2012)

We all have our own favorites when it comes to clean cars of the future. Since I am writing on this site, I think you can tell what mine is. However, there are of course others who think that hydrogen-powered cars own the future. I remember seeing an ad (I think from Ford) in a major magazine about 10 years ago that was about the beautiful fact that hydrogen-powered cars didn’t emit pollution, just water (and heat). 10 years later, I’m yet to see a fancy hydrogen-powered car… wait, actually, I did see one at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week — I guess I should say that I’m yet to see one on the road.

According to a recent report, there are only 58 hydrogen fueling stations in the US, compared to 5,621 public electric vehicle charging stations (as I’m writing this). I think the 58 number is for the end of 2012 (not that it has changed much since then), so in my title I used the December 18 US charging station total of 5,200 to be as...(MORE)

Kroger to Add 225 EV Charging Stations. April 10, 2013

The Kroger Co. and Ecotality will add more than 200 level 2 quick-charge electric vehicle charging stations and 25 DC fast chargers at Kroger supermarkets across the US.

The companies say the $1.5 million expansion will bring the total number of Ecotality’s Blink chargers at Kroger stores to almost 300.

Kroger says the EV charging stations will be installed at stores in markets with the highest demand, including Phoenix, San Diego and Los Angeles. These stations are in addition to 60 already installed in...(MORE)

32 New Chargers Added 24 hours to Sunday - April 7th, 2013, Now 16,537 Stations Tracked!

Plugshare lists a total of 16,537 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. My count is 16,466 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, hence some of the differences.

Over the last 24 hours - there have been 32 New Public Chargers added to the PlugShare network, Plus 3 Restricted Stations, 101 New Photos, and 6 New home stations being shared. 

The additions tracked are: 

• New Public Chargers Added = 15 Locations, 23 Chargers 
• New Restricted Stations added = 3
• New Photos Added = 101
• New Home Stations Shared = 6

179  People Checked into Public EV Chargers today. Between that and the 101 new Photos - it looks Like it was a great Day to Get out and about in their EV's, Thanks to public Charging Stations - as listed on PlugShare!

The last item counted today - was 'tgm4 Checked in at Mona Electric, Clinton, Maryland' 

Special thanks to Mike, NEMA 14, Tesla Model S HPWC (Nepean, ON), Michel, Wall Plug (W. of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, QC), George, Wall Plug, EV Plug (Royal Oak, MI), Patrick, Wall Plug (Media, PA), Leonard, EV Plug (Pierz, MN), and Dan, EV Plug (Hillsborough Township, NJ), for sharing their Home stations access with us today!

New Public Stations today, by Name & Location:

1. Mayfair Shopping Mall, Victoria, BC - EV Plug
2. Century Theaters Parking, Napa, CA - EV Plug x3
3. Harris Ranch Supercharger - Tesla Supercharger (Duplicate Listing!)
4. Direct Energy Centre, Toronto, ON - EV Plug
5. Roberts Creek Library, Roberts Creek, BC - EV Plug
6. Solar City Visitors Parking, Los Angeles, CA - EV Plug
7. Westport Train Station - Charles St, Westport, CT - EV Plug
8. Westport Train Station, Wesport, CT - EV Plug (Level 1) x4
9. Union City Nissan, Union city, GA - EV Plug
10. Chesapeke's Seafood Restaurants, Knoxville, TN - EV Plug
11. South London Infinity Nissan, London, ON - EV Plug
12. Sheehy Nissan, Springfield, VA - EV Plug
13. Willow Street Station, Long Beach, CA - EV Plug x4, $
14. Via Verde Park & Ride, San Dimas, CA - EV Plug
15. Courtesy Nissan Dealership, Stevens Point, WI  - EV Plug (Hours Listed)

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

1. Mark, Orangeville, ON - NEMA 14 (Should be a Private Listing?!)
2. Apace Family Campground, Myrtle Beach, CS - NEMA 14, $ (Check in at Front Desk)
3. Honda of Stevens Creek, Santa Clara, CA - EV Plug (Brand Restriction?)

Not the Most Chargers added to the Network today since the beginning of this blog - but the most use of the network with 179 Check-in's and enhancement with 101 Photos Added!

34 New Chargers Added 24 hours to Thursday, April 4th, 2013 + Energy News Bits

Plugshare lists a total of 16,464 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. My count is 16,368 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, hence some of the differences.

Over the last 24 hours - there have been 21 New Public Chargers, and 4 new Restricted Chargers added to the PlugShare network, plus 76 New Photos, and 9 New home stations being shared. 

The additions tracked are: 

• New Public Chargers Added = 21
• New Restricted Stations added = 4
• New Photos Added = 76
• New Home Stations Shared = 9

113  People Checked into Public EV Chargers today. More Chargers added, More public uses - more today than yesterday!

The last item counted today - was 'New Checkin at Tahoma Market, Fife, WA' 

Special thanks to Martin and Tina, EV Plug (Chilliwack, BC), Christopher, Wall Plug + EV Plug (Minneapolis, MN), Mike, EV Plug (Long Beach, CA), Guenette, Tesla HPWC for Model S, EV Plug (Montreal, QC), Chris, Tesla HPWC for Model S, NEMA 14, Wall Plug (Eunice, NM), Justin, EV Plug, Wall Plug (Knox, PA), Remy, NEMA-14 (Rimouski, QC), Allison and Ellen, EV Plug (Kemptville, ON), and Vdiv, Wall Plug, EV Plug, NEMA 10-30 (Reston, VA) , for sharing their Home stations access with us today!

New Public Stations today, by Name & Location:

1. AAA Building, Dearborn, MI - Wall Plug, EV Plug
2. RE/MAX Masters, Perrysburg, OH - EV Plug
3. British Columbia Visitors Centre, Surrey, BC - EV Plug
4. Providence Medical Group, Portland, OR - EV Plug
5. Best Western Plus, Kelowna, BC - EV Plug
6. Kelowna Infiniti Nissan, Kelowna, BC - EV Plug
7. Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, CA - EV Plug + Wall Plug X2
8. Thompson Rivers University - Williams Lake, BC - EV Plug x2
9. sc-25, Lasalle, (Montreal) QC - EV Plug
10. Beam Charging, New York, NY - EV Plug, $
11. Federal West, San Diego, CA - EV Plug x2
12. Mountaingate RV Park, Redding, CA - NEMA 14, $
13. Grove Street Chapel, Brattleboro, VT - EV Plug (Pending)
14. IKEA (Duplicate West Covina)
15. Seward Park Co-op, New York, NY - CHAdeMO
16. Riverside Nissan (New + Duplicate), Riverside, CA
17. Connell Nissan, Costa Mesa, CA (CHAdeMO)
18. University of Victoria, Victoria, BC - EV Plug, $

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

1. PreFlight Parking, Philadelphia, PA - Wall Plug
2. UT Solar Decathlon - Living Light, Knoxville, TN - EV Plug, $
3. Eastman Chemical Company - Building 300, Kingsport, TN - EV Plug x2 (Offline)

How Ontario is putting an end to coal-burning power plants.
By most measures of environmental policy and progress, Ontario, Canada, ranks well. Over the last half-century, Canada’s most populous province required cities and industries to treat every gallon of wastewater, dramatically reduced the level of sulfur and other pollutants that caused acid rain, and convinced the big and politically powerful pulp and paper industry to install state-of-the-art emissions control equipment.

Weaning economies off of coal, as Ontario learned, is no small feat. In 2003, Ontario generated 7,500 megawatts of coal-fired electricity, a quarter of its power supply. Ontario’s coal consumption peaked that year at 18.6 million metric tons. Coal-fired power plants were Ontario’s largest source of toxic chemical, heavy metal, sulfur, and nitrogen air  
pollution. Carbon emissions from coal-fired generation had risen to more than 41 million metric tons annually. The program to end coal began that same year with an exceptional 
debate about energy that helped decide the election for provincial premier.

Next year, though, Ontario is scheduled to complete a 21st century environmental cleanup project that distinguishes it among North American jurisdictions. After a decade of work by 
the Liberal Party government, Ontario at the end of this year is scheduled to close the last of its big coal-fired generators, and leave a single small coal-fired unit available 
during periods of peak electrical demand until it closes next year. In shutting down the province’s 19 boilers fueled by coal, Ontario will become the...(MORE)


German village offers a blueprint for green energy.
Nations as diverse as North Korea and the United States have sent delegations to visit a tiny village in former East Germany to see how it has transformed the way it uses energy.
A 60-minute drive south of Berlin, and home to about 125 people, Feldheim is Germany's first and only energy self-sufficient village and attracts both international energy experts 
and politicians.

The country of more than 80 million aims to derive 80 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2050. It has bolstered wind and solar energy generation, and following Japan's 
Fukushima disaster in 2011 Germany announced that it will phase out nuclear power by 2022.

"We're seen as pioneers, and the world wants to know whether they can duplicate our success," says Joachim Gebauer, a former teacher who guides visitors through the remote hamlet. "No coal or gas is burned here, it's all...(MORE)

New Chargers Added 24 hours to Friday, March 29th, 2013

Plugshare now lists (My Addition) a total of 16,198 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 16,220 Stations. I have not listed all duplicate stations and they may not have purged them yet.

Over the last 24 hours - there have been 8 New Public Chargers added to the PlugShare network, plus 37 New Photos, and 5 New home stations being shared. BC Lead the way on the most new listings! 

Two of the Public Chargers should likely be listed as Restricted - to eBikes Only, due to their description with such information!.

The additions tracked are: 

• New Public Chargers Added = 8
• New Restricted Stations added = 0
• New Photos Added = 37
• New Home Stations Shared = 5

81 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 'Big Mel Checked in at Coquitlam Centre Mall'

Special thanks to scott, NEMA 14, Tesla HPWC - Model S (Dyke, VA), Jason, Wall Outlet (Columbus, OH), Neilesh, EV Plug (Washington, DC), Yamato Rehab, EV Plug (Boca Raton, FL),   for sharing their Home stations access with us today!

New Public Stations today, by Name & Location:

1. Fraser Valley Regional District (Firehall), EV Plug, Chilliwack, BC
2. Guildford Condo, EV Plug, Surrey, BC
3. Kohl's, #1264, EV Plug, Milton, GA
4. Walmart, Wall Outlets, Goderich, ON
5. Port Albert - Convenience Store, Wall Outlet, Port Albert, ON
6. Mitchel's Farm, Wall Outlet (eBikes Only), Saanichton , BC
7. Safeway, Wall Outlets, Sidney, BC
8. Band Shell by Fish Market, Wall Plugs (eBikes Only), Sidney, BC

A Bit fewer Chargers installed today, but more Pictures added and more use today, compared to yesterday.

Anyone out there beat Tesla Yet? This Video doesn't think so:

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.