Energy

Volta Charging to Expand into Europe

Volta Charging says its charging stations feature large digital displays to provide advertising opportunities for drivers and customers shopping nearby.

By David Sickels
August 10, 2021

Volta Industries, Inc. (“Volta Charging”) has entered into a definitive agreement for a business combination with Tortoise Acquisition Corp. II and intends to expand operations into the European Union with the opening of an office in Germany. Volta Charging charging stations, which feature large digital displays, provide advertising opportunities for drivers who plug their vehicles into the stations and customers who shop at nearby retailers. Volta Charging’s media-enabled charging stations offer brands activation and engagement opportunities, Volta Charging says.

DOE puts another $48M toward improving America’s power grid

This effort aims to better control grid power flow to avoid outages, which costs the economy $150 billion annually.

By David Sickels
March 7, 2023

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced another $48 million in funding to improve the reliability and resiliency of the U.S. power grid. This batch of funding will support a new program focused on developing power grid technologies that improve control and protection of the domestic power grid. The agency says outages caused by extreme weather events are estimated to cost the U.S. economy $150 billion annually. This new effort by DOE will fund projects that aim to enable utilities to more effectively control grid power flow to avoid disturbances, and quickly isolate and route around disruptions.