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Texas installs another big solar + battery storage project

Baua Electric

Enel North America has started constructing the Ables Springs Solar + Storage Project in Kaufman County, near Dallas. Ables Springs is Enel’s 17th renewables project in the state, where it has installed 3.8 Plus, it’s free to use and you won’t get sales calls until you select an installer and share your phone number with them.

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Fort Worth buying four New Flyer electric buses for new zero-emission route

Green Car Congress

New Flyer is further supporting the deployment with management of ABB charger installation and commissioning through New Flyer Infrastructure Solutions. Trinity Metro’s first Xcelsior CHARGE was unveiled in Fort Worth during a May 2019 event, which previewed The Dash service. It delivers nearly 10 million passenger trips per year.

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This 408-MW solar farm will be one of the largest in Texas

Baua Electric

Photo: Primergy Solar Solar developer Primergy Solar has closed commitments for $588 million in debt financing for a 408-megawatt (MW) solar farm south of Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas. Texas is currently No 1 among US states for the most solar installed, at 22,872 MW, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).

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A New Wildfire Watchdog

Cars That Think

The sensor equivalent of a sleeping dog is called an event-driven sensor. Using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology, we can make such event-driven sensors on silicon chips that are only millimeters in size. This sensor could last for years on its original battery while waiting for a triggering event.

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3 Challenges to Solve Before We Can Commute by Air Taxi

Cars That Think

As part of a program to develop the needed flight rules and communications systems, we are leading a consortium of a dozen companies and universities, called the North Texas Cohort , that is operating an experimental air corridor north of Dallas, Texas. All the GCS hardware is installed in a truck provided by Bell Textron.

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