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Rhode Island & Connecticut’s 704 MW Revolution Wind achieves first ‘steel in the water’

Baua Electric

Photo: Revolution Wind The 704-megawatt (M) Revolution Wind, Rhode Island and Connecticut’s first utility-scale offshore wind farm, just hit a major milestone. Revolution Wind’s site is more than 15 miles south of Rhode Island and 32 miles southeast of Connecticut. Get started here. –ad*

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Tesla Solar Roof withstands 155 mph winds, Powerwall survives hours-long underwater ordeal

Teslarati

This was hinted at recently in a social media post from Florida-based Kelly Roofing , one of the top roofing contractors in the market. . As shared by the roofing company on its Twitter account, Tesla’s Solar Roof tiles managed to stand up to Hurricane Ian’s 155 mph winds and 10-foot storm surge.

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SpaceX, NASA schedule back-to-back astronaut recovery and launch after delays

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Poor winter weather on Florida’s East Coast and across the Atlantic Ocean has forced NASA and SpaceX to flip the nominal sequence of events for the imminent back-to-back launch and recovery of two Crew Dragons. Thomas Pesquet).

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How NIST Learns from Horrific Disaster

Cars That Think

When Franklin Lombardo arrived at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the summer of 2010 as a newly-minted PhD in wind engineering, he expected to spend his time there developing wind maps of the US. It had already been an active tornado year, but when Joplin came along, it was a singular event.

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How NIST Learns from Horrific Disaster

Cars That Think

When Franklin Lombardo arrived at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the summer of 2010 as a newly-minted PhD in wind engineering, he expected to spend his time there developing wind maps of the US. It had already been an active tornado year, but when Joplin came along, it was a singular event.

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The US’s largest renewable developer says it’s ‘unlikely’ GOP would gut clean energy tax credits

Baua Electric

Florida-based NextEra Energy is the fourth-largest US energy group after oil majors ExxonMobil, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips. If you live in an area that has frequent natural disaster events, and are interested in making your home more resilient to power outages, consider going solar and adding a battery storage system.

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Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

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The winds had barely died down when electric-power specialists and others began calling for a radical overhaul of Puerto Rico’s electricity networks, one that would emphasize renewable energy, distributed generation, and, critically, microgrids. How can a microgrid help after a power outage? Clockwise from top left: Erika P.