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SolarCity introduces energy storage for businesses; Tesla battery technology

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The US experienced 679 major weather-related power outages between 2003 – 2012, including 7 of the 10 costliest storms in American history. Utilities have increased revenues faster than electricity usage in part by creating “demand charges” for businesses that have increased their share of the utilities’ cost burden.

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Former Berkeley Dean of Engineering David A. Hodges Dies at 85

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Peter Bao-Sen Luh Professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut Life Fellow, 71; died 28 November Luh was a professor of electrical and systems engineering at the University of Connecticut in Storrs from 1980 to 2020. now part of Siemens ), in Schenectady, where he spent the remainder of his career. for 37 years.

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Researchers link PM2.5 pollution to stroke-related narrowing of arteries

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The scientists analyzed medical test records for more than 300,000 people living in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut. Most of the studies in this area have focused on the heart and the coronary arteries; no one has really looked at other parts of the vascular system, in particular the carotid arteries. —Jonathan D.

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NRDC-sponsored Shulock report says California ZEV regulations need a tune-up to meet 2025 goals

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He also served as project leader for the adoption of regulations pursuant to AB 1493, the California legislation that directed the Board to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from passenger vehicles, and led the staff teams that prepared the 2001 and 2003 amendments to the Zero Emission Vehicle regulation. Background. Earlier post.).

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Lewis H. Latimer: A Life of Lightbulb Moments

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In 1879, a then-married Latimer moved with his wife Mary, his mother, and his brother William to Bridgeport, Connecticut, on the advice of his sister Margaret. By the time he began working for Edison, notes Rayon Fouché in his 2003 book Black Inventors in the Age of Segregation , Latimer had “.limited

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NOAA: Warmest Global Ocean Surface Temperatures on Record for July

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C), and tied with 2003 as the ninth-warmest July on record. Cooler-than-average conditions prevailed across southern South America, central Canada, the eastern United States, and parts of western and eastern Asia. The global land surface temperature for July 2009 was 0.92 °F (0.51 °C) above the 20 th century average of 57.8 °F

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California ARB mods to ZEV regulations for IVMs would result in ~1.9% drop in total ZEV/TZEV units 2018-2025; no impact on air quality requirements

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Last week, ARB staff issued a correction to the staff report on the changes issued as part of the September announcement; the earlier report had included text from an earlier version of the ZEV regulation, but the substance of the proposed amendments were not affected. Section 177 pooling (the ZEV states).

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