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This old Texas wind farm now makes more power with fewer turbines

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An old wind farm in Texas just got a second life, and its capacity has gone from 160 megawatts (MW) to 182 MW. An old Texas wind farm gets a second wind The Brazos Wind Farm is in Fluvanna, in Borden and Scurry counties, in West Texas. It sits on around 10,000 acres. Get started here. –ad*

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Unifrax introduces Battery Advisory Board to support SiFAB silicon fiber anode battery technology

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SiFAB, a scalable proprietary silicon anode battery technology demonstrated in a number of applications, including electric vehicles, power tools, smartphones, personal computers, medical devices and aviation, can deliver up to a 20% increase in gravimetric energy density in lithium-ion batteries versus cells using a graphite anode.

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Everything you should know about Smart energy Meter

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Unlike traditional meters that require manual reading by a utility service person, smart meters automatically collect and transmit data on energy usage. Analysing consumption patterns can reveal personal habits and routines, leading to potential privacy infringements. They are commonly used for electricity, gas, or water monitoring.

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Solar topped coal in Texas for the first time ever in March

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Photo: Primergy Solar Solar topped coal’s output in Texas for the first time in any month, sending 3.26 Texas is the No 1 state for solar capacity. Solar generation in Texas has been climbing steadily and continues to gain momentum. From 2003 through 2014, coal’s annual share of ERCOT demand ranged from 33-40%.

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NYU Tandon Exploring “Megabase-Scale” Genetic Engineering

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Since the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, scientists and researchers have pored over the map of our shared genetics to pick apart the clues and find the root causes of a host of human health problems. at The University of Texas at Austin, producing a technique to directly edit genes. I did my Ph.D.

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The Six People You Meet In the Car Business

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A rotund enthusiastic person, Perry was one of the best sales people I’d ever seen. The car business being a small, inbred industry would result in me bumping into Perry& several more times, once while he was selling Mercedes-Benz vehicles in Texas in 2003. Their names have been changed to protect the guilty.

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The Bionic-Hand Arms Race

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By the war’s end, with “not quite one arm between four persons, and exactly two legs between six,” these self-taught amputee-weaponsmiths decide to repurpose their skills toward a new projectile: a rocket ship. They had spent the war innovating new, deadlier weaponry.