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

Baua Electric

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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Tesla’s 6 Factories Are A New Phase Of Its Future

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Recently, Tesla opened its sixth factory, Giga Texas, which is also its new global headquarters. Tesla has grown enormously since its humble beginnings in 2003, and reaching six factories indicates the beginning of a new phase, one of tremendous […].

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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 The decline began a decade ago but has picked up speed since 2016-17, when solar first showed up in the generation data, reports the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis ( IEEFA ) today.

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BP Statistical Review finds global oil share down for 12th year in a row, coal share up to highest level since 1969; renewables at 2%

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Crude prices peaked in April as Libyan supplies dried up, and the differential between Brent and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) benchmarks reached a record premium due to North American infrastructure bottlenecks. Hydro-electric output grew just 1.6%, the weakest growth since 2003. Solar powergen rose 86.3%, though from a low base.

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New Research Tools for Assessing Impacts of Aerosols on Climate

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Visibility in the clear sky is reduced by the presence of aerosols, whose types and concentrations have a large impact on the amount of solar radiation that reaches Earth’s surface. Increased aerosols in the atmosphere block solar radiation, and have thus caused a net “global dimming.”

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MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited

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The first two reports dealt with nuclear power (2003) and coal (2007). The introduction of large intermittent power generation from, for example, wind and solar, will have specific short and long term effects on the mix of generation technologies.

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Space Station Incident Demands Independent Investigation

Cars That Think

The football-field-sized array of pressurized modules, support girders, solar arrays, radiator panels, robotic arms, and other mechanisms was designed to operate in a weightless environment. By then the warped NASA management culture that soon enabled the Columbia disaster in 2003 was fully in place.

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