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Arizona State University Professor’s Work to Stabilize the Grid Pays Off

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He is a professor of power systems engineering in the Fulton program at Arizona State University , in Tempe. The IEEE Life Fellow is credited with working out how best to isolate parts of the power grid to prevent the entire grid from going down. The report recommended ways to characterize and define the problem.

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Tesla working on 164-stall Supercharger station in California

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By my count, 164 charging stalls are planned as part of a new Microgrid project off I-5 near Lost Hills. Still, he adds that the claim hasn’t yet been confirmed. The world’s new largest Supercharger is coming soon to Kern County, California!! The site will include 16 pull-through chargers, and solar canopies above every parking stall.

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UPS invests in autonomous trucking company TuSimple, tests self-driving tractor trailers

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Together, both companies are testing self-driving tractor trailers on a route in Arizona to determine whether the vehicles can improve service and efficiency in the UPS network. UPS’s tests with TuSimple are part of an advanced technology evaluation for vehicles in the UPS Global Smart Logistics Network.

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MIT study: half of US deaths related to air pollution are linked to out-of-state emissions

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The study focuses on the period between 2005 and 2018 and tracks combustion emissions of various polluting compounds from various sectors, looking at every state in the contiguous United States, from season to season and year to year. They first obtained emissions data from each of seven sectors for the years 2005, 2011, and 2018.

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VW-owned Navistar begins autonomous trucking pilot

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The company says Internation trucks featuring SuperDrive by Plus are already being validated in certain parts of Texas, and the companies expect customer pilots to begin within a year. ” The company says it plans to incrementally increase its operations commercially along strategic U.S.

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Regulatory & Legal Alerts – Dec. 2017

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Effective January 1, 2018, California will become the tenth state to pass the “ban-the-box” law which removes the conviction history question on job applications for private employers with five or more employees. The change is part of a final rule to take effect on Jan. California. Mercy to pay $1.5M

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Natural EV capitalism

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Over three decades later, Martinson reinvented himself, earning an Executive Master of Sustainability Leadership (EMSL) from the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University. Martinson first became involved with American Resilience Project in 2018, not long after he completed the ASU executive master program. “My

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