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Florida has no wind turbines but it’s going to ban them anyway

Baua Electric

Sunbather, Daytona Beach, Florida (1985) by Library of Congress is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Florida legislature is about to ban offshore wind turbines in state waters, which wouldn’t be put there to begin with, to protect the beaches. That’s why Florida has no wind farms – either onshore or offshore. But they don’t.

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DOE awards $10.6M to ROGUE to engineer energycane, Miscanthus to produce oil for biodiesel, biojet fuel

Green Car Congress

The new research project Renewable Oil Generated with Ultra-productive Energycane (ROGUE) kicked off on 25 February with a team meeting held in conjunction with the 2018 Genomic Sciences Program Annual Principal Investigator Meeting in Tysons, Virginia.

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States With Highest Portion Of Their CO2 Emissions Coming From Transportation: California, Washington, & Hawaii

CleanTechnica EVs

Energy Information Administration has created a map showing what portion of the 50 US states’ CO2 emissions come from transportation (as of 2018*). As you can see above, states in the West and Florida (and Vermont) had the highest portions of their […].

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Wärtsilä to equip first US ocean-going LNG fueling barge

Green Car Congress

The vessel will be used to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel to cruise ships along the east coast of Florida, USA. When delivered, the vessel will be on a long-term charter with Shell Oil Co. Deliveries will continue throughout 2018 and 2019, and the vessel is scheduled to commence operations in 2020.

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SpaceX rapidly tests, ships Falcon 9 second stage for next NASA astronaut launch

Teslarati

Less than two weeks later, that same upper stage may have arrived in Cape Canaveral, Florida. In theory, that left the McGregor team about a week to complete post-test inspections, clean the interior of its propellant tanks, and prepare the stage for the last leg of its journey to Florida. Lucy (@MatoroIgnika) October 14, 2021.

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An inside look at how utilities view EVs: expanding electricity sales without adding new customers

Charged EVs

He also serves on the Board of Drive Electric Florida, and chairs the Florida Electric Power Coordinating Group, which represents most of the utilities in the state of Florida, and leads the Group’s subcommittee for electrification. Back in 2018, there were roughly 2,300 EVs in OUC territory. Is that an issue in Florida?

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SpaceX reveals Starship “marine recovery” plans in new job postings

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” Since SpaceX first began bending metal for its steel Starship development program in late 2018, CEO Elon Musk, executives, and the company itself have long maintained that both Super Heavy boosters and Starship upper stages would perform what are known as return-to-launch-site (RTLS) landings. Unsurprisingly, canceling out around 1.5

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