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GreenPower delivers its first electric school bus in Arizona

Baua Electric

Photo: GreenPower GreenPower has delivered an electric purpose-built Type D BEAST school bus to Arizona, its first in the state. To make sure you find a trusted, reliable solar installer near you that offers competitive pricing, check out EnergySage , a free service that makes it easy for you to go solar. Get started here. –ad*

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Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

Cars That Think

“Being on a team with such a diverse collection of engineering disciplines really provides a well-rounded engineering experience,” says Mitzu Walkifucazaki, a junior studying computer science at Arizona State University and a member of the group working on the Project Hydration Station , one of the winning projects. and its environs.

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ASU and Argonne researchers report progress on artificial leaf for solar conversion of water to H2 and O2

Green Car Congress

Researchers at Arizona State University and Argonne National Laboratory reported advances toward perfecting a functional artificial leaf in a paper in Nature Chemistry. Seeking to understand what they had achieved, the team then looked in detail at the atomic level to figure out how this might work.

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Correction: Univ. of Arizona, Univ. of Queensland, & Others Beat Stanford To 100% Clean, Renewable Electricity

CleanTechnica EVs

I recently wrote about Stanford University’s commitment to go 100% renewable when it comes to electricity. The university claimed to be the “first research university to use 100% renewable electricity.” ” Being a research university, I assumed that Stanford had done its research.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

After a decade in the solar power installation business, Bradley Bartz is tired of being Mr. Nice Guy. He’s filed suit against Torrance, the proud home of Exxon/Mobil’s refinery, for stopping him from installing solar panels in the Hillside Overlay district. “ Idiots ! “ Idiots !&#

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This IEEE Service-Learning Program Is More Popular Than Ever

Cars That Think

By tackling community needs in the areas of access and abilities, education and outreach, human services, and the environment, students participating in EPICS in IEEE are gaining firsthand experience in marrying engineering and community.

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Could US commit to solar power?

Green Cars News

The use of non-renewable resources is taking its toll on the environment and more money is being pumped into renewable energy sources such as wind and biomass. Now it seems that solar power may be taking the lead in the USA.

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