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Report: JR Tokai and 11 partners to team on bid for high-speed rail system in Florida

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JR Tokai aims to win an order for a 130 km [81 miles] line connecting the cities of Tampa and Orlando. It hopes to build a system based on the Tokai shinkansen bullet train it operates in Japan. (JR Tokai) plans to team up with 11 partners to bid for a high-speed rail system in Florida. Nippon Sharyo Ltd.; Toshiba Corp.;

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US DOE Awarding Up To $62M for Concentrating Solar Power Research and Development

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The US Department of Energy has selected 13 projects for investment of up to $62 million over five years to research, develop, and demonstrate Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) systems capable of providing low-cost electrical power. eSolar will design, build, and test a CSP power plant system with fundamentally new components.

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Study Claims EVs Will Not Save the Environment, All Cars Are Bad

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.& It asserts that automobiles have effectively shaped the design of many modern cities, with developed nations paying the highest costs by having to maintain an infrastructure and boasting more drivers per capita. & Those were the more sensational aspects. Meanwhile, EVs will likely increase specific forms of air pollution (e.g.