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GE and Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation Establish Partnership; Great Lakes Offshore Wind Farm

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GE and Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation ( LEEDCo ) of Northern Ohio have formed a long-term partnership beginning with the development of the first fresh water offshore wind farm in the US and involving a broad range of other initiatives.

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Ricardo-led Consortium Wins Funding for Advanced Wind Energy Bearing Technology

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A consortium led by engineering firm Ricardo that aims to extend wind turbine bearing service life by up to 500% has won a share of £3 million (US$4.8 Turbine gearbox bearing durability is a key issue for wind energy providers, in particular for off-shore farms where in-service maintenance is both expensive and challenging.

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Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus announces partners for first series-produced electric truck: 14t e-Delivery

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VWCO announced the formation of the e-Consortium at a press conference at the Fenatran Trade Show on 13 October. CATL and Moura are responsible for the supply, management, distribution and maintenance of batteries. Partners are Bosch, CATL, Moura, Semcon, Siemens, Weg, Meritor and Eletra. Bus company Eletra is a strategic partner.

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Daimler partnering to transfer its latest generation of automotive fuel cell technology to stationary applications

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Those technical benefits combined with the unlimited scalability, lowered maintenance, and cost efficiency can solve the massive energy storage requirements for today’s data centers, Daimler argues. The idea is to have the basic power supply of the data center covered by solar power stations and wind turbines.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Laredo Bus Facility Solar Canopies: Provide shade structures with integrated, grid tied photovoltaic cells to be erected on the bus storage lot at the Laredo Bus Maintenance Facility. It would also fund stationary fuel cells to provide primary and emergency back-up power for the bus maintenance and storage facilities.

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NASA rolls out new strategic vision for aeronautics research

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Bolden shared the strategic vision in a keynote speech at the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics’ Aviation 2013 conference in Los Angeles. Already adopted by airlines and other practitioners in the aviation community, the algorithms improve operations and maintenance.

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Tech Leaders on 5G, Robots, and the Future of Work

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AR, VR, and MR The leaders surveyed said they are using augmented reality, virtual reality, and mixed reality for such applications as data visualization and manipulation in 3D, virtual meetings and conferences, employee training, and sales gamification. Other scenarios involve maintenance procedures.

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