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Using Industrial Automation to Monitor Vertical Farms

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To find out about the latest technologies being used by the agricultural industry, I virtually attended the second annual AgTech Innovation Summit , held in February in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The event was hosted by AeroFarms , an indoor vertical farm company based in Newark, N.J, that has an R&D facility.

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Yes, Automakers Stand To Benefit From Installing Public EV Charging Stations

EV Connect

However, as public demand and government policies align to create new levels of pressure on automakers and other players in the EV industry to accelerate the transition , many vehicle manufacturers are seeing the need to approach the problem more broadly. Installing public, open EV charging stations makes widespread adoption possible.

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3 Surprising Marketing Benefits of Electric Car Charging Stations

EV Connect

If recent news is any indication, more owners are realizing that installing EV charging stations can be a boon to business. Giant Food just announced it would be installing Volta charging stations at one of its grocery stores in Fairfax, Virginia. Luke Daugherty is a freelance writer, editor and former operations manager based in St.

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Charging Station Reliability is Crucial as EVs Gain Speed

EV Connect

Business and property owners considering installing EV charging networks are already thinking ahead about how to face this challenge and stay competitive. EV Connect partners with trusted industry leaders like BTC Power, EVBox and EVOCharge to offer top-of-the-line equipment to our customers.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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Industry officials expect that this $2.4 billion in cost-share from the award winners, will result directly in the creation tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs in the US battery and auto industries. Production of lithium-ion cells, modules, and battery packs for industrial and agricultural vehicles and defense application markets.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The program includes the installation of 10 alternative fuel refueling sites (two B20, one Electric Recharging, and seven CNG). The project will deploy 554 alternative fuel and hybrid electric vehicles and install 153 alternative fueling and electric vehicle charging stations throughout the Chicago region. Total DOE award: $15,000,000.

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The Tailwinds Behind Massive Growth of EV Charging

EV Connect

The electric vehicle industry is officially supercharged. From the earliest days of EV Connect, our mission has been to build a better planet by enabling the distribution of electricity as a fuel — not only for the health of our business, but for the protection of the entire planet. Louis and Boston to Florida and Illinois.