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Fort Worth buying four New Flyer electric buses for new zero-emission route

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The Fort Worth Transportation Authority (Trinity Metro) has awarded New Flyer a contract for four heavy-duty, thirty-five-foot Xcelsior CHARGE battery-electric buses. New Flyer is further supporting the deployment with management of ABB charger installation and commissioning through New Flyer Infrastructure Solutions.

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Tesla restarts Magic Dock installations by bringing them to new area

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Tesla has restarted the installation of the Magic Dock by building new Superchargers fitted with it in Texas, making it the third region the automaker has brought the technology to. As early as January, there was speculation that Tesla was beginning to build the Magic Dock-equipped Supercharger posts and install them in U.S.

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GM makes its largest green energy purchase to date; 50 MW wind deal

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General Motors has made its largest renewable energy procurement to date, purchasing enough wind power to equal the electricity needs of 16 of its US facilities, including business offices in Fort Worth and Austin, Texas, a major assembly and stamping complex in Arlington, Texas, and 13 parts warehouses east of the Mississippi River.

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3 Challenges to Solve Before We Can Commute by Air Taxi

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As part of a program to develop the needed flight rules and communications systems, we are leading a consortium of a dozen companies and universities, called the North Texas Cohort , that is operating an experimental air corridor north of Dallas, Texas. All the GCS hardware is installed in a truck provided by Bell Textron.

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IEEE Society Restores Electricity To a Nepali School

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That all changed this year, after a team of IEEE volunteers traveled to the village and installed photovoltaic panels, a battery storage system, and a solar water heater at the Shree Batase Secondary School in Melamchi, which is about 45 kilometers from the capital city of Kathmandu. “The

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CleanFUEL USA and Ferrellgas Working Together on Propane Refueling Network in US

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million as Part of the Clean Start initiative to construct the nation’s first and largest propane refueling network. Dallas-Fort Worth is the first metro area CleanFUEL USA and Ferrellgas are jointly targeting to develop 8-10 propane refueling stations. The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded CleanFUEL USA $12.9

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Edeniq and Flint Hills Resources Renewables establish joint development relationship for ethanol

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Edeniq is installing Cellunators at the first of four Flint Hills plants. Pathway utilizes mechanical and enzymatic improvements to break down cellulosic materials, already part of the corn ethanol process, to further increase yield and produce cellulosic ethanol in existing infrastructure.

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