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EGEB: No. 1 wind state Texas to add record solar by end of 2022

Electrek

West Virginia’s electric car drivers made a film about why they chose to embrace electric. The Welsh capital of Cardiff is getting 36 e-buses – the largest order outside of London to date. In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Texas is expected to add record utility-scale solar in the next two years.

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Video Friday: Googly Eye

Cars That Think

CHI 2023 ] This video captures a series of experiments carried out at West Virginia University on how to rescue a stuck planetary rover with another rover. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Boston Dynamics ] What can robots actually do.today?

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SCOPE Biofuels Project Releases Assessment on Environmental Effects of Biofuel Technologies

Green Car Congress

When the ethanol industry’s production of feed co-products are factored in, the net use of global cropland for US ethanol production was 0.6%, or an area roughly the size of the state of West Virginia. According to America’s Farmland Trust, more than 16 million acres of farmland have come out of production in the last 10 years.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

The southwest province of Yunnan derives about 70 percent of its electricity from hydropower, slightly more than the percentage in Washington state, while Shandong, a coastal province in the east, derives about 90 percent of its electricity from coal, similar to West Virginia. An EV operated in Yunnan emits about 60 percent less.