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Rhode Island & Connecticut’s 704 MW Revolution Wind achieves first ‘steel in the water’

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Photo: Revolution Wind The 704-megawatt (M) Revolution Wind, Rhode Island and Connecticut’s first utility-scale offshore wind farm, just hit a major milestone. Revolution Wind’s site is more than 15 miles south of Rhode Island and 32 miles southeast of Connecticut. Get started here. –ad*

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Tesla Cybertruck braves substantial rainfall and standing water amid massive storms

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At least one person in Mississippi passed away. Winds of up to 80 MPH were also reported. mile float. According to a report from USA Today , more than 118,000 homes and businesses were without power from Texas to Georgia on Wednesday night. New Orleans experienced between five and eight inches of rainfall during the storm.

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Researchers predict average Gulf of Mexico hypoxic “dead zone” slightly above-average in Chesapeake Bay

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NOAA­-supported modeling is forecasting this year''s Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone to cover an area ranging from about 4,633 to 5,708 square miles (12,000 to 14,785 square kilometers) or about the size of the state of Connecticut. cubic miles, an early­summer oxygen­-free anoxic zone of 0.51 cubic miles.

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Dead Zone in Gulf of Mexico Is Smaller Than Expected, But Severe

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This year’s Gulf of Mexico dead zone is smaller than forecasted, measuring 3,000 square miles. Earlier this summer, forecast models developed by Dr. Donald Scavia of the University of Michigan, predicted a larger than normal dead zone area of between 7,450 – 8,456 square miles. Deadzone on July 27, 2009. Credit: LUMCON. Earlier post.)

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Flash Drive: 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 EV

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The Standard Range has a driving range of 240 miles, while the RWD gets either 305 and 361 miles depending if shod with 20-inch or 18-inch tires. The AWD driving range is 316 miles with the 18-inch tire and 270 miles with 20-inch tires. The 361-mile all-electric driving range is very appealing in the RWD model.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost. superconducting wire that can be used in future advanced wind turbine generators. used to make a wind turbine generator lighter, more powerful, and more efficient. has traditionally been too expensive to use in wind generators.

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