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Siemens installing Sitras supercap-based stationary energy storage unit for TriMet light right substation

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Siemens is currently installing the first Sitras SES (stationary energy storage) Energy Storage Unit with supercapacitor technology in the US on the new TriMet Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Transit Line. mile line extension project that will connect the southeast corridor to downtown Portland, and other regions that TriMet MAX serves.

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President Obama Outlines Vision and Plan for US High-Speed Passenger Rail System; $13B to Start

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Spain is also placing trains (the AVE Series 103 , from Siemens) with a maximum speed of 350 km/h in service on selected corridors. Pacific Northwest Corridor (Eugene, Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, Vancouver BC). Northern New England Corridor (Boston, Montreal, Portland, Springfield, New Haven, Albany). Earlier post.)

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Video Friday: Autonomous Car Drifting, Aerial-Aquatic Drone, and Jet-Powered Robot

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Half of them are in the front part and the other half are in the rear part. Daltorio from Case Western Reserve University, in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, and University of Portland, in Portland, Oregon, USA. Ollero from GRVC Robotics Lab of Seville, Spain. There are 6 ToF distance sensors around AngGo. Arrue, and A.

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