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Tesla starts construction of 2nd New Mexico store in American Indian land

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In this light, Tesla has started the construction of its second store on Santa Ana Pueblo land. To be able to sell, maintain, and deliver Tesla vehicles to customers in the area, the tribe’s commercial arm, Tamaya Ventures, has partnered with the electric vehicle manufacturer, according to the Albuquerque Journal.

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Nasir Ahmed: An Unsung Hero of Digital Media

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It has changed the music business—from production to distribution to the way fans buy, collect, and store their favorite songs. Nasir did just that, leaving India that fall for graduate school at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. During his first year in Albuquerque, he met Esther Parente, a graduate student from Argentina.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Energy Storing Efficient HVAC, $595,558. Array Technologies (Albuquerque, New Mexico). Emera Technologies, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico). CSolPower, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico). Development of High-Quality, Very Large-Grained Cd(Se,Te) thin films for CdTe solar modules, $150,000. First Solar Inc.

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Thermal Solar Goes Where PVs Can’t

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As electric utilities and policymakers seek solutions for storing and dispatching energy on demand, concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) is once again gaining traction. Solar-thermal systems use sun-tracking mirrors to reflect sunlight onto a receiver, which contains a high-temperature fluid that stores heat.

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Thermal Solar Goes Where PVs Can’t

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As electric utilities and policymakers seek solutions for storing and dispatching energy on demand, concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) is once again gaining traction. Solar-thermal systems use sun-tracking mirrors to reflect sunlight onto a receiver, which contains a high-temperature fluid that stores heat.

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Remembering Data Compression Pioneer K. R. Rao

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in 1966 in EE from the University of New Mexico , in Albuquerque. DCT technology reduces the amount of data required to display, store, and transmit images by identifying parts of the image that contain significant amounts of energy—the ones that are most important to retaining image quality. He received a Ph.D.

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Sandia Successfully Completes Hydrogen Storage System for GM

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The sodium alanate material used to store the hydrogen resides within the tubes. stores 3 kilograms of hydrogen and is large enough to evaluate control strategies suitable for use in vehicle applications. The sodium alanate used to store the hydrogen resides within the tubes, which essentially serve as a high-pressure storage vessel.

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