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A major US offshore wind hub just broke ground in New York City

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It will include an onshore substation to connect 810 megawatts (MW) of wind power to the Gowanus substation, making Empire Wind 1 the first offshore wind farm to connect directly to the New York City grid. The post A major US offshore wind hub just broke ground in New York City appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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NYU review study suggests potential for gauging health risks of air pollution on individual level

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The level of practical use of these personal monitoring methods has not yet been developed to the point of directly impacting policy (e.g., There are challenges in enabling policies that limit personal exposures, but the likely improvements in health and welfare are potentially massive. —Caplin et al. billion a year.

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AI Tool for COVID Monitoring Offers Solution for Urban Congestion

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In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020, many research groups sought an effective method to determine mobility patterns and crowd densities on the streets of major cities like New York City to give insight into the effectiveness of stay-at-home and social distancing strategies.

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DOT awards more than $45M to three Connected Vehicle Pilot sites for phase two

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The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) awarded three cooperative agreements collectively worth more than $45 million to initiate the design/build/test phase of the Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment Program. Selected in 2015, the Connected Vehicle Pilot sites include Wyoming, New York City, and Tampa. Earlier post.).

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This UK wind monopile factory will create 2,000+ jobs, become world’s largest

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Steelmaker SeAH owns the factory, and it’s working with structural steel company Severfield UK and Belgian heavy lifting company Sarens (which is deploying 19 cranes, pictured), among others, to build it. Ørsted is set to become the first and primary customer for the monopile foundations manufactured at the UK facility. Get started here.

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Granville T. Woods: Smartest Guy in the Room

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He often lacked the funds to pay patent application fees or to build scale models of his inventions. “I I think Woods clearly recognized ‘No, I’m the smartest person in the room. I think Woods clearly recognized ‘No, I’m the smartest person in the room. You can say, ‘Oh, that person did that.’

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New York’s largest offshore wind farm just got the official greenlight

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New York’s largest offshore wind farm will create 800 direct New York jobs and thousands of indirect jobs. Durso, president of the Long Island Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, said, “Hundreds of local trade union men and women will have good-paying jobs building Sunrise Wind onshore and offshore. Get started here.

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