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New York City Department of Sanitation Testing Four Different Hybrid Trucks

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The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) will be testing in daily operation three different types of hybrid refuse collection trucks and a hybrid rack truck. ISE’s proprietary ultracapacitor packs store energy recovered from frequent braking cycles experienced by the refuse collection vehicles during normal operation.

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Iowa State to manage biorefinery projects for new Manufacturing USA Institute

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The new institute will be known as RAPID, the Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment Institute. The American Institute of Chemical Engineers in New York City will lead the effort, which was developed in collaboration with the U.S.

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Edith Clarke: Architect of Modern Power Distribution

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In 1912 Clarke was hired by AT&T in New York City as a computing assistant. To model systems and power behavior, Clarke created a technique using symmetrical components—a method of converting three-phase unbalanced systems into two sets of balanced phasors and a set of single-phase phasors.

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Tata Takes On Air

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The compressed air technology is basically just a way of storing electrical energy without the need for costly, heavy, and occasionally toxic batteries. At Austin Energy we recently converted two of the utility’s Priuses to plug-ins. So, in a sense, this is an electric car. It just doesn't have an electric motor.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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New York City Transit Department of Subways, New York: $2,000,000. The facility is used by the LRTA to store, fuel, maintain, and repair transportation vehicles (buses, vans, tow trucks etc.) as well as administrative and dispatch services. Denver Regional Transportation District, Colorado: $770,000.

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The Soviet-Era, Z80-based Galaksija Dared to Be Different

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Two EPROMs (recognizable by the window that allows their silicon to be exposed to ultraviolet light for data erasure) store the operating system, while a third EPROM stores graphical character data. After about two hours of troubleshooting, including tossing a dud chip, my Galaksija was displaying its READY prompt.

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Solar-powered off-grid EV charging stations offer surprisingly attractive cost advantages

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In New York City, the police department, animal welfare, you name it—every department that the city has, they’re now moving to electric vehicles, and they need charging infrastructure. ” Beyond that, of course, in New York, like many other jurisdictions, there is a lack of capacity on the utility grid.

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