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Romania to deploy 123 Solaris electric buses

Charged

Polish bus builder Solaris has further expanded its penetration of Europe’s public transport market with a hefty order for 123 electric buses in Romania. Solaris will supply 123 12-meter vehicles to the towns of Ia?i, The Urbino 12 electric buses will be equipped for both pantograph and plug-in recharging.

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Detecting leaks before they occur

Envirotec Magazine

We’ve developed a technology that can consistently monitor the pipe’s condition, hopefully preventing leaks from happening in the first place.”. It was originally developed by SwRI in 2002. This technique allows the waves to travel long distances with minimal loss in energy.

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New York City Is About to Get an Injection of Tidal Power. Is This Time Different?

GreenTechMedia

New York City may be weeks away from seeing tidal power injected onto the local grid. The Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy (RITE) installation will feature three underwater 35-kilowatt turbines on a single triangular base called a TriFrame. Still, the path toward bigger tidal arrays, and even demonstration projects, looks challenging.

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Defective Meters and Whistleblower Complaints Raise Questions About Gas Utility’s Profits

DeSmogBlog

A little over a decade ago, Gary Dye, then a gas measurement engineer at NW Natural, Oregon’s largest gas utility, lost faith in his employer to responsibly deal with what he believed to be systematic inaccuracies among the company’s hundreds of thousands of gas meters. Faulty Meters Raise Questions About Profits.

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Smart grid innovations booming with Asia as emerging hub

Smart Energy International

While the smart grid innovations – as measured by the number of smart grid ‘international patent families’ (IPFs) as a share of the overall power IPFs – have been on the decline since a high in 2011, they increased dramatically in 2022, provisional data indicates. Have you read?

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Managing dust risks at quarries

Envirotec Magazine

In the following article, Josh Thomas from instrumentation specialist Ashtead Technology, discusses the risks associated with dust at quarries, and highlights the vital role of monitoring. An installed TSI DustTrak monitor. The role of monitoring. as well as environmental monitoring in and around the quarry.

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Sustainable Facilities Forum – Our Sponsors

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