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Columbus, OH

California State

Business Insider

Sunrun CEO Mary Powell said the company is focusing on a "battery-first" strategy and generating cash.

Residential solar is struggling. One company's add-on is helping it hit 1 million installations.

Terrasmart trackers now with hail stow feature Terrasmart reports that the hail mitigation system uses cloud-based monitoring to automatically trigger optimum stow position to protect solar assets without requiring operator intervention. Report shows U.S. states and utilities easing into EVs The number and scope of electric vehicle regulations and charging...

Sunrise brief: Utilities plan hydrogen power projects that crowd out renewables

(Nanowerk News) The blades of propellers and wind turbines are designed based on aerodynamics principles that were first described mathematically more than a century ago. But engineers have long realized that these formulas don’t work in every situation. To compensate, they have added ad hoc “correction factors” based on empirical observations.

New theory could improve the design and operation of wind farms

Reuters

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Wind and solar energy producers in Brazil have warned they are reconsidering future investments there after the national grid operator repeatedly capped how much energy they could deliver in the past year, which squeezed their profits.

Analysis-Brazil's grid caps power from wind and solar, threatening renewable projects

Corsicana, TX

Shine My Crown

In a troubling incident in Corsicana, Texas, an assistant principal was airlifted to a hospital after being severely injured by a student during a classroom altercation. The attack on Candra Rogers, an African American administrator at Collins Intermediate School, occurred last Thursday, prompting increased scrutiny of the escalating violence faced by educators across the country.

Texas School Principal Airlifted After Attack by Student

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Devra Lee

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Horoscope for Friday, August 23rd

Queen City News

(iSeeCars) – Electric cars are supposed to supplant internal-combustion-powered vehicles over the next 10-20 years. And while the sales of electric cars are growing, they remain a small fraction of the U.S. market due to their higher costs and limited charging stations. These problems should be resolved over the next few years, with likely breakthroughs […]

How Much is an Electric Car Battery?

Colorado State

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David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Ohio State

The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

Kansas City, MO

Lubbock, TX

The Spun

Patrick Mahomes is giving back to his alma mater before the 2024 football season. On Thursday, Texas Tech announced a $5 million donation from Patrick and Brittany Mahomes. The money will go toward the school's $242 million stadium renovation project. To commemorate the gift, Texas Tech will name a ...

Chiefs Quarterback Patrick Mahomes Announces Massive $5 Million Donation

If you see the sun on a regular basis, then solar generators are the way forward. They allow you to capture and store the free energy that's beaming down from the sun, convert it into electricity, and store it in batteries. Solar generators consist of two parts: There's a portable...

This portable battery station that can power your home for 2 weeks!

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

A historic marker could be erected to honor the victims of the racist mass shooting at the Dollar General store in Jacksonville’s New Town neighborhood nearly a year ago. If approved by the Jacksonville City Council, a marker would be installed at Kings Road and Canal Street on Aug. 25, a day before the first anniversary of the shooting, when a white gunman took the lives of three Black people.

Memorial considered to honor Dollar General victims

Florida State

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said he will consider more DUI patrols if voters legalize recreational marijuana use in Florida. Voters will consider Amendment 3 in November. It would allow adults 21 or older to possess, purchase or use marijuana products and marijuana accessories for non-medical purposes.

More DUI patrols possible if marijuana issue passes

South Carolina State

Explore Beaufort SC

The mantis shrimp is one tough customer. Beautiful and deadly are two words you don’t typically use to describe shrimp, but the mantis shrimp is definitely in a class of its own; earning a reputation as the ‘savage boxer of the sea’ and one of the most fearsome creatures in the ocean. And, they're right at home here in South Carolina.

Savage Boxer of the Sea: The Deadly Beauty of Mantis Shrimp

Georgia State

Crisp County, GA

Daily Coffee Press

On Wednesday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced the arrest of 24 individuals following Operation Shyne Down. The GBI and other agencies served a total of 120 warrants on the suspects involved in the investigation, which targeted the criminal street gang G-Shyne Bloods and their involvement in criminal activities in Crisp County, Georgia.

Operation Results in More than 20 Charged with Gang Offenses, RICO, and more

Plans have been put forward for a new solar farm, estimated to power tens of thousands of homes and create hundreds of jobs. Proposals for 193 acres (78 hectares) of agricultural land at High Barns Farm, either side of Coal Lane near Elwick village, have been lodged with Hartlepool Borough Council.

Plans submitted for large solar farm

Chicago, IL

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Foodie in Chicago

(CHICAGO) In July, Democratic National Convention (DNC) officials predicted 50,000 visitors to Chicago and a $150 million boost to the economy. But are restaurants feeling the bump in business thanks to the convention?

DNC in Chicago: Some Restaurants Left Hungry for Expected Business Boom

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As dangerous heat grips Texas, solar power and batteries keep the electric grid humming along

Despite an August of brutal heat, Texans have not been asked to conserve electricity like they were last year. With temperatures climbing over 100 in much...

As dangerous heat grips Texas, solar power and batteries keep the electric grid humming along

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