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Ascent Solar Lands Chinese Railway Deal
State of the art PV solar developer Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI) has just announced it will enter into a three way joint development agreement with Chinese companies Shenzhen Radiant Enterprise Co., Ltd. and Third Railway Survey and Design Institute Group Corporation (TSDI). With this agreement, TSDI will promote Ascent’s advanced solar modules by putting [...]
Why Urban Infrastructure is Important
In any city, a large part of the carbon output and energy draw can be accredited to the transportation network. In inefficient cities (read L.A.), transportation is burdened by heavy individualized and long distance traffic. This results in people driving alone, in automobiles, for an excessively long period of time. Efficient transportation cities (read New [...]
The Future of High-Speed Rail in California
Despite simple-minded critics who blast high-speed rail development because they refuse to comprehend the value and necessity of infrastructure investments, California Governor Jerry Brown thew his support behind the new high-speed rail system in the Golden State in his second State of the State address. Here’s what the Governor had to say. . . “The [...]
Top 5 Ways to get Clean Energy from Trains
Trains are the world’s most popular mode of transport, even popular than cars due to their speed, accessibility and reasonable fare. Ever since the invention of the first railway engine, trains have served as the medium between far-off distances, inspired many artists, poets and writers and offered time-to-time luxury services for those who cannot spend [...]
Amtrak Introduces New Electric Trains
Two weeks ago ,I wrote about how Eurostar, the company responsible forrunning much of the Channel’s rail traffic between England and France,planned to invest a sizable sum for the purchase of several high speed electric trains from the German engineering firm Siemens. While the announcement came as a bit of a shock for certain Frenchofficials, [...]