FutureStructure Infrastructure
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Each winning city will receive an individualized Readiness Workshop and host of tech tools to help further its efforts toward becoming a smart city.
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Some 1,500 intersections in Los Angeles to get upgraded with new traffic signal equipment.
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The Boring Company will construct a four-mile tunnel to connect a rail station with Ontario International Airport in the Los Angeles region. The tunnel will accommodate zero-emission and possibly autonomous vehicles.
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We are in the midst of a transformative time for America's energy sector.
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As the solar industry thrives, states are bracing for more showdowns this year between solar advocates and utility companies over how to balance reimbursing those who generate solar energy with supporting the country’s power grid.
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Scaling Wind is a half hour documentary that addresses the primary barriers to America achieving 20 percent of its electricity generation from wind energy.
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Big infrastructure projects shape our physical environments and even the very wealthiest can't stop those changes once asphalt or steel is poured.
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The Sacramento region plans to add hundreds of thousands of new residents in coming decades. Will there be enough water?
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A famed bridge that has appeared in numerous films is giving way to a futuristic new structure.
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California has grappled with water scarcity for generations and now the San Diego Water Authority is betting on desalination.
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The map was built with publicly available data and shows the locations of all wind turbines with high-resolution remote imagery to within 10 meters.
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The American Society of Civil Engineers gave our nation’s infrastructure a D+ rating and estimated that the investments needed to modernize it would reach $3.6 trillion by 2020.
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A 2013 attack on an electric substation near San Jose nearly knocked out Silicon Valley's power supply.
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The world's largest solar thermal electric plant has begun operating its three generating units, which will soon deliver enough clean energy to power more than 140,000 homes in California.
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From Isle of Man to Saudi Arabia, renewable desalination is gaining interest around the world as solution to water scarcity and food crisis
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The American Chemistry Council has released a new video that provides a quick overview and some compelling statistics about the benefits of recovering energy from waste.
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The California drought will soon expose the geographic, political, personal and institutional divisions that complicate meaningful congressional action.
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In the world’s most productive region of agriculture, food waste is being transformed into natural gas.
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Hawaii considers $700 million proposal to connect the electrical grids of Maui and Oahu
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Building the 21st Century City May Require Thinking as the Romans Did