Infrastructure
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Spring days can produce an excess of surplus renewable energy in California — more power than electric lines can carry. Researchers have some ideas about where and how to harness that energy. -
Founded by former North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, the North Carolina Blockchain + AI Initiative (NCB+AI) will work to pass pro-cryptocurrency legislation and support construction of data centers.
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A new report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy urges regulators and utilities to make the grid operate more efficiently. There are ways, experts said, to absorb part of data centers’ growth.
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Smart cities, where sensors help public workers, departments and building managers cut energy and water use, is expected to grow fast in the next decade.
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The new infrastructure system uses ground-penetrating radar sensors to provide a picture of not only of the road surface but the underlying system supporting the road down to 18 inches into the ground.
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Wi-Fi will be added to 50 more Metra cars after a positive customer response to the current program which deployed in only 12 cars.
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The ever-frustrating occurrence of dropped calls in tunnels will be remedied in Seattle. Cell phone coverage will be extended through downtown tunnels beginning this week.
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The practice is controversial, widely used and very important to the future of solar power.
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The new electric power plant will be run on 50 percent biofuel and 50 percent fossil fuel in a step toward the state's goal of reaching 100 percent renewable energy by 2045.
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Uber is one of several companies, including Google, General Motors, Audi and Apple, working to replace human drivers with robots.
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The proposals could reshape several large U.S. cities for decades to come -- if they pass.
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On Oct. 28, the state will usher in a completely electronic tolling system on I-90, replacing 26 toll plazas with 16 gantries that will automatically charge drivers as they pass under them.
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A year into the overhaul of the region’s bus network, METRO officials say they’re pleased with the results — and have more improvements in the works.
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Both residents of Allen, Texas, and solar companies are hoping to reverse an ordinance prohibiting street-facing solar panels.
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The long-term cost of the accident could top $2 billion, an amount roughly in the range of the cleanup after the 1979 partial meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania.
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Assembly Bill 197 would boost legislative oversight of the California Air Resources Board, and would require the agency to focus more attention on cutting emissions from local refineries and manufacturers.
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From its peak in 2008, U.S. coal production has declined by 500 million tons per year — that’s 3,000 fewer pounds of coal per year for each man, woman and child.
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Several recent improvements have made streetlights more efficient, more connected to other public services, and better-equipped to promote public safety through sensors and real-time information.
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Transit agencies are getting better at making realistic cost estimates, offering hope that large-scale programs can avoid disastrous overruns.
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Piezoelectric energy harvesters are unproven at scale, so the California Energy Commission wants to see just how much power they could produce.
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A nonprofit agency is questioning the removal of key privacy protections in AB 1592, which would allow testing of a driverless shuttle in Contra Costa County.
