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Tag Archives: power
Collegiate carport solar energy production in the USA
Below are more than 75 colleges and universities in the United States that have installed solar carports on campus, along with information available on them via the internet. Data includes the school, location, megawatts, year completed, and number of spaces/acreage … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, colleges, economic development, energy, Environment, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, Nature, pictures, planning, product design, Renewable Energy, Science, solar, Statistics, technology, Transportation, Uncategorized, urban planning
Tagged colleges, energy, environment, parking, power, solar, solar carports, technology, universities
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“Hydrograds” built by the former Soviet Union
Following last week’s post on American Hydrograds, this blogpost explores the “Hydrograds“ built by the former Soviet Union. Hydrograds are cities and towns constructed specifically to house workers building the hydroelectric project, as well as the support staff to … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology, cities, culture, energy, Europe, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, pictures, place names, placemaking, planning, rivers/watersheds, Russia, spatial design, technology, urban planning
Tagged dams, energy, hydroelectric dams, Hydrograds, Latvia, power, Russia, Soviet Union, Tajikistan, Ukraine, USSR
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An unreliable power grid is unacceptable!
The continuing repairs to the grid across unlucky parts of Michigan, Ontario, New York and Maine clearly shows the weaknesses in our electrical grid and how susceptible it can be to the whimsy of Mother Nature. One sort of expects a power grid to … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Alternative energy, commerce, Communications, consumerism, culture, deregulation, economic development, economics, energy, environment, geography, government, health, history, Housing, humanity, infrastructure, land use, nature, North America, planning, politics, Privatization, product design, Renewable Energy, seasons, sustainability, technology, weather
Tagged advocacy, business, commerce, economics, electric, electricity, energy, geography, health, infrastructure, land use, opinion, outages, planning, power, power grid, the grid, Toronot, utilities
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