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Dartmouth’s Big Green Bus makes the rounds

June 28, 2011

Thirteen Dartmouth students and recent grads are touring the country on the Big Green Bus, an old Greyhound bus converted to run on waste vegetable oil.

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BART delays Orinda solar carport project

June 17, 2011

BART (CA) will delay plans to install solar panels above 400 parking spaces at the Orinda station until the city finalizes its downtown planning process.

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European solar tunnel to power high-speed trains

June 10, 2011

Solar panels covering a 2.2-mile Belgian tunnel will generate enough electricity to power 4,000 high-speed trains between Paris and Amsterdam each year.

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City of Industry to build solar-panel carports

April 5, 2011

The City of Industry plans to build 1,000 carports at the Metrolink (CA) commuter rail station, which will be equipped with photovoltaic solar panels.

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BART adds solar carports

May 12, 2010

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (CA) will introduce solar panels in the parking lot for its Lafayette station.

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Innovative substation combines art and technology

January 20, 2010

TriMet’s new light-rail substation may look like a giant sculpture, but it will incorporate solar panels and wind turbines.

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Akron bus barn goes solar

January 19, 2010

Akron’s Metro Regional Transit Authority (OH) is installing a solar array on the roof of its main bus barn.

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RTC breaks ground on new Las Vegas transit center

September 2, 2009

The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada broke ground on a new transit center in downtown Las Vegas. The Bonneville Transit Center, funded in part with federal stimulus funds, is designed to be as green as possible.

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Flexible solar strips light up campus bus shelter

June 16, 2009

Researchers at the Hamilton (ON) university have developed flexible solar strips that can fit the curved roof of a bus shelter.

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Logan Airport to install solar panels on garage rooftop

May 22, 2009

The Massachusetts Port Authority plans to install “solar trees” on the rooftop of a parking garage at Logan International Airport as part of a renovation project.

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