Using Google’s TensorFlow machine-learning system, able to process a massive amount of images for near real-time recognition, two Cupertino students working with Google’s AI Impact Challenge have deployed a working prototype to identify, predict and send early warnings of forest areas at risk for wildfires. To do this, the system processes a massive amount of images and weather data to determine the moisture content of dead forestation (dead branches and leaves) – fuel for a destructive wildfire.

A World Resources Institute and Boston University analysis spearheaded by WRI’s Lihuan Zhou released earlier this year showed that China Eximbank and CDB, which did most of the lending for power capacity and transmission, only directed about 5.3% of its energy loans to wind and solar projects between 2014 and 2017—a combined $2.4 billion. By contrast, non-hydropower renewables make up at least a quarter of the World Bank’s energy loans.

According to the note from Eskom’s chief operating officer Jan Oberholzer, sent out to staff on Monday, the synchronisation of the unit happened eight months ahead of the scheduled December 2019. This is the third out of six Kusile units which have been synchronised to the national grid.

The plans for Quayside also call for lower-cost prefab housing, a self-driving shuttle and an energy-efficient thermal grid.

You get to control the colors in this piece through a touch sensor. There are triangular shapes that act as colorful stars working together. 

With the accuracy of parking data verified, Caldwell says, the city is now preparing to take action on that information. “We thought we were using spaces 60 percent of the time,” he said, “but data we from the streetlights says we are using them 90 percent, which is overutilized. So we are thinking about pricing, whether we should have more parking in certain areas, whether we should expand the metered network.”

• Omiexperience, a Brazilian fintech for SMB billing and inventory management, raised around US$ 20.4 million from Riverwood Capital.

Loxodonta Africana sits on the corner of 22nd Street and Randolph Way to let you know the zoo is nearby. 

This week’s innovations could drive positive sustainability change across the fashion, recycling and energy sectors

The Electricity Act, the National Electricity Policy 2005 and the Tariff Policy 2016 (Tariff Policy) encourage private sector participation in renewable energy through measures such as fixing renewable purchase obligations (RPOs) for certain entities which are mandated to comply with RPOs.

As to whether it is ready for sale, that would depend on its price to performance ratio. There is a lot of glass out there, and vertical installation would do well in winter in such a latitude.

LIGHT CONTROL UNITThe LCU is designed for individual management of street lamps and includes a meter, controller and LV PLC modem. The LCU has two independent channels, enabling it to control one or two lamps simultaneously and it also performs stepless dimming, which prolongs the lifespan of the lamp.