The Ray

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Energy & Infrastructure
Solar-Panel Roads to Be Built on Four Continents Next Year
#TheRay in West Point, GA is one of the four projects mentioned in this article. #Wattway solar paving is already being installed in Southwest Georgia. #RidetheRay
Environment
Georgia Welcome Center to Receive Pollinator Garden
The Georgia Conservancy, Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia (KMMG), the Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT), The Ray and the Chattahoochee Nature Center will all use shovels and work gloves on September 17 to install a 7,000-square foot pollinator garden at the Georgia Visitor Information Center (VIC) on Interstate 85 in West Point. The pollinator garden will be the first installed at any Georgia DOT facility.
Energy & Infrastructure
Georgia Public Service Commission Approves Innovative Right-of-Way Solar Project Along The Ray in Troup County
The Georgia Public Service Commission (GPSC) approved the installation of one megawatt of solar generation in the right-of-way along Interstate 85 in Troup County, Ga., during a hearing on the Georgia Power Company’s 2016 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). The motion was proposed by Commissioner Tim Echols of the GPSC and passed at two separate administrative sessions on July 28th and September 8th. Votes were 4-1 and 3-2 respectively.
Awards & Rankings
Georgia DOT Receives National Pollinator Roadside Management Award
Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) won the 2016 North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) Pollinator Roadside Management Award, after being nominated by The Ray.
Environment
Georgia Department of Transportation Board Endorses Innovative, Safe and Sustainable Demonstrations on The Ray C. Anderson Memorial Highway Paving the Way for Sustainable Transportation Innovation
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) State Transportation Board yesterday passed a resolution endorsing a project of The Ray C. Anderson Foundation, The Ray, to re-imagine our highway system into one that is safer and more sustainable.
AI & Technology
Ray C. Anderson Memorial Highway
What if we reimagine the way we connect our communities, our lives, and our world in a way that’s safer, more responsive to the climate, more regenerative to the environment, more uplifting to the spirit, and more capable of generating economic opportunity?
Environment
Allie Kelly and The Ray Featured on Yale Climate Connections
How sustainable highways can help address climate change
Environment
Can a 16-Mile Stretch of Road Become the World's First Sustainable Highway?
"The Ray" is an ambitious project to convert a Georgia highway into a road that isn't horrible for the environment.
Energy & Infrastructure
Sustainable Georgia: Driving with the Sun
I was thrilled to see one of my great sci-fi dreams come true in West Point when Georgia unveiled its first solar-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging station. We’ve been rewarded by the convergence of public, private, local and global efforts.
Environment
First for Georgia: Solar Powered EV Station Unveiled at West Point Visitor Information Center
A sustainable first: Solar EV charging station connects Atlanta, GA and Montgomery, AL for EV drivers

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