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AUGUST 30, 2011

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, has begun construction in Hawaii of a demonstration unit that will convert forest residuals, algae and other cellulosic biomass into renewable drop-in transportation fuels via a rapid pyrolysis process integrated with a catalytic upgrading process. In 2009, UOP and Ensyn Corp. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 19, 2010

has executed a letter of engagement with BNP Paribas to act as financial advisor to assist and support ClearFuels in securing senior secured debt financing for its commercial thermochemical Biomass-to-Liquids (BTL) biorefinery projects. These services would be directed, in part, to create financing plans for the commercial projects.

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MARCH 12, 2011

Premium Renewable Energy (Malaysia) Sdn. has selected Envergent Technologies LLC, a Honeywell company, to perform the engineering design for a project that will use Envergent’s RTP Rapid Thermal Processing technology ( earlier post ) to convert palm biomass to renewable heat and electricity.

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JULY 21, 2012

Honeywell’s UOP—a major international supplier and licensor of technology for petroleum refining, gas processing, petrochemical production and major manufacturing industries—has also been an early leader in developing technologies for the production of renewable drop-in hydrocarbon fuels. Earlier post.) Hydroprocessing.

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MARCH 12, 2014

The PEM electrolyzer will be partially powered by renewable energy sources and is expected to be in operation in late summer or early Fall. The electrolyzer in Hamburg will use the same C-Series electrolyzer platform as the SunHydro commercial fueling station in Wallingford, Connecticut, which opened in October 2010.

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DECEMBER 3, 2008

My wife, Zan, and I were recently on the Big Island, Hawaii, and while there we toured the state’s only geothermal plant. Hawaii's 30 megawatt geothermal control room. The rest of Hawaii’s electricity is generated by burning oil. Hawaii's 30 MW geothermal power plant. URL: [link]. By JOHN MARKOFF.

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APRIL 5, 2011

On December 16, 2010 the US DOE Energy Information Agency (EIA) published a report projecting that renewable energy will still only constitute 12 percent of the USA’s energy sources by 2035. In France, renewable energy consumption will be 20 percent by 2020. EIA projections of renewables penetration. Source: EIA.

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JANUARY 28, 2011

HRBP), a Hawai’i-based and -founded renewable biofuels company, will acquire Shell’s shareholding in Cellana, a joint venture between Shell and HRBP. On 31 January 2011, HRBP will become the sole owner of Cellana, including its six-acre demonstration facility in Kona, Hawaii. HR BioPetroleum, Inc. Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 27, 2010

million of a $23-million grant to complete construction of a demonstration scale biomass gasifier at Rentech’s Energy Technology Center (RETC) in Colorado, and to integrate and operate it with Rentech’s Product Demonstration Unit (PDU) for the production of renewable synthetic fuels from biomass. Rentech, Inc. and ClearFuels Technology Inc.

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MARCH 3, 2021

An open-access paper on their work appears in the journal Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. This study tested the effects of depth-cycling on the growth, morphology, and chemical composition of the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera, a target species for renewable biomass production. The study authors include Ignacio A.

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DECEMBER 23, 2013

Additionally, the 22 MW Neal Hot Springs, Oregon plant received the GEA Honors Technological Advancement Award in 2013 for being the first commercial, supercritical Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) binary power plant. In Nevada, NV Energy is looking to replace coal plants with 300 MW of renewable energy, including geothermal.

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APRIL 15, 2010

headquartered in Aiea, Hawaii, has signed a Cooperative Agreement with the US Department of Energy (DOE) to receive its first $7.7 ClearFuels has begun development of multiple commercial-scale biomass-to-energy projects in the southeastern United States and Hawaii. ClearFuels Technology, Inc., million of a $22.6 Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 25, 2010

The gasifier will be integrated with Rentech’s Product Demonstration Unit (PDU) for the production of renewable synthetic fuels from biomass. The proposed team for the demonstration project includes ClearFuels, Rentech, URS, Linde/Hydro-Chem, Hawaiian Electric Company, National Renewable Energy Lab and Hawaii Natural Energy Institute.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

The Hawaii project is jointly sponsored by the US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and by the US Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD). The long-range goal, he said, is to develop a commercial-ready technology that can be widely used at other ports.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Commissioning, validation and start-up of the renewable energy demonstration facility are underway. The IBR is anticipated to produce certified renewable fuels in late 2011. The project has reached this milestone within the original budget and schedule.

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JANUARY 21, 2012

Although not all of the resource potential identified in these assessments can realistically be developed, the results still represent major opportunities for new water power development in the United States, highlighting specific opportunities to expand on the 6% of the nation’s electricity already generated from renewable hydropower resources.

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JUNE 28, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $24 million to three research consortia to tackle key hurdles in the achieving the commercial scale production of algae-based biofuels. DOE share: up to $6 million). DOE funding: up to $9 million).

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

Through examination of the options, the project team selected proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells for the powerplant due to their low weight and volume, commercial availability, proven track record, zero emission characteristic, and acceptable power performance. Using LH 2 made from 100% renewable electricity, there would be a WTW 99.1%

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JULY 3, 2018

The situation is dramatically improved using renewable hydrogen, such as that made from biogas, or by water electrolysis using wind or low-carbon nuclear power. emissions from the Zero-V using renewable LH 2 becomes 0.164 Gg CO 2 (eq.)/year. The gas suppliers are currently working to make renewable hydrogen more broadly available.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2010

JMax 100 increases the profitability of Jatropha to greater than $400 per acre—more than 300% above existing commercial varieties, according to the company. JMax 100 is the tip of the iceberg in the development of Jatropha as a renewable energy crop. This equates to more than 350 gallons per acre at $1.39

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JULY 7, 2016

University of Hawaii, Manoa: this project will investigate magnesium boride etherates as reversible hydrogen storage materials with properties that are vastly improved over un-solvated magnesium boride. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 23, 2021

Each team will work to bring new water and wastewater-treatment technologies from the applied research and development stage to commercial readiness. With the right technology, it’s possible to convert wastewater into renewable power, along with chemicals, fertilizers, and reusable water.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

By making high quality testbed capabilities available to researchers and technology developers, they will allow rapid testing of novel concepts at scale and greatly accelerate commercialization. Testbed facilities for the partnership are physically located in Arizona, Hawaii, California, Ohio and Georgia.

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

In addition to transportation applications, hydrogen has the potential to decarbonize multiple sectors by enabling renewable, energy storage, and low carbon industrial applications. —Acting Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy David Friedman.

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JUNE 24, 2009

ClearFuels and Rentech will integrate ClearFuels’ BTG technology platform with Rentech’s Fischer-Tropsch Process for the production of certified renewable synthetic jet and diesel fuels at commercial-scale facilities. This joint demonstration is anticipated to lead to the final design basis for the commercial facilities.

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AUGUST 9, 2015

A team from the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, University of Hawaii at Manoa is developing a new one-pot process to produce gasoline-grade (C 6 –C 18 ) hydrocarbon oil from polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB)—an energy storage material formed from renewable feedstock in many bacterial species. 2015.07.107.

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OCTOBER 13, 2009

OPT) have signed a commercial engineering services agreement to develop OPT’s wave energy systems for use in future utility-scale power generation projects. OPT now has a range of power generation projects globally, including those in Oregon and Hawaii, USA; Scotland and Southwest England; Spain; Australia; and Japan. Source: OPT.

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OCTOBER 17, 2019

Orange EV’s Class 8 electric trucks, commercially deployed since 2015, are more than 400% more energy-efficient than their diesel counterparts. Projects include affordable housing, renewable energy, public transportation, zero-emission vehicles, environmental restoration, more sustainable agriculture, recycling and more.

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APRIL 24, 2017

The Round 3 fuel cell awardees are: Hawaii Hydrogen Carriers. Savannah River National Laboratory has been awarded $300,000 to work with Hawaii Hydrogen Carriers to perform analysis on the performance and design of low pressure hydrogen storage systems to power mobile applications of Proton Exchange Membrane hydrogen fuel cells.

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JANUARY 7, 2024

Tesla’s Megapacks offer energy storage for renewable sources like solar, and as the company deploys more and more of these projects around the world, one large site with these giant batteries has just gone online in Hawaii.

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APRIL 15, 2014

Adrian Narvaez of Hawaii Hydrogen Carriers (HHC) observes a metal hydride storage tank, part of a project led by Sandia National Laboratories. —Adrian Narvaez, Hawaii Hydrogen Carriers (HHC). Most recently, he led a study and subsequent demonstration project on commercial use of hydrogen fuel cells to provide power at ports.

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DECEMBER 22, 2016

The facility will be constructed in Newport, Oregon, by the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center at Oregon State University and will support innovations in wave energy technologies capable of harnessing the significant wave energy resources along United States coastlines.

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JULY 22, 2010

The selected projects now enter a second phase in which researchers design, construct, and operate their innovations at pilot-scale and evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of applying them commercially. Hawaii Electric Company will qualify the biocrude for boiler use, and Tesoro will supply CO 2 and evaluate fuel products.

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JANUARY 30, 2017

The project is being completed in co-operation with the Bonneville Power Authority (BPA) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Eguana Technologies along with its partners are committed to serving the residential and commercial energy storage market. Cybersecurity is a critical element of the Home Battery System.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Nodules in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), which stretches between Mexico and Hawaii, are estimated to contain more cobalt and nickel than there are in deposits on land. The Metals Company (previously DeepGreen Metals) in Vancouver expects to be the first to commercially produce metals from these nodules by 2024.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

As a centrally controlled function, the data center integrates data across the entire network including: the availability of charge spots and battery switch stations; the state of charge of each battery; the ability to harness peak levels of renewable energy generation; topography maps and traffic patterns; and driving habits and patterns.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 27 projects for more than $37 million in funding to accelerate the technological and commercial readiness of emerging marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) technologies, which seek to generate renewable electricity from oceans and free-flowing rivers and streams. DOE Funding: $160,000.

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