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US and Japan collaborating on smart grid project in Hawaii; EV operation and charging, including grid-balancing services

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have been selected as contractors for a joint US-Japan collaboration supporting a Smart Grid project on the Hawaiian island of Maui. The project is supported by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), in cooperation with the State of Hawaii, Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., Hitachi, Ltd.,

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Hawaii Natural Energy Institute awards firm contract for Altairnano Energy Storage System

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The system will be installed at the Hawi wind farm on the island of Hawai’i and connected to the Hawai’i Electric Light Company (HELCO) utility grid. Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. Earlier post.). The equipment purchase and associated service contracts, valued at approximately $1.8

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DOE awards up to $40M for open-water, grid-connected wave energy testing facility

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced the award of up to $40 million, subject to appropriations, to design, permit, and construct an open-water, grid-connected national wave energy testing facility. For context, approximately 90,000 homes can be powered by 1 TWh per year.

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NREL releases comprehensive vision for deep decarbonization of transportation

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Optimally integrating transportation with buildings, the grid, and renewables to realize system-wide benefits. Long a leader in transportation decarbonization research, NREL’s leading scientists and cutting-edge facilities have prepared the laboratory to innovate emerging technologies and trends from a variety of angles.

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Burns & McDonnell develops bi-directional fast chargers for SPIDERS program

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The bidirectional charging units are capable of providing up to 300 kW of power to plug-in electric vehicles and also can discharge a like amount of stored energy from the vehicle batteries to the grid or microgrid via Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) standard J1772-compliant bidirectional charging cables.

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EIA: US large-scale battery storage power capacity increased 35% in 2020

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The energy capacity of these sites was 1,688 MWh, and the maximum power that could be provided to the grid from these sites at any given moment (power capacity) was 1,022 megawatts (MW). Much of the recent increase in new storage capacity comes from battery energy systems co-located with or connected to solar projects.

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Hawaii opts for EVs and renewable energy

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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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