article thumbnail

DOE awards $20M to 10 hydrogen production and delivery technologies projects

Green Car Congress

University of Hawaii of Honolulu, Hawaii will receive $3 million to develop photoelectrodes for direct solar water splitting. of Danbury, Connecticut will receive $900,000 to develop a novel hybrid system for low-cost, low greenhouse gas hydrogen production. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory of Richland, Washington will receive $2.2

Hydrogen 253
article thumbnail

GE and Better Place Partner to Accelerate EV Infrastructure Deployment; Integrating GE WattStation with Better Place Services

Green Car Congress

The goal is to convert corporate fleet owners to electric fleets, so owners reap both the economic benefits of lower cost of ownership as well as reducing harmful carbon emissions. Better Place is already working towards initial network deployments in these markets, beginning in 2011.

article thumbnail

USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

Green Car Congress

The funding is for the incremental cost of a battery electric bus over a CNG bus and leverages federal, state, local utilities and local match to purchase the battery electric buses for service expansion. City and County of Honolulu. 1,225,000.

Purchase 191
article thumbnail

Sandia Labs partnering with Red and White Fleet to develop high-speed H2 fuel cell passenger ferry and world’s largest H2 refueling station

Green Car Congress

The economy of scale could boost the local hydrogen fuel cell marketplace—a larger station reduces the cost per kilogram of hydrogen, said Pratt. Higher use will drive down that cost even more. ”.

Fleet 150
article thumbnail

ARPA-E to award $22M to 18 projects to accelerate production of macroalgae for energy and other uses; MARINER

Green Car Congress

Honolulu, HI. coastal and open waters, which is expected to reduce the risk and cost of farm deployment. Category III MARINER Projects. Organization. Description. Makai Ocean Engineering, Inc. The effort will perform a hydrodynamic load analysis for different farm designs across different regions of U.S.

Mariner 150
article thumbnail

Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

Cars That Think

The island gets on average nearly 3,000 hours of sunshine per year, putting it on a par with Honolulu and Brisbane, Australia. The average cost of electricity for commercial users in Puerto Rico is about 29 U.S. Several factors combine to make Puerto Rico an ideal place for solar power and microgrids.

article thumbnail

Project shows maritime fuel cell generator can increase energy efficiency by up to 30% at part load; reliability and cost issues

Green Car Congress

Project partner Young Brothers operated the generator for 10 months powering refrigerated containers in Honolulu, Hawaii. One opportunity to do so was identified in Honolulu Harbor at the Young Brothers Ltd. (YB)

Fuel 220