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MAY 18, 2011

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., On Maui, 15% of the electricity supply is already generated by renewable energy, and there are plans to increase this percentage going forward.

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AUGUST 17, 2016

The Solar Impulse 2 —the solar airplane that recently completed a round-the-world flight— used batteries from Kokam, based on that company’s advanced Ultra High Energy Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt (NMC) Oxide (Ultra High Energy NMC) technology. The Solar Impulse uses four 38.5

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JUNE 17, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award $20 million to ten new research and development projects that will advance hydrogen production and delivery technologies: six on hydrogen production and four on hydrogen delivery. million to develop an innovative high-efficiency solar thermochemical reactor for solar hydrogen production.

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MAY 1, 2023

However, the emissions of electric vehicles depend greatly on the energy source used to generate the electricity that powers them. The calculated relative amounts of well-to-wheels emissions of greenhouse gases from eight different energy sources are shown in the table below. 4 Hawaii 137.1 Natural gas 87.9 Geothermal 16.5

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Green Car Congress

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. In 2012, a Proton electrolyzer was installed at Fraunhofer ISE’s solar-powered refueling station in Freiburg as part of Baden-Württemberg''s Environment Ministry’s hydrogen refueling project.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

The US Air Force is demonstrating the use of hydrogen as an alternate fuel source at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. This state organization supports the Hawaii ANG, the National Guard Bureau, and the US Air Force. It is tasked to demonstrate hydrogen technology and its potential applications within the Defense Department.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2012

US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar have signed a Memorandum of Understanding ( MOU ) that encourages appropriate development of renewable energy projects on public lands withdrawn (set aside) for defense-related purposes, and other onshore and offshore areas near military installations.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

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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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2015

Solar Impulse, the solar-powered electric aircraft attempting to fly around the world, will be grounded in Hawaii until early spring 2016 due to damage to the batteries which overheated in the record-breaking oceanic flight from Nagoya to Hawaii. Overall the airplane performed very well during the flight, the team said.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2012

US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar have signed a Memorandum of Understanding ( MOU ) that encourages appropriate development of renewable energy projects on public lands withdrawn (set aside) for defense-related purposes, and other onshore and offshore areas near military installations.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is a member of a team that was recently awarded a $7-million contract from the US Army Corps of Engineers to demonstrate integration of electric vehicles, generators and solar arrays to supply emergency power for Fort Carson, Colo. Demonstration for Energy. Harbor/Hickam, Hawaii; Fort.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Battery electric vehicles are only as clean as the energy source used to generate the electricity that powers them. The calculated relative amounts of well-to-wheels emissions of greenhouse gases from eight different energy sources are shown in the table below. Energy source. by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research. Geothermal.

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APRIL 5, 2011

Fifty years later, the USA is faced with a similar challenge, energy independency and climatic change. 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. Source: EIA.

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AUGUST 17, 2021

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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JANUARY 12, 2012

Solar Journey USA project. This study was conducted as part of the Solar Journey USA project, an initiative to educate Americans about electric vehicles, solar energy and the synergy of Sustainable Driving that arises from the two. A 2011 Tesla Roadster would be able to satisfy >98.5% times the EPA-labeled range.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

On 29 August, the team successfully commissioned five bidirectional chargers and the aggregating control system as part of the Smart Power Infrastructure Demonstration for Energy Reliability and Security (SPIDERS) microgrid project at Fort Carson. Earlier post.)

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Tesla has highlighted a Megapack project that went live in Hawaii earlier this year, which is effectively replacing the state’s last coal plant. On Thursday, the Tesla Megapack account on X shared a video featuring interviews with employees and partners involved in Oahu’s Kapolei Energy Storage (KES) system.

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JUNE 29, 2019

water and electricity to produce higher-energy carbon-based products and a co-product of pure oxygen. Energy Access. Solar Sister (Great Falls, Virginia) invests in women’s enterprises in off-grid communities in Africa. Clean Energy Works (Washington, D.C.) Clean Energy Works (Washington, D.C.) Earlier post.).

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JUNE 22, 2012

By continuously harvesting energy from the environment, Wave Gliders can travel long distances, hold station, and monitor vast areas without ever needing to refuel. A unique two-part architecture and wing system directly converts wave motion into thrust, and solar panels provide electricity for sensor payloads.

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Hawaii-based Mauna Loa , one of the world’s major macadamia nut brands, just got a 1.2-megawatt megawatt solar farm and 500 kW battery storage system. The new solar and storage join existing clean energy sources at the facility, which means it’s now powered by 100% clean energy.

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Teslarati

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. Tesla highlights latest milestone in Megapack energy storage deployment What are your thoughts?

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Green Car Reports

JULY 6, 2015

Nearly four months after taking off from Abu Dhabi to attempt a circumnavigation of the globe, the sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 airplane has crossed the Pacific Ocean. The plane landed in Hawaii Friday, achieving another milestone in the attempt to fly around the world with no onboard fuel.

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Department (DOE) released a new report showing continued momentum and growth in the fuel cell industry. Applicants to the Energy Department’s Fuel Cell Technologies Office’s fiscal year 2017 funding opportunity will collaborate with national lab consortia stemming from the EMN initiative.

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OCTOBER 17, 2019

Orange EV and Dependable Supply Chain Services announced the deployment of Orange EV pure electric terminal trucks (aka yard trucks, hostlers, spotters) as the first step in fulfilling the Dependable Highway Express (DHE) plan to transform its Ontario, California facility into a sustainable, energy-efficient, emission-free freight terminal.

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APRIL 24, 2017

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Small Business Vouchers (SBV) Pilot has selected eight DOE national labs for collaborations with 38 small businesses in the third round of funding. Other projects address advanced manufacturing, bioenergy, buildings, geothermal, solar, water and wind technologies. Emerald Energy NW.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 24, 2024

IEEE Spectrum s most-read energy stories of 2024 centered on creative ways to produce, store and connect more carbon-free energy. Big Techs bold moves to secure nuclear energy for future data centers dominated international headlines in 2024, and readers liked Spectrum s tech-focused coverage of the topic.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2010

The EV Project is a result of a partnership with charging infrastructure provider ECOtality and partially funded by a grant from the US Department of Energy. Cited interests include energy independence (35 percent); environmental consciousness (34 percent); and cost/fuel economy (20 percent).

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JUNE 9, 2017

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced approximately $15.8 Selected projects will leverage national lab consortia launched under DOE’s Energy Materials Network (EMN) this past year ( earlier post ), in support of DOE’s materials research and advanced manufacturing priorities. GreenWay Energy, LLC. Proton Energy Systems.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 9, 2024

Installation of large-scale energy storage systems is expected to continue increasing in the U.S. According to data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) shared on Tuesday, U.S. energy storage system deployment is expected to nearly double in 2024, with battery capacity forecasted to grow by 89 percent.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Photo: Hawaii Department of Transportation Hawaii’s first National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program EV charging station just came online on Maui. The Hawaii DOT chose the Kahului Park & Ride as the first site because it’s accessible 24/7 and adjacent to the Maui Alternative Fuel Corridors.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2017

and New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), in cooperation with the State of California and public utility company San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), started the demonstration of the United States’ largest redox flow battery system in California. Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. Background.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The solar system’s biggest planet has a big problem You are orbiting Jupiter, 779 million km from the sun, where physics and logic say it ought to be very, very cold. If solar heating were the only factor at play, the planet's upper atmosphere would average 70 degrees below zero Celsius. Winds in the cloud bands reach 500 km/h.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2017

LG Chem’s residential batteries will be available via a number of leading solar/storage providers in North America. Following last year’s announcement of a partnership with LG Chem, Sunrun—a leading US-based residential energy system provider—will be supplying LG Chem’s RESU systems. states and Canadian provinces.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 15, 2016

While its electric-car manufacturing continues to get the most attention, Tesla quietly continues to build up its energy-storage business as well. Today, the still-incomplete "gigafactory" in Nevada is assembling standalone battery packs for the company's Tesla Energy stationary energy-storage division.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

When the facility was first announced, many were hopeful that the new production line would help the company meet the dramatically increasing demand for Tesla energy products. This simple process has allowed for some remarkable achievements, including the State of Hawaii finally being able to ditch coal power earlier this year.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The fires this year in Hawaii and in 2018 in California have been the most destructive in over 100 years. We have had all-time record temperatures both for the last 12 months and this past July. We’ve had record heat waves in the Middle East and the Southwest US. In the last few years, hurricanes […]

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DECEMBER 18, 2015

The work is part of a newly signed Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between ASU and Sandia to collaborate on algae-based biofuels, solar fuels, concentrating solar technologies, photovoltaics, electric grid modernization and the energy-water nexus.

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