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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

The IBR is anticipated to produce certified renewable fuels in late 2011. This demonstration-scale project is expected to lead to the final design basis for commercial-scale facilities using the combined technologies, including for potential biomass-to-energy projects that are contemplated in the southeastern United States, Hawaii and Canada.

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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., and the other five participating companies will conduct a feasibility study expected to be completed by the middle of September 2011. Hitachi Ltd.

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JANUARY 27, 2011

Deliveries will begin in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii in the third quarter. Customers nationwide will be able to order Volts with participating dealers beginning in the second quarter. which has seen a surge of consumers interested in the Volt.

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JANUARY 27, 2011

The project is expected to be operational by the third quarter of 2011. The equipment purchase and associated service contracts, valued at approximately $1.8

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JANUARY 28, 2012

The vehicles are part of a government funded program managed by the High Technology Development Corporation's Hawaii Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies and will be deployed for a variety of end users in Hawaii.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2010

It’s been an exciting week for the state of Hawaii. First Nissan confirmed plans to launch an electric vehicle partnership there (see article) and now CODA Automotive has announced it will distribute the battery electric CODA to consumer and fleet customers in the third quarter of 2011.

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AUGUST 5, 2010

A definitive agreement reflecting the terms of the memorandum is expected to be finalized by the 4 th quarter of 2010 with system installation in the first half of 2011. Hawai’i Electric Light Company plans to install the energy storage system at the Hawi Renewable Development wind farm on the north end of Hawai’i’s Big Island.

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MAY 12, 2010

Hawaii is certainly grabbing its fair share of green car headlines – just yesterday we told you that it would be the trial base for GM’s new hydrogen fuel cell prototypes (see article). From early 2011, the Japanese manufacturer [.]. Now, Nissan North America has selected the state as one of its initial launch markets in the US.

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APRIL 19, 2011

The first phase of the Online Order System, called Priority Registration, will launch on 22 April 2011. The 15 launch states include the following: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington.

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MAY 7, 2010

You'd be forgiven for thinking Hawaii is the center of the electric vehicle universe. Wednesday, Nissan announced it would be one of the first markets for the 2011 Leaf electric vehicle.

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JANUARY 28, 2011

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

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JANUARY 31, 2011

In the first quarter of 2011, approximately 550 demonstration Volts will be delivered to Chevy dealers. Chevy expects to deliver Volts in all 50 states by the end of 2011. According to GM research, 85% of consumers searching for information about the Volt on Chevrolet.com looked at other Chevrolet vehicles.

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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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JUNE 5, 2013

In an Energy Department report published in 2011, industry stakeholders identified the permitting timeline as one of the biggest barriers to increasing geothermal power plant development. The next states slated for review are Colorado and Texas. The roadmap includes links to permit application forms, policies, and supporting documents.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Pike Research forecasts that annual sales of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) will reach 358,959 vehicles by 2017, representing a compound anual growth rate (CAGR) of 43% between 2011 and 2017. Hawaii, which typically has among the highest gas prices in the nation, will be the top state, with PEVs representing 6.3%

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

This represents the second highest increase in geothermal power capacity over a calendar year since the production tax credit (PTC) was extended to geothermal in 2005, and a 5% percent increase over 2011 year-end data. Projects and new additions that came online in 2012 include: John L. Featherstone Plant (CA): Energy Source, 49.9

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OCTOBER 27, 2010

This joint demonstration of an integrated bio-refinery is anticipated to be completed in late 2011 and will lead to the final design basis for commercial facilities that are expected to use the combined technologies. These projects are expected to use an integrated ClearFuels-Rentech design and be co-located at biomass processing facilities.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

The North American i-MiEV is expected to have a MSRP of around US$30,000 (before federal and available state financial incentives) and will be available in California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii in November 2011 before rolling out nationally within one year’s time of its initial launch.

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JULY 27, 2010

In January 2011 , LEAF will debut in Texas and Hawaii. In California, the LEAF is eligible for an up to $5,000 CVRP rebate, bringing the price down to close to $20,000. The LEAF will roll out in December in California, Arizona, Oregon, Washington and Tennessee. The company currently has 17,000 reservations for the LEAF.

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JUNE 30, 2016

Since the PEV market launched in 2011, sales have been concentrated on the US West Coast, with PEV market share in California expected to exceed 5% in 2016. Hawaii and Washington are likely to maintain the significant market growth both states witnessed over the last 5 years, according to Navigant.

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JULY 12, 2010

An extended 100 mile range pack option will be available for delivery in 2011. Initial vehicles will be included in demonstration programs, such as those previously announced in Hawaii, and fleet operations in various locations, including California. Each solution is equipped with lithium-ion batteries.

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JANUARY 25, 2010

This joint demonstration of an integrated bio-refinery is anticipated to be completed in late 2011 and will lead to the final design basis for commercial facilities that are expected to use the combined technologies. These projects are expected to use an integrated ClearFuels-Rentech design and be co-located at biomass processing facilities.

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AUGUST 26, 2013

Another three are on the West Coast and in Hawaii: Seattle (4), Portland (5), and Honolulu (6). EVs fit into a larger energy-independence initiative in Hawaii since the state can make its own energy and become less reliant on shipping in fuel.

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DECEMBER 20, 2012

Kihas and Borrelli accepted the award on behalf of the team at IEEE’s Conference on Decision Control held 10-13 December in Maui, Hawaii. Honeywell released the diesel engine version of OnRAMP Design Suite in October 2011 to simplify the control development process.

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JULY 14, 2014

For the CEC project, approved in 2011, Cummins originally envisioned adapting a medium-duty engine specifically to use E85 fuel, reducing the engine size from 6.7L It delivers the power (up to 250 hp / 186 kW) and peak torque (up to 450 lb-ft / 610 N·m) of gasoline and diesel engines nearly twice its 2.8-liter liter displacement.

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JANUARY 19, 2010

The project team for the demonstration includes ClearFuels; Rentech, which has a 25% strategic ownership investment in ClearFuels ( earlier post ); URS; Linde/Hydro-Chem; Hawaiian Electric Company; National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL); and Hawaii Natural Energy Institute (HNEI).

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APRIL 26, 2011

founded in Hawaii in 2004, uses marine algae to produce feedstocks for biofuels, aquaculture feed, animal feed, cosmetics, industrial chemicals and other valuable products while simultaneously reducing industrial emissions of CO 2. HRBP became the sole owner of Cellana LLC in January 2011. Barry Raleigh, Ph.D., Earlier post.).

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MARCH 12, 2011

The initial Premium RTP facility, to be initiated in late 2011 and completed in early 2013, will be Malaysia’s first plant to use RTP for the production of a clean-burning liquid biofuel derived from biomass. The RTP liquid fuels will be used to generate renewable electricity and heat.

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APRIL 29, 2011

The American Lung Association released its annual report on air quality, State of the Air 2011 , which includes lists of the nation’s most polluted metropolitan areas. The report identified Honolulu, Hawaii and Santa Fe-Espanola, N.M. State of the Air 2011. The report also uses EPA’s calculations for year-round particle levels.

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MAY 4, 2011

Chevy expects to deliver Volts in all 50 states by the end of 2011. Deliveries begin in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii in the third quarter. By the end of the year, more than 2,500 US dealers will receive a dedicated Volt demo.

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MARCH 24, 2011

Utilizing biofuels as a substitute for heavy fuel oil in the current (2006) global shipping fleet would result in strong reductions in sulfate aerosol of up to about 40-60%, according to a new study by a team from Germany and Hawaii. —Righi et al. Environmental Science & Technology doi: 10.1021/es1036157.

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MAY 9, 2011

This device was successfully deployed at sea on 15 April 2011 by a team including Scotland-based Global Maritime Scotland Ltd, Port Services (Invergordon) Ltd and OPT, with the support of the Cromarty Firth Port Authority. This power generation data further validates the Company’s experience with its grid-connected Hawaii PowerBuoy system.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

According to ClearFuels, this commercial facility is targeted to break ground in late 2011 following completion of its joint demonstration project with Rentech of the companies’ integrated technologies for the production of renewable fuels at Rentech’s Energy Technology Center in Commerce City, Colorado. Earlier post.)

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JULY 16, 2010

La Niña may also provide wetter-than-normal conditions in the Pacific Northwest during fall 2010 and winter 2010-2011.

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APRIL 5, 2011

RPS policies as of March 2011. In contrast, China’s 12 th five-year plan, March 5, 2011, requires 11.4 cents/ kWh in Hawaii to 5.61 Even ruling Hawaii out as an outlier, the cost of electricity in Connecticut was 17.79 Perspective by The Townsend Company. Source: DSIRE. Click to enlarge.

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Real-time, self-learning identification and stochastic optimal control of advanced powertrain systems ; ProQuest, UMI Dissertation Publishing (September 2, 2011). Malikopoulos, Andreas A. Malikopoulos, Andreas A., Papalambros, Panos Y. and Assanis, Dennis N. Malikopoulos, A.A., Charalambous, C.D. and Tzortzis, I., in review).

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

CODA also currently plans to begin selling vehicles in Hawaii in the third quarter of 2011, where the car will be eligible for a $4,500 tax rebate offered in the state. CODA is finalizing the details of a program that is expected to offer consumers competitive leasing and financing options.

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