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States With Highest Portion Of Their CO2 Emissions Coming From Transportation: California, Washington, & Hawaii

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This is an interesting use of data for a state comparison. Energy Information Administration has created a map showing what portion of the 50 US states’ CO2 emissions come from transportation (as of 2018*). As you can see above, states in the West and Florida (and Vermont) had the highest portions of their […].

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DOE to award $500K for testing of wave energy device in Hawaii

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For comparison, the United States uses 4,000 terawatt hours of electricity each year. The Energy Department estimates that there are more than 1,170 terawatt hours per year of electric generation available from wave energy off US coasts, although not all of this resource potential can realistically be developed.

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Navigant forecasts 18.6% CAGR for plug-ins in North America to 2022; 2.4% new vehicle share in US

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Navigant expects Hawaii is expected to have the highest concentration of PEV sales by 2022: 10.1% of total Hawaii vehicle sales will be PEVs. Next will be Northern California with 9.7% (although for California as a whole, the rate will be only 6.0%) and then Oregon with 5.8%. PEV attitudes.

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

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Project partner Young Brothers operated the generator for 10 months powering refrigerated containers in Honolulu, Hawaii. By comparison, the net efficiency of a comparable diesel generator efficiency is from 25% to 34% in this same load range. One opportunity to do so was identified in Honolulu Harbor at the Young Brothers Ltd.

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Feature: Are Eco-Friendly Cars Expensive to Own?

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States where charging is almost prohibitively expensive in some major locations (such as Hawaii, where charging costs can reach over 50 cents per kilowatt-hour) can actually cost EV drivers more in lifetime fuel costs compared to those from driving gasoline-powered vehicles.

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US vehicle miles travelled up 3% in first 9 months of 2016 to 2.4 trillion miles

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The September 2016 report also includes seasonally-adjusted data, which is conducted by USDOT’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics as a way to even out seasonal variation in travel and enable vehicle miles travelled (VMT) comparisons with any other month in any year. The seasonally-adjusted vehicle miles traveled for September 2016 were 268.7

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US total VMT hits historic high in first half of year; VMT per capita trending upward, but below 2005 peak

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The June 2015 report also includes seasonally-adjusted data, which enable VMT comparisons with May or any other month in any year, from the USDOT’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The Northeast, a region of nine states stretching from Pennsylvania to Maine, showed the smallest growth, rising only 1.1%, or 38.8 and Montana at 7.5%.

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