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Qualcomm, partners launching new CV2X pilot in Honolulu

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On the heels of the C-V2X direct communications program launch last week in San Diego, Qualcomm announced the launch of a new C-V2X pilot program in Honolulu. will provide connectivity between the traffic signals and roadway users, and utilize the Qualcomm 9150 C-V2X Platform, a product of Qualcomm Technologies. GHz ITS spectrum.

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Sandia Labs project team building fuel cell cold ironing system for deployment at Port of Honolulu in 2015

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A Sandia National Laboratories project team, including a number of industry partners, is designing and building a cold-ironing fuel cell system that will be deployed in the Port of Honolulu in 2015. Other stakeholders include the US Coast Guard and its local Sector Honolulu office and the American Bureau of Shipping.

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Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

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The island gets on average nearly 3,000 hours of sunshine per year, putting it on a par with Honolulu and Brisbane, Australia. And it is vulnerable to precisely the kind of destructive storms that microgrids are designed to ride out with minimal interruption in electric service. To that end, engineers at the U.S. percent to 2.8

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Electrify America releases $300M Cycle 2 national ZEV investment plan; metro charging, autonomous charging, renewable generation

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Electrify America will invest in metro-based direct current fast charging (DCFC) stations in 18 metro areas, including these new metro areas in Cycle 2: Atlanta, Baltimore, Honolulu, Las Vegas and Phoenix.

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New low-voltage W-band millimeter-wave technology; applicable for cars, bikes, cellphones

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Details of the technology are being presented this week at the IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC) 201 in Honolulu, Hawaii. V by bringing together MIFS’s DDC technology and design techniques developed by Hiroshima University. The W-band covers the frequencies used by automotive radars.

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Fraunhofer researchers report significant extension to Li-S cycle life with silicon anodes and CNT-sulfur composite cathodes

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Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden, Germany say they have developed new cathode and anode designs for lithium-sulfur batteries that can increase the cycle life by a factor of seven. The vertically aligned CNT are directly connected to the current collector. Honolulu PRiME 2012.

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Sandia study finds fuel cell barges may be attractive lower-cost cold-ironing solution for some types of vessels at some ports

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This practice in which a vessel at berth connects to a source of electricity on the shore is called “cold-ironing”, shore power or Alternative Maritime Power (AMP). Honolulu, Hawaii; and Seattle, Wash. Hawaii’s Honolulu Harbor in Oahu had a different need. —Pratt and Harris (2013). Los Angeles, Calif.; Oakland, Calif.;

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