Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has produced and made available a rich data set showing what happens, second-by-second, when clouds pass over a solar power installation. Solar power is particularly useful during hot summer days, when the demand for air conditioning is the highest.

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Solar Power Powered Hawaii 210

Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2014

University of Hawaii of Honolulu, Hawaii will receive $3 million to develop photoelectrodes for direct solar water splitting. million to develop an innovative high-efficiency solar thermochemical reactor for solar hydrogen production. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory of Richland, Washington will receive $2.2

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Hydrogen San Antonio Production Hawaii 253

Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2013

Scientists at the Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) (Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg) have developed Li-ion batteries that have already demonstrated a very high cycle life of more than 10,000 full cycles with retention of more than 85% of original capacity.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Honolulu Battery 347

Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Several factors combine to make Puerto Rico an ideal place for solar power and microgrids. The island gets on average nearly 3,000 hours of sunshine per year, putting it on a par with Honolulu and Brisbane, Australia. During and after Maria, Casa Pueblo continued to operate a solar-based microgrid it had installed in 2017.

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Puerto Rico Connect Connected Solar 141